Off The Court: Blue Slide Park

Mac Miller's debut album Blue Slide Park under Rostrum Records was released on November 8, 2011.  With hit singles released before the album including "Frick Park Market" and "Smile Back.", Miller shoots for the number one album on iTunes.

Mac Miller's previous discography includes a hit mixtape, K.I.D.S (Kickin' Incredibly Dope Shit), with popular underground songs such as "Koolaid and Frozen Pizza" and "Senior Skip Day".  Following with an impressive free album ("fralbum" as Mac likes to abbreviate), Best Day Ever, releasing his most recognized song "Donald Trump".

This past summer and spring, Mac's been releasing a song for every 100,000 new twitter followers such as his 300k song, People Under the Stairs, and a Temper Trap sample/cover, Love Lost at just 400k followers.  With 1,210,031 followers now, Miller cleverly released these songs to maintain fan growth, while giving himself enough time to thoroughly work on his new debut album.

Blue Slide Park is a huge turning point for Mac Miller.  This was a chance for him to really use all his resources, come out with something special that will define his style while showing his millions of fans and twitter followers that he is capable of evolving as artist.  Unlike his mixtapes back in the day, where Miller was notorious for spitting witty "high school" bars on catchy instrumentals, the tracks on Blue Slide Park are very complete.  His verses are coordinated very well with the production, in the sense that Miller is leading the direction of his music while collaborating with producers such as ID Labs and Ritz Reynolds to extend his music in that direction.

Currently, my favorite track is "Under the Weather."  Fast flow mixed with a chill vocal chorus equals a hit!  Mac Miller is underrated as a singer but seeing him live at Le Belmont in Montreal during March really revealed his vocal talents as well as his showmanship.

A successful debut album is only an understatement.  Blue Slide Park consists of old school flows, new school beats, and Mac Miller doing this thing!  But don't just take my word for it; grab a copy and have a listen as well!