mac miller watching movies with the sound off musicpleer

Me and Kendrick have been cool since we did the cover together. It’s funny that I’ve always gotten respect from people like that. Kendrick and TDE, Jay Electronica, Joey Bada$$, the list goes on. It’s noticeable, especially on the new album, you’re getting a hell of a lot of co-signs at the moment. It’s more along that type of element to it. This is more like The Jukebox, The High Life, and How High. The new album is more like everything I had done leading up to K.I.D.S. This new album is more like But My Mackin’ Ain’t Easy. I think that I just kinda like stopped trying to make it. Was that done on purpose to silence the naysayers who claimed you were soft? Interview by Will “ill Will” Lavin comparison to Blue Slide Park, Watching Movies With the Sound Off appeared to be a lot more focused and lyrical.

Taking the time to talk to us backstage on the Birmingham, England leg of his Space Migration European tour, Mac sat down with one of our UK writers to discuss the difference between his first and second album, how tattoos hurt even more once you come off of drugs, and how B.o.B knows what’s up when it comes to who’s the best hip-hop guitarist. Earning a reputation as a studio rat, he's befriended some of the best rappers out today, like ScHoolboy Q, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, The Creator, and even rap recluse Jay Electronica. (He made Forbes list of Cash Kings 2013: The World's 20 Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists again this year, raking in a cool $6 million.) But his second album, Watching Movies With The Sound Off, earned him some critical acclaim to go with his commercial accumen. The album’s positive reception is in part due to Mac stepping his game up lyrically and taking a hand in producing as well (under the moniker Larry Fisherman). Mac Miller is no longer “Easy Mac with the cheesy raps.” He's still stacking that cheddar.

Mac miller watching movies with the sound off musicpleer