★★★★★
On last year's Watching Movies with the Sound Off, Mac Miller earned an elusive measure of cachet among rap diehards by burrowing into his record collection and trying on the irreverent frenzy of Odd Future, the offbeat whimsy of MF Doom, and the gonzo electronics of the Brainfeeder squad. He ended up with the best work of his young career, a satisfying leap from the bushy-tailed, eager-to-please kid brother raps of his early work towards tighter rhymes fixated in a knottier headspace...
- pitchfork.com
2014-05-22
★★★★★
At the start of 2013, Mac Miller turned 21, foreshadowing a year in which he would triumphantly mature into a multifaceted, respected artist who has clearly entered his zone. To go with his stellar sophomore album, , he released two mixtapes under aliases -- one as producer Larry Fisherman with promising L.A. upstart Vince Staples, another as the twisted Delusional Thomas -- and ends the year off with this release of (mostly) live recordings, ...
- exclaim.ca
2014-01-21
★★★★★
Release Date: November 8 2011 They say that curiosity killed the cat, but sometimes, a mere curiosity can lead to one of the best discoveries. For example, my favorite band is Fall Out Boy, and I discovered them, thanks to sheer curiosity. It was the winter of 2007 and I had just gotten into music, and I had heard about Fall Out Boy's new record Infinity On High being released, but knew absolutely nothing about them...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-09-09
★★★★★
The standout element of Mac Miller's second studio album is the production. Featuring beats from hip-hop veteran the Alchemist, Brainfeeder boss Flying Lotus, cloud rap producer Clams Casino and Daft Punk's BFF Pharrell, Watching Movies With The Sound Off is the Pittsburgh rapper's best shot at being taken seriously...
- www.nowtoronto.com
2013-07-09
★★★★★
"Shut your piehole," Mac Miller raps on his Flying Lotus-produced "S.D.S.", adding "I'm dope and I know." It's a meaningful affirmation. The Pittsburgh native had a devoted following before his debut proper, Blue Slide Park , came out in 2011, but that album brought out more snickering "let's just call him Wack Miller" trolls than anything he'd done before (that's to say nothing of the album's negative critical reception, which included an infamous 1.0 review from Pitchfork )...
- consequenceofsound.net
2013-07-09
★★★★★
Two years ago, when Mac Miller's independent debut Blue Slide Park appeared, out of the blue, at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for its first week sales, I compared Miller to iconic flash in the pans like Tim Tebow and Jack Johnson. I posited that Miller makes a comforting sort of boom bappin' Wiz Khalifa pop rap that doesn't push any buttons and isn't eager to and that if the kids needed someone to turn on and tune out to for a few hours, there were worse options than Mr. Miller...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-07-02
★★★★★
Mac Miller skated into rap with all the bottomless happy-go-lucky charm of a best friend's insouciant little brother. The documents of his early career are the works of a kid very much in love with hip-hop but frustratingly ill-equipped to translate his verve into compelling music. His songs didn't feel lived in; their observations were as slight as their lyrics were clunky...
- pitchfork.com
2013-06-24
★★★★★
Two years ago, Pittsburgh rhymesayer Mac Miller took the hip-hop world by storm with Blue Slide Park, an indie debut full-length which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to achieve Platinum certification. Now, the rap wunderkind has unleashed the much-anticipated follow-up, Watching Movies With the Sound Off. Miller's sophomore full-length comprises 19 tracks' worth of original material, including Booth-featured cuts "S.D.S...
- www.djbooth.net
2013-06-22
★★★★★
Back in 2011, Mac Miller's 'Blue Slide Park' became the first independent debut album to hit Number One in America since 1995. Fast-forward to 2013 and Miller is back with an album boasting guest spots from Odd Future duo Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt as he looks to build on his reputation as one of hip-hop's biggest new names...
- www.nme.com
2013-06-21
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