Mac Miller

BTown · 03-17-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

He has potential in my books. Sure, he has some radio friendly tracks and he sounds like Wiz but I think him and Wiz are cool/friends. I will be looking forward to his future releases to see if he can clean up a bit of the areas where he is a bit weak.

I'm going to be doing a mini review of Best Day Ever in my Mixtape Weekly thread. I just listened to it yesterday finally.

This track was one of my favorites

What areas do you think he is weak in? I thought Best Day ever was awful, and "Wear My Hat" was embarassingly bad off of it. it had a sick beat though.

djchameleon · 03-17-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BTown787

What areas do you think he is weak in? I thought Best Day ever was awful, and "Wear My Hat" was embarassingly bad off of it. it had a sick beat though.

it's really just one area and that is his cadence/flow. Sometimes it sounds like he is tripping over words and going against the beat.

He has some awesome people making beats for him.

Jester · 03-19-2011, 02:37 AM

Antonio · 03-20-2011, 12:32 PM

listening to some of the songs here i thought he was eh, but then i saw his XXL Magazine Freshman 2011 Freestyle and his freestyle with some of the other 2011 Freshman. not amazing, but pretty good.

Mac starts about 1:00 in

Sparky · 03-20-2011, 04:00 PM

When is this period of self-promotion through obviously fake freestyles going to end. Why not call it something else? I don't mind the verses, just why even go through the bs of calling them freestyles.

djchameleon · 03-20-2011, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

When is this period of self-promotion through obviously fake freestyles going to end. Why not call it something else? I don't mind the verses, just why even go through the bs of calling them freestyles.

I feel like Mac was coming off the top in the second video and Twist as well but everything else felt like it was written and they rehearsed that stuff.

Antonio · 03-20-2011, 10:33 PM

yeah, i think it's not too much of a secret that most of the freestyles in those vids are pre-written, but the thing with freestyles(or at least i'm told) is that a number of rappers use verses/lyrics that they couldn't use in any real songs, aka stuff like clever punchlines/cool sounding flows, whereas saying something "off the dome"(aka making up stuff on the spot) is something others choose to do.

idk, i usually rate freestyles on how clever the lyrics they made were/delivery instead of whether or not they can instantly have a snappy line(but if you can go off the dome well i have much respect for that), cause some guys might not be the quickest witted at that moment, but if given some time can have some really hot verses to show.

djchameleon · 03-21-2011, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

yeah, i think it's not too much of a secret that most of the freestyles in those vids are pre-written, but the thing with freestyles(or at least i'm told) is that a number of rappers use verses/lyrics that they couldn't use in any real songs, aka stuff like clever punchlines/cool sounding flows, whereas saying something "off the dome"(aka making up stuff on the spot) is something others choose to do.

idk, i usually rate freestyles on how clever the lyrics they made were/delivery instead of whether or not they can instantly have a snappy line(but if you can go off the dome well i have much respect for that), cause some guys might not be the quickest witted at that moment, but if given some time can have some really hot verses to show.

based off of that freshman cypher who did you like the best?

Antonio · 03-21-2011, 09:54 AM

based off of the cypher, i think Mac took the cake, although i'll have to watch it again to verify(can't do it now cause i'm in class, lol)

djchameleon · 03-21-2011, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

based off of the cypher, i think Mac took the cake, although i'll have to watch it again to verify(can't do it now cause i'm in class, lol)

Imo, Diggy burned them all with Mac following up closely for the second spot.

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