Commercial performance īlue Slide Park debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 144,000 copies in its first week, making it the first independently-distributed debut album to top the chart since Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food (1995). Jordan Sargent of Pitchfork gave the album a 1.0 out of 10 rating, and wrote "Miller's world is a hermetic one, and unless it's one you inhabit, the album holds no appeal", and "he's mostly just a crushingly bland, more intolerable version of Wiz Khalifa". XXL viewed the album's production more positively, but noted that Miller still has "room to evolve". Jon Garcia of gave the album a rating of 6.5 out of 10, criticising the production and claiming that "it's as if he hasn't found his sound yet".
At Metacritic, a site that calculates an aggregate score based on a number of professional reviews, the album has received a score of 58/100 (based on 12 articles) which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresīlue Slide Park received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. "Up All Night" was released as the third single digitally via iTunes on November 15, 2011. The song debuted at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, " Party on Fifth Ave.", also produced by ID Labs, was released on October 28, 2011, with an accompanying music video. At the time, it was Miller's highest charting single, surpassing " Donald Trump", which charted at number 75. The song peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album's first single, " Frick Park Market", was produced by ID Labs, and released alongside an accompanying music video on August 18, 2011. Blue Slide Park was released by Rostrum Records on November 8, 2011. The album cover art was designed by his older brother, Miller McCormick. The latter track was released to commemorate the album surpassing 25,000 pre-orders. The tracks "Smile Back" and "Blue Slide Park" were released as non-singles on September 23 and October 13, respectively.
On July 5, 2011, Mac Miller announced Blue Slide Park on his YouTube channel.
As a rapper, he landed hard in the pocket as a producer, he gave himself deep pockets to land in.Įarly in his career, Mr. He was a producer as well, sometimes under the alias Larry Fisherman, and his beats were lush and jazz-and-soul-inflected with flashes of sparkle. With his 2013 record, “Watching Movies With the Sound Off,” his music was becoming more serious and more technically accomplished.
“Blue Slide Park,” bounced from one jubilant song to the next in the party-rap tradition of the late 1980s and early ’90s. He was an astute, intricate rapper as a lyricist he was a classicist in an era that had largely turned away from that style.īut he was also lighthearted. Miller began rapping as a teenager and released several mixtapes before signing with Rostrum, a local independent label. They and a brother are among his survivors. His mother is a photographer and his father an architect. “I have cared for him and tried to support his sobriety,” she wrote. Miller as “toxic” and criticized those who attributed the accident to the breakup. Grande referred to her relationship with Mr. “I needed to run into that light pole and literally, like, have the whole thing stop.”ĭays later, in a statement, Ms. “I needed that,” he said in a radio interview this summer. He was charged in August with two counts of driving under the influence. Miller was arrested in Los Angeles after his Mercedes G-Wagon hit a utility pole. Grande announced this year that the couple had broken up. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, his highest-charting single.
He appeared on “The Way,” a 2013 collaboration with Ms. Miller found a more extreme form of fame through a romantic relationship with the pop star Ariana Grande. I want to be able to have good days and bad days.” Miller said in an interview this week in Vulture, addressing his mental health. “I really wouldn’t want just happiness,” Mr.