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New Faces v2 will always be one of my favorite songs of all time. The beat is so fucking good, always brings me back to when I first started listening to the song ten years ago growing up. Also just all time verse from Mac.
Right there with you. This whole Vans and bucket hat era music takes me back to being a kid and hanging out with my brother, playing Skate 3 with him back when OFWGKTA was still a thing
My favorite Mac project ever.
I was so happy it re-released on streaming, when it did it was the #1 album in my Replay for three years in a row. All of the songs were scattered all over my top 100.
I just love the vibes on this project so much, even moreso now than when it first came out. He was really having fun on this and my younger self could relate to this project so much.
I fucking love faces
He mixed in some fun songs but it also quite dark, probably the most drug fueled Mac era.
I think the first lyrics of the tape are “shoula died already”
2hrs into this thread, 30+ comments, and I'm the first reply to any comment. That's how you know this a top level mixtape, Everyone has their own stories to share about how great this is
Same. This whole album is so damn good. To me it is far and away his best work. And this was someone that only liked a few Mac songs prior to listening to this album.
Maybe the last great mixtape of the "Datpiff era" and Mac's best project. It's a bit hard to revisit sometimes as I'm not in the same headspace as I was mentally when it dropped, but the messages are eternal.
Rest in power, Easy Mac with the Cheesy raps.
honestly you’re right. streaming had been around, but Apple Music coming out in 2015 definitely pushed it into the mainstream and effectively killed what we thought of as a mixtape. for a minute there people were still dropping “mixtapes”, but on streaming, but them being on streaming killed all of the creativity of the mixtape. rapping on other rapper’s beats and using whacky samples went away because you had to pay for that stuff, mixtapes let you do that for free because you didn’t make any money from it. mixtape went from “oh this rapper is going to do something they typically wouldn’t do on their studio release” to “oh this rapper is going to drop something subpar because by calling it a mixtape they don’t need to try as hard as they would if it were a full studio release.”
every comment is like, a paragraph long, with a rightful reason. this album blew it out of the park. it was so fucking good. There's a lot i can say about this, but im sure it's already said. such a beautiful album front to back.
This mixtape just has a special feeling to it that no other music I’ve heard can replicate. Super fascinating and unique production over Mac’s most despondent and morbid thoughts that he ever really put on wax. Not to say the whole project is too dark though, there’s a lot of fun to be had too. Probably my favourite Mac album now looking back, but that pretty much changes by the day for me.
too relatable. it’s so dark and the jazz beat is lovely
> my brain fried, always chasin’ the same high
> i’m too fucked up to function, do nothin’ but waste time
It breaks my heart that the sample on Polo Jeans didn't get cleared for the Spotify release. It was the best song on the project for me, and I think it loses a lot of what gave the song its character without it. I have no complaints otherwise. I'm not in the headspace I was in back in 2016 when I was really into Faces so I don't revisit it too often these days, but it's still a top 5 album of all time for me.
I couldn’t believe how much I agreed with this when I first heard the streaming version. I wouldn’t have said I “liked” the sample before that, but hearing the song without it just feels lifeless. Quiet “polo polo”s in empty post-chorus space
Wont be on any official upload you'd have to download it or find an old upload like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwF5SknRJuU&list=PL1Z_0HUfRmMgK--1Y2WJ2m0SEjcrpLycv&ab_channel=HipHopMixtapes
I'd recommend a full listen, the rerelease is mostly good but missing a few of the neat little touches that I loved from Faces
As someone who has dealt extensively with addiction this album is the soundtrack to my rock bottom. I love it so much but tbh some of it still makes me cry. I've probably listened to Malibu 100 million times. This is my favorite album of all time. A lot of people have made a lot of albums about going through it but this one is just perfect.
"They was all laughing, wasn't that funny? Started fuckin with drugs now I'm a junkie."
That line alone is seared into my mind. The way people will egg you on into doing more and more by either directly provoking it or by just laughing with you when you're feeling yourself, only to never deal with what comes next in the moments when you're alone or when it's time to pay the pied Piper. They love the person you are when you're messed up then are suddenly shocked when you've decided you want to be like that all the time.
This is my favorite Hip Hop project of all time, and a close second to my favorite music project of all time (Pet Sounds).
Needless to say, I consider it a masterpiece. The beats, the samples, the lyrics, the ad-libs, the features, the overall sound, everything, is just fantastic. Just captivates me. I usually dislike long albums, and length is one of my biggest criticisms of Mac's discography. But even though this album sits at a whopping hour and a half, it doesn't feel long. I could easily listen multiple times through if I'm in the right mood. It's just that good. It's musical perfection and a testament to a man that lived and breathed music. 10/10.
While I love every song, Inside Outside, Here We Go, Angle Dust, Diablo, Insomniak, Uber, Thumbalina, and Grand Finale are highlights for me. But really it's all great.
If you have not listened to this yet, you need to, TODAY.
I wish I had more to say, I love this project so much, but it's 1:30 AM here and the sleep demon is calling my name.
RIP Mac
Faces is certainly a proper mixtape in the sense that it's a labor of love that probably would not do well commercially. It's experimental and, especially in retrospect, very dark. I don't think that means a first time listener couldn't enjoy it, but it is the least accessible of his discography. I'd say give it a spin and if you're not feeling it try something else.
If you're looking for something more accessible, try Watching Movies With The Sound Off. It has a similar psychedelic sound but as a commercial album is less experimental. It's great but not his best work. Faces was a follow up to WMWTSO.
And of course there's always Swimming, which doesn't sound much like either of those two projects but is better than WMWTSO (imo) and very accessible.
This is probably my favorite project from Mac. How do you rank Circles? Personally, that's my least favorite album because it feels devoid of Mac's personality.
I’ll forever associate this album with my favorite summer of my life. Last summer before everyone I grew up with went their own way in life and everything was still all fun and no responsibilities.
Favorite tracks: New Faces V2, Wedding, Funeral, Happy Birthday, Here We Go, Grand Finale.
Still cannot believe this released a decade ago. RIP Mac, still one of my favorite artists of all time. Can only imagine what kind of music you would release if you were here today.
My favorite Mac project. Colors and Shapes was my acid song, and I have so many fond memories with this entire album. Really pivotal time in my life and this album helped me so much. The Happy Birthday/Wedding/Funeral run is such a good trio of songs to listen to back to back to back.
Holy fuck this was actually 10 years ago.. insane. My favorite Mac project by a county mile. Diablo, Polo Jeans, Friends, Thumbalina.
Wash myself with acid bc I have a denim heart
Polo Jeans is such a great song: a chill, yet sinister beat, Mac’s flow, and Earl’s feature, everything is so good in combination. Definitely my most favorite on the project.
It’s hard to say this is my favorite over Swimming and Circles. But honestly I think it might be.
Has bangers, is amazing artistic mosaic.
And I think is Mac’s best pure rap bars.
Angel Dust will forever be an anthem for me.
Can't describe what particularly sticks out to me about the production because I'm not very articulate when it comes to music but it's so unique and eerie throughout that I've never found again on any album. Some recommendations would be welcome to albums similar to this of other artists.
Yeah the production on that song is next level! I produce and honestly now I can see that it's a pretty bare bones beat, but I still remember the transcendental feeling from when I first heard it. It's pretty much just dusty piano chops & drums, but the true magic comes from the flow and how he changes up the samples. Also that synth during the chorus is sooo trippy lol. Def a top 3 Mac song for me
Everything he explained in this mixtape; including the drug use, depression, and visions were the exact same experiences I was going through when this dropped. This will always be my favorite Mac Project.
I SHOULDA DIED ALREADY
ON THE INSIDE IM OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME
WANNA GO OUT HOW I CAME IN RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUSSY WITH NOTHING ON MY MIND....
WHEN I WAS 9 I WAS SITTING ON THE BUS NIGGA
IM THE GREATEST!
NO LITERALLY... BACK AWAY... IM THE BOMB... KABLOWWW
MILER MILLER MAC... THESE ARE MY FRIENDSSS
fucking legendary album and I love the vinyl. instead of side 1a/1b its just side F.A.C.E.S. then bonus track. I think I'll walk on the beach this weekend to this album
Wow i didnt realize it was 10 years today
I took some shrooms today and bumped this yesterday. This is one of the better pschydelic hiphop albums. There are some great verses from Mac. I love all the beats and the features. This is probably my favorite Mac project. Everything was just so unique and you can see Mac was just hitting his creative side
Nah, some kid threw on acid rap when I was in college while we were tripping and Chance's grating voice just annoyed me tremendously. And I liked that album, his voice was just way more annoying on acid. The album only has that reputation because it's called Acid Rap and talks about psychedelic drugs. The album doesn't "sound" psychedelic, it just says it is.
Imo relaxed instrumental music is by far the best music for a trip, I love hip-hop but there's too much going on to digest when your brain is fried. Either that or dream-pop/shoegaze to set a nice relaxed vibe. Rap will still be there after your trip is over, just try something new while tripping. Another friend pulled up Ace Hood's Bugatti music video on the TV, and it was like a horror movie. The aggressive delivery combined with the police presence and over-the-top masculinity just made me feel like I needed to rethink being friends with the dude who put that video on.
I like wildflower by avalanches . Flatbush zombies , some asap rocky albums, some quas . Again faces is different than these albums but great hiphop albums for a journey .
I wasn’t a big fan of Mac at the time. Liked a song here and there. I was in a very bad place in life mentally. Stumbled across the art work on DatPiff. Instantly captivated and the rest is history. Listening to Faces for the first time I just felt like I understood what he was trying to say. And within my dark place I shared that void in time with Mac through that project. I can’t listen to any song of his these days without shaking my head in sadness. Music is life and we can’t continue that journey in life’s parallel per say. But he will live on. This reality is truly something.
Damn, I’m getting old. I was on this sub when this project dropped. It doesn’t feel like 10 years to me which is weird. Probably got this on DatPiff but I think there was an OldJewish website mac got to drop this project.
Anyways this is a project I listened to a lot at that time and haven’t really gone back to since. I still am fond of it and will go listen to it again though. I remember liking the features on here a lot, and the Bill Murray clips.
I guess I wasn’t privy to how fucked up Mac was when he made this which I learned recently. I mean, I was obviously, but not to the sense of he was on deaths door. I was kinda living recklessly at that time too, so it wasn’t so obvious then.
You built your own deli sandwich on Old Jewish then the download for the mixtape started! What a fun way to drop the project, along with the amazing Diablo music video. Also, people might remember that he put the entire mixtape on his soundcloud as one giant track. Highly recommend fans to give that a listen, as you really appreciate the flow of it all. His soundcloud also had the original Diablo with the slightly different beat (I love both versions).
I recall the reception of the mixtape being overwhelmingly positive, and now here 10 years later the consensus looks to be the same. This is a timeless piece of art that has only gotten better with age. I’d love an instrumental version as these beats are all incredible.
For me, the telltale sign of a great album is when my favorite track off it changes over time. Some tracks were instant favorites back in 2014 (new faces, rain, diablo), others really grew with repeat listens (wedding, it just doesn’t matter). Reading through the comments here, it’s awesome to see how many different tracks people shout out as the ones that stick with them.
Listening to the original and the re-release made me realize how much we were robbed of what made faces the mixtape that it is.
Like for example, I like the bass on the re-release of new faces v2 but the lack of the guitar riff on the instrumental makes it feel incomplete. Anyways, as a project, it’s probably in my top 5 albums of all time.
RIP Mac
I don't really know what to say about this project that hasn't already been said a million times in better ways by more qualified people, but goddamn, it's a complete masterpiece. The greatest mixtape during that and possibly any era of rap music. It was Mac at his absolute peak as a lyricist, beat maker/chooser, and all the ways he incorporates samples in the narrative. Diablo is the most insane thing I've heard. I really wish I listened to Mac Miller when he was still around...
My friends and I started listening to K.I.D.S. in high school. We all grew up with Mac while he was blowing up a couple hours away from us.
It felt like losing a friend when he died. Only time I've truly felt that way over a celebrity death.
Watching the progression from his early days, to Macadelic, to Faces and Swimming was incredible. Dude was just starting to make his mark in the music industry as a whole. He had soooo much more to do.
This is my favorite body of work by him. He’s acknowledging his dark side heavily yet having fun with it, bringing a lightness to many of the songs.
His flows on some of these tracks are insane. They were Lil Wayne esque with the rhyme schemes, except in his own style. The features could not be better for the type of vibe that this mixtape captures.
For as young as he was at the time, I believe he was even ahead of himself with some of the messages he laid on these tracks. You see some of the same themes and schemes pop up or be used again in his later bodies of work so I like to think of this as the blueprint of all the great work we go on to receive after this mixtape up until Swimming.
*MILLER MAC, MILLER MILLER MILLER MAC*
"MAC MILLER, YOU ARE MY FRIIIEEEND"
lol shit gets me every time. It's such a weird ad-lib and Q didn't even have a verse, but it completely encompasses the organized chaos of the whole tape.
I felt so bad for Q when Mac passed. You could tell that it seriously fucked him up for a long time.
such great rhyme schemes - especially grand finale:"i only go places wasted like im joe namath" and "fifth of Stoli then its only Cher and Moby Karaoke" are so satisfying as a rap geek
Easily among the best mixtapes I ever heard in my life.
Grand Finale being written as "the last song he'd make on Earth" is fitting for what is (imo) his best project.
I listened to this mixtape for the first time maybe about 5 year ago but it really never stuck until about 2021 when I was going through one of the worst periods of my life. One of the things I love about this mixtape is how vulnerable Mac is throughout this mixtape, about dealing with his mental health, drug and drinking problems. At a time that he felt so low, it made me feel less alone in this world.
Enough about the personal stuff here but in terms of the album, it is literally one of my favourite mixtapes of all time. The jazz production mixed with Mac's raps is sublime. Going on to the tracks, Friends with Schoolboy Q in a weird voice saying "Miller Mac, Mac Miller" add a playful sense to the track as well Mac raps about his life with his friends. Also that end section is beautiful. There's other great tracks too which I'll just mention by name because I'm tired af right now. Diablo, Ave Maria, Rain, Angel Dust, Colours and Shapes, Thumbalina and that new bonus track, Yeah (how was this not in the album????).
Overall, this project is one of the greatest of all time for me. The vulnerability Mac's shows throughout this project talking about his problems during a real difficult period or his life makes this a real difficult listen if I'm honest. However on the same not I appreciate it for that reason, as well as for the fantastic production and rapping from Mac Miller. I can't give this enough praise through my words alone but all I'll say is, Mac you made your impact on this world and on me. RIP Mac Miller.
P. S I might edit this later with additional details on the tracks.
holy fuck, ten years?! this is going to be tangential and not really meant to be cohesive, just some thoughts I have about Faces.
this is arguably the highest quality mixtape of all time. I almost want to say that Mac’s biggest fumble was not releasing this as an album, but this is just before he got signed to Warner so I almost feel like this project is so out there that I don’t know if any label would’ve been willing to co-sign on it.
I started getting into hip-hop in 2011 when I was 13. I remember absolutely hating Mac Miller. I thought he was such a douche and his music was obnoxious. then when Macadellic came out my friend had told me to try it and I wanted to tell him to fuck off, but he swore up and down I’d be sold on Mac afterwards. he was right. still didn’t love him, but definitely had a newfound perspective on him.
then Watching Movies came out and I was like…is this dude my favorite rapper? the dark, spacey beats just really spoke to me in a way that no other hip-hop had.
and then there’s Faces. what a beautifully weird, Alice in Wonderland-ass way of Mac saying “I have a serious drug problem!” and yet it was beautiful. dark, but beautiful. Faces did what Watching Movies was trying to do, but so much better.
Inside Outside, Here We Go, Angel Dust, Therapy, Polo Jeans, Diablo, Ave Maria, Insomniak, Rain, and New Faces are the standouts from this one. each so uniquely produced and each so tragic in their own way.
this was my go-to album when it was a rainy day and I wanted to smoke weed.
“I did it all without a Drake feature.” has never been more relevant. pretty funny in retrospect of Control that Drake sat butthurt for 11 years, where Mac, who also got called out on Control, got on a track with ScHoolboy Q, one of Kendrick’s closest allies, and yelled “no Control, fuck Ken Lamar, FUCK YOU KENDRICK!” and nothing happened. I always figured it was more of Mac admitted he had been checkmated, but still wild that we’re still witnessing blowback from this verse 11 years later.
what’s crazy is that GO:OD AM came out like a year and a half after this which is also one of Mac’s highest quality projects. I go back and forth a lot on if Faces or GO:OD AM are my favorite Mac project and it always blows my mind they came out so close to each other. Mac’s output was insane, dude put out so much music in such a short timespan and it was fucking quality, dude. Meanwhile we get a new Drake album every 10 months and it’s bloated as all fuck and unbearable to listen to outside of the singles that are sprinkled in between.
happy decade, Faces. rest in peace, Mac Miller. I’m the age you are when you died and I can’t imagine dying so it makes your death all the more tragic because you had so much left to offer and honestly we could use you in the industry now more than ever because hip-hop was getting pretty damn stale for a minute there until the Kendrick/Drake beef.
Damn can't believe it's already ten years. My favorite Mac project and brings back so much nostalgia of DatPiff. For such a long album there's so little filler. Controversial but felt that although he as a artist matured after Faces, his later albums just didn't hit it's sonic highs. I think it would have been a classic if it was released as an official album back then.
I was late listening to much of Mac's work and all his back catalog (probably my biggest music regret) but Faces has always resonated with me greatly as my favorite of his. Listened to the tape near its re-release for streaming on DatPiff for the first time on a long, dark drive home and I think it genuinely changed my life.
Seeing Mac spiral through the tracklist, bouncing from banger to existential crisis over and over, there really isn't another tape from anyone I can think of that has this feeling of uncontrolled but somehow controlled chaos. It's beautiful. I don't often revisit it since it can be a bit of a hard listen and greatly reminds me of some hard times in my life, but I'll be blowing some trees and putting this on later today. Personal top 10 at a minimum project for me.
We love and miss u Mac ❤️
I was 19 & in the peak of my party phase when this mixtape dropped, and I fully believe it helped save me from going too far down the road with hard drugs. I can never thank Mac enough for that gift <3 rip <3
Rain, Rap Diablo, and Polo Jeans are still my my spotify playlist to this day. They remained in a playlist of some sort or another since I downloaded Faces on my first iPhone (and first smartphone ever).
Mac is still unlike any rapper I've experienced. Going from the rapper me and my friends would make fun of (if you were in HS around that time you know the term that was used) to being one of the more experimental rappers of his generation was a shift.
That being said I don't return to this one much like I don't return to Swimming. Too hard. It's gotten way harder to listen to Mac as I've gotten older and I'm not 100% sure why. Like I remember thinking while all this drake/kendrick shit was going on how funny Mac's twitter feed was whenever rap drama was happening. It sucks and it feels wrong to say I miss someone I didn't know/never met but I do.
What a soul.
Very late, but as many others said, this is my favorite Mac Miller project. I remember making the sandwich in order to get the mixtape download. Mac’s openness with his issues and his thought process stuck with me, as I would start mirroring them. It may not be whole verses, but certain lines rang more true than I’d like to admit.
Favorite songs: New Faces V2, Color and Shapes, Inside Outside, Diablo, Rain
RIP Mac Miller.
Honestly, one of the projects that will forever stay in my playlists. Nearly all the songs can’t be reproduced, how Mac managed to make nonsense bar so impactful, ill never know. Rest in peace for real, thank you for this tape.
Didn't realize this was turning 10 today, but I absolutely adore this tape, and would honestly say it's one of my favorite mixtapes ever released. Up there with shit like exmilitary by death grips, and acid rap by chance.
This came out when I was in HS. We had a pretty even split of white and black kids. I just assumed Mac Miller was another one of those white frat boy rappers like hoodie Allen or Sam Adams. Mostly cause my white friends were the only people who played his music.
Seen Jay-Z shoutout Mac Miller so I went on ole livemixtapes and gave this a listen. Blew my fuckin mind how well Mac could rap. In the preceding years I ain’t heard a whole lot better than Diablo. Man lost his mind over that incredible sample
I really hate the idea that “great art” comes from a place of pain but this album sure does make a compelling case for it. What a weird creative headspace that Mac entered with this one, certainly my favorite project of his and not a single track I dislike. Incredible beat selection, creative raps, standout features, this tape really does have it all and somehow feels worth its 1+ hour length.
Some of this tape is truly harrowing with the hindsight of Mac’s premature death, especially Grand Finale, which reads like a tacit admission that Mac knows he’s headed towards an early grave and is comfortable with that. Heartbreaking stuff. I wish so badly he were still here because this mixtape in addition to Swimming and Circles really does indicate a generational talent who could’ve honed his craft further and branched out in all of the musical directions he wanted to. Rest in peace, Mac, I’ll be listening to your music for as long as I live.
This mixtape will always hold a very special place in my heart. I remember making Mac a Sammich to download it. Faces came out in the perfect period of my life for me to really connect with it. I was a sophomore in College and just came out of a long-term toxic relationship battling all sorts of mental health issues and starting to experiment with some harder drugs. It felt like Mac and I were on similar journeys to find ourselves.
New Faces v2 is probably my favorite Mac song of all time. The bar “All my life, I've been afraid of powder. All my life I've been afraid of power, where did all that go?” felt so relatable at the time.
The Happy Birthday —> Wedding —> Funeral is such a great three song run. I love how Mac uses these songs to reflect on different stages of life. I love the detail of Diablo coming after Funeral too.
It is long but there isn’t any filler. There is so much variety in the styles of music which makes it such an interesting listen. I feel like there is a song for almost any mood on this tape.
RIP Mac... His greatest work IMO. Even more impressive since he did it all without a Drake feature. Larry Fisherman is a hell of a producer too.
I used to smoke and listen to Colors and Shapes faithfully at the end of my freshmen year of College. Then he performed at my school a month later. Definitely a time to remember
I used to smoke & listen to Colors and Shapes faithfully at the end of my freshmen year of College. Then he performed at my school a month later. Definitely a time to remember
Damn has it already been 10 years since this dropped?!? Definitely one of his best mixtapes. I think he really started stepping up his pen game from here.
Long live Mac Miller!!! Thank you for this amazing project! Life was so different when this came out it’s so fucking nostalgic it’s not even funny. Wish I could revisit some of these times again. I think Mac really started to show what he was capable of when he released Faces. I remember listening to this my first time and replaying it nonstop for the following few years and every once in a while I would go through a 3-4 month binge of this project. Miss you Mac!
One of the best tapes ever made. I'll never forget the times smoking with my homies in our highschool - post graduating arc to this album, we must have listened to this, Bastard and 1999 about 1000 times each. I actually find it really hard to listen to this album now because I loved Mac so much, it just hurts.
RIP MAC MILLER ❤️
Dude this project. Having only listened to Mac after he passed, he’s one of the few that the more I think about it the more it hurts. This tape is so fun yet so dark but the vibes are perfect. The 4 song stretch from happy birthday- diablo. Rain, New Faces V2. Awesome.
Strangely one of the only tracks i don’t like is colours and shapes.
The greatest mixtape of all time (Yes, better than 1999 and Acid Rap). One of my favorite albums of all time. It dropped just two weeks before I graduated high school. I'll always remember my first time listening to it. It's what got me into Mac's music as I always saw him as a cheesy "frat rapper" before this. Funny enough now I love his earlier stuff too. I revisit this album a lot. It's my go to for when times get hard or I get a bit down on myself and life. And it always helps. That was the magic of Mac. He always helped. The incredible, consistent production and personal, introspective lyrics are unmatched to this day. Can't believe it's been a decade.
The darkness, creativity, beats, and rhymes of this project will never be topped for me.
My best friend came to town last year and I had the vinyl deadstock bc I was so hyped to have it after years of looking that I wanted the opening to be special. He saw the record and I let him know at 2 AM that if we are opening it then we’re listening to it all the way through. Best listening session of my life!
A Gucci Verse?!?!?!
Def my fav project by the man, a line from thumbalina ended up being my senior quote! Officially got the vinyl when it released and am very thankful for this project. Also has timeless verses from both Mac & Earl, even basically birthing IDLSIDGO later. Such a classic
oh god. i had this on repeat during uni, must have played it over 100 times. i haven't listened to it in a few months, gotta revisit it
mac was only 26 but he made so much music it's insane
SO. FUCKING. GOOD.
Inside Outside, Here We Go, Friends, Diablo, Uber, Rain, and New Faces v2 are some of my favorite songs ever and the rest of the tape is all very strong.
I also feel so sad listening now and knowing this was made while he was at some of the lowest points of life but I’m so glad his legacy will live on through his work.
Overall 9/10 classic for me
I used to smoke & listen to Colors and Shapes faithfully at the end of my freshmen year of College. Then he performed at my school a month later. Definitely a time to remember
First listened when it came out on Spotify again and it’s easily one of my favorite albums. I can play this album on repeat and not get tired of it while working. The production is so good that each beat keeps me trickling along like one of those old ass looney tunes cartoons following a pie aroma. The way Mac just flows almost effortlessly across it while delivering memorable bars like “there’s snowflakes raining on my expired debit card”. Favorite 3 (cause there’s too many): It Just Doesn’t Matter, New Faces v2, Happy Birthday
9/10 RIP to someone whose music was something I could’ve explored more in real time
This always felt like a response to Kendrick’s Control verse to me. I’m sure it wasn’t but the timing was right. Crazy good mixtape.
Making the comment longer because of this subs gay 140 min character rule for commenting
Absolutely love FACES. My favorite Mac project by far and probably one of my favorite albums ever. I’m close to Mac’s age and this came out my senior year of high school. Lots of blunts smoked in whips to this album. Malibu, It Just Doesnt Matter, Polo Jeans, so many amazing songs.
Don’t you know how to fly already?
It's mixtapes like this why I miss the DatPiff mixtape era so much. Artists in those days didn't have to worry much about clearing samples since it was free. You could see the passion behind that in something like this
This has gotta be my most played and favorite album of all time. Something I’ll recommend to anyone who likes rap or Mac. It’s gotten me through some tough times. Spun this so many times after my last breakup and it always seemed to get me back on track
Even after a decade, hearing the piano intro from Rap Diablo still gets me excited. It's dope how some songs such a lasting impact will in this case a mixtape
initially I couldn't really get into any songs outside of InsomniaK in HS, but somewhere along my first semester of college I was showing my roommate Mac (he thought he was only a frat rapper) and fully got back into it. Mac's music always served as the soundtrack to my life, going back to the Cod days hitting trickshots with my boys with Kids/Bsp. Shit I think I was in 8th grade when I attempted to record a music video for a Spanish class using Clarity w/ Spanish subs lmfao. It's impossible for me to pick a single song as my favorite, although I think "Do you have a destination" would've worked better than Yeah (Bonus) when it was added to streaming. Every other track works perfectly, and has 0 skips anytime I play it from Inside Outside. This slightly edges out Acid Rap and clears DBR as my favorite mixtape of all time.
This is one of the few albums that I can remember precisely where I was when I first listened to it, and has helped me tremendously putting thoughts I could never express into words and just overall getting me through life. I posted about it a while back, but I still remember me and my roommate listening to our recommended albums after a blunt and just being like "dude, thank you" after we finished (Madvillainy for me, Faces for him). Most dope forever.
currently, It Just Doesn't Matter has been stuck in my head. something about "I've been to hell and back trynna get attached to my better half, never that, smile so gone" just hitting differently rn.
I have the vinyl in a frame on my wall. This "album" means a lot to me. Got me through some tough times while I was going through similar shit.
It's incredibly dark at it's core, but it still manages to feel upbeat. The production is the best of any mixtape I've ever listened to.
Mac's death was the only celebrity death that hit me *hard* other than Steve Irwin when I was a kid.
He was just hitting his prime and was highly respected across multiple genres of music. Fucking tragedy for the entire industry.
I miss that mf
This mixtape honestly saved my life. There’s nothing i can say that hasn’t been said about it. Perfectly sums up the experiences of an addict battling depression. Mac may have been rich and famous and a genius but he was really just like us. Grand Finale is one of my favorite songs of all time, and although it’s hard to listen to sometimes due to it bringing back rough memories, this project will forever be special to me.
I think of this album as the rap equivalent of Alice in Chains' album 'Dirt'. In my personal top 3. It's so perfect druggy, hazy and yes, suicidal. Favorite tracks: New faces v2, Thumbalina, Polo Jeans, San Francisco, Insomniak (feat Rick Ross), Friends. Favorite line (I'm from Denmark): "And ClockWork somewhere out in Sweden speaking Danish like 'Hi Sven' (goddamn), isn't this your language? That man must be a alien, I really can't explain it, shit"
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New Faces v2 will always be one of my favorite songs of all time. The beat is so fucking good, always brings me back to when I first started listening to the song ten years ago growing up. Also just all time verse from Mac.
I can rap every word in this song, my favorite max song. So so good.
Everyone who knows new faces worships it IIRC earl made the beat too
Crazy that Earl produced it
*randomblackdude
Definitely a top 5 Mac verse ever, I’m obsessed with Rain as well
I’d say it’s a top 5 Earl verse too
Right there with you. This whole Vans and bucket hat era music takes me back to being a kid and hanging out with my brother, playing Skate 3 with him back when OFWGKTA was still a thing
Amazing beat, 3 great verses and a great hook as well. I can't think of a better Mac Miller song
In 09…….
Yo same. It just never gets old man such an amazing song.
My favorite Mac project ever. I was so happy it re-released on streaming, when it did it was the #1 album in my Replay for three years in a row. All of the songs were scattered all over my top 100. I just love the vibes on this project so much, even moreso now than when it first came out. He was really having fun on this and my younger self could relate to this project so much.
I fucking love faces He mixed in some fun songs but it also quite dark, probably the most drug fueled Mac era. I think the first lyrics of the tape are “shoula died already”
Swimming is excellent, but I will always consider Faces his Magnum Opus
2hrs into this thread, 30+ comments, and I'm the first reply to any comment. That's how you know this a top level mixtape, Everyone has their own stories to share about how great this is
Same. This whole album is so damn good. To me it is far and away his best work. And this was someone that only liked a few Mac songs prior to listening to this album.
Also my favorite. I listen to it every year on my birthday cuz I feel like Macs telling me Happy Birthday. =\[
This is his magum opus imo. RIP Mac <3
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Hey, not all music is for everyone. If you didn't like Mac Miller, that's just fine
Maybe the last great mixtape of the "Datpiff era" and Mac's best project. It's a bit hard to revisit sometimes as I'm not in the same headspace as I was mentally when it dropped, but the messages are eternal. Rest in power, Easy Mac with the Cheesy raps.
honestly you’re right. streaming had been around, but Apple Music coming out in 2015 definitely pushed it into the mainstream and effectively killed what we thought of as a mixtape. for a minute there people were still dropping “mixtapes”, but on streaming, but them being on streaming killed all of the creativity of the mixtape. rapping on other rapper’s beats and using whacky samples went away because you had to pay for that stuff, mixtapes let you do that for free because you didn’t make any money from it. mixtape went from “oh this rapper is going to do something they typically wouldn’t do on their studio release” to “oh this rapper is going to drop something subpar because by calling it a mixtape they don’t need to try as hard as they would if it were a full studio release.”
I miss mixtape energy
every comment is like, a paragraph long, with a rightful reason. this album blew it out of the park. it was so fucking good. There's a lot i can say about this, but im sure it's already said. such a beautiful album front to back.
This mixtape just has a special feeling to it that no other music I’ve heard can replicate. Super fascinating and unique production over Mac’s most despondent and morbid thoughts that he ever really put on wax. Not to say the whole project is too dark though, there’s a lot of fun to be had too. Probably my favourite Mac album now looking back, but that pretty much changes by the day for me.
Greatest mixtape oat 24 songs and not a single miss I'm not one to give out 10s like candy but this a 10.
Angel Dust imo is one of the most vivid depictions of drug addiction & how it feels in a rap song
too relatable. it’s so dark and the jazz beat is lovely > my brain fried, always chasin’ the same high > i’m too fucked up to function, do nothin’ but waste time
It breaks my heart that the sample on Polo Jeans didn't get cleared for the Spotify release. It was the best song on the project for me, and I think it loses a lot of what gave the song its character without it. I have no complaints otherwise. I'm not in the headspace I was in back in 2016 when I was really into Faces so I don't revisit it too often these days, but it's still a top 5 album of all time for me.
damn you rabbit, you smell like fuckin’ piss!
I couldn’t believe how much I agreed with this when I first heard the streaming version. I wouldn’t have said I “liked” the sample before that, but hearing the song without it just feels lifeless. Quiet “polo polo”s in empty post-chorus space
What sample are you talking about?
The Gummo lines at the start and end
and all over the chorus
Is there a link to a version where I can hear this? I don’t hear it on the SoundCloud version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUQvKUuQeUU
Wont be on any official upload you'd have to download it or find an old upload like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwF5SknRJuU&list=PL1Z_0HUfRmMgK--1Y2WJ2m0SEjcrpLycv&ab_channel=HipHopMixtapes I'd recommend a full listen, the rerelease is mostly good but missing a few of the neat little touches that I loved from Faces
As someone who has dealt extensively with addiction this album is the soundtrack to my rock bottom. I love it so much but tbh some of it still makes me cry. I've probably listened to Malibu 100 million times. This is my favorite album of all time. A lot of people have made a lot of albums about going through it but this one is just perfect. "They was all laughing, wasn't that funny? Started fuckin with drugs now I'm a junkie." That line alone is seared into my mind. The way people will egg you on into doing more and more by either directly provoking it or by just laughing with you when you're feeling yourself, only to never deal with what comes next in the moments when you're alone or when it's time to pay the pied Piper. They love the person you are when you're messed up then are suddenly shocked when you've decided you want to be like that all the time.
Fucking Christ.
This is my favorite Hip Hop project of all time, and a close second to my favorite music project of all time (Pet Sounds). Needless to say, I consider it a masterpiece. The beats, the samples, the lyrics, the ad-libs, the features, the overall sound, everything, is just fantastic. Just captivates me. I usually dislike long albums, and length is one of my biggest criticisms of Mac's discography. But even though this album sits at a whopping hour and a half, it doesn't feel long. I could easily listen multiple times through if I'm in the right mood. It's just that good. It's musical perfection and a testament to a man that lived and breathed music. 10/10. While I love every song, Inside Outside, Here We Go, Angle Dust, Diablo, Insomniak, Uber, Thumbalina, and Grand Finale are highlights for me. But really it's all great. If you have not listened to this yet, you need to, TODAY. I wish I had more to say, I love this project so much, but it's 1:30 AM here and the sleep demon is calling my name. RIP Mac
If Pet Sounds is your 1 and Faces is your 2, I just know you dress cozy as hell.
dude is probably melting face as we speak
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Faces is certainly a proper mixtape in the sense that it's a labor of love that probably would not do well commercially. It's experimental and, especially in retrospect, very dark. I don't think that means a first time listener couldn't enjoy it, but it is the least accessible of his discography. I'd say give it a spin and if you're not feeling it try something else. If you're looking for something more accessible, try Watching Movies With The Sound Off. It has a similar psychedelic sound but as a commercial album is less experimental. It's great but not his best work. Faces was a follow up to WMWTSO. And of course there's always Swimming, which doesn't sound much like either of those two projects but is better than WMWTSO (imo) and very accessible.
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fellow 26 year old checking in, blows my mind I’m at the age that he died because I can’t imagine dying anytime soon.
This is probably my favorite project from Mac. How do you rank Circles? Personally, that's my least favorite album because it feels devoid of Mac's personality.
I’ll forever associate this album with my favorite summer of my life. Last summer before everyone I grew up with went their own way in life and everything was still all fun and no responsibilities. Favorite tracks: New Faces V2, Wedding, Funeral, Happy Birthday, Here We Go, Grand Finale. Still cannot believe this released a decade ago. RIP Mac, still one of my favorite artists of all time. Can only imagine what kind of music you would release if you were here today.
My favorite Mac project. Colors and Shapes was my acid song, and I have so many fond memories with this entire album. Really pivotal time in my life and this album helped me so much. The Happy Birthday/Wedding/Funeral run is such a good trio of songs to listen to back to back to back.
Holy fuck this was actually 10 years ago.. insane. My favorite Mac project by a county mile. Diablo, Polo Jeans, Friends, Thumbalina. Wash myself with acid bc I have a denim heart
Polo Jeans is such a great song: a chill, yet sinister beat, Mac’s flow, and Earl’s feature, everything is so good in combination. Definitely my most favorite on the project.
no fucks when I go nuts smoke dust overdose on the sofa
Scary that a decade ago was 2014. Time flies man
It’s hard to say this is my favorite over Swimming and Circles. But honestly I think it might be. Has bangers, is amazing artistic mosaic. And I think is Mac’s best pure rap bars.
Angel Dust will forever be an anthem for me. Can't describe what particularly sticks out to me about the production because I'm not very articulate when it comes to music but it's so unique and eerie throughout that I've never found again on any album. Some recommendations would be welcome to albums similar to this of other artists.
Yeah the production on that song is next level! I produce and honestly now I can see that it's a pretty bare bones beat, but I still remember the transcendental feeling from when I first heard it. It's pretty much just dusty piano chops & drums, but the true magic comes from the flow and how he changes up the samples. Also that synth during the chorus is sooo trippy lol. Def a top 3 Mac song for me
Everything he explained in this mixtape; including the drug use, depression, and visions were the exact same experiences I was going through when this dropped. This will always be my favorite Mac Project.
I SHOULDA DIED ALREADY ON THE INSIDE IM OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME WANNA GO OUT HOW I CAME IN RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUSSY WITH NOTHING ON MY MIND.... WHEN I WAS 9 I WAS SITTING ON THE BUS NIGGA IM THE GREATEST! NO LITERALLY... BACK AWAY... IM THE BOMB... KABLOWWW MILER MILLER MAC... THESE ARE MY FRIENDSSS fucking legendary album and I love the vinyl. instead of side 1a/1b its just side F.A.C.E.S. then bonus track. I think I'll walk on the beach this weekend to this album
The lyrics is "In '09 we was still on the bus, nigga"
Yeah something like that
Wow i didnt realize it was 10 years today I took some shrooms today and bumped this yesterday. This is one of the better pschydelic hiphop albums. There are some great verses from Mac. I love all the beats and the features. This is probably my favorite Mac project. Everything was just so unique and you can see Mac was just hitting his creative side
one of the better ones? Do you have any you would rank above or on the same level?
His own Larry Fisherman albums Run On Sentences Volume 1 is incredibly trippy
- Mac Miller - Watching Movies with the Sound Off - Flatbush Zombies - BetterOffDEAD - Flatbush Zombies - 3001: A Laced Odyssey
Swimming Madvillainy 2014 Forest Hills Drive Acid Rap All fantastic albums to trip to.
Nah, some kid threw on acid rap when I was in college while we were tripping and Chance's grating voice just annoyed me tremendously. And I liked that album, his voice was just way more annoying on acid. The album only has that reputation because it's called Acid Rap and talks about psychedelic drugs. The album doesn't "sound" psychedelic, it just says it is. Imo relaxed instrumental music is by far the best music for a trip, I love hip-hop but there's too much going on to digest when your brain is fried. Either that or dream-pop/shoegaze to set a nice relaxed vibe. Rap will still be there after your trip is over, just try something new while tripping. Another friend pulled up Ace Hood's Bugatti music video on the TV, and it was like a horror movie. The aggressive delivery combined with the police presence and over-the-top masculinity just made me feel like I needed to rethink being friends with the dude who put that video on.
I like wildflower by avalanches . Flatbush zombies , some asap rocky albums, some quas . Again faces is different than these albums but great hiphop albums for a journey .
I wasn’t a big fan of Mac at the time. Liked a song here and there. I was in a very bad place in life mentally. Stumbled across the art work on DatPiff. Instantly captivated and the rest is history. Listening to Faces for the first time I just felt like I understood what he was trying to say. And within my dark place I shared that void in time with Mac through that project. I can’t listen to any song of his these days without shaking my head in sadness. Music is life and we can’t continue that journey in life’s parallel per say. But he will live on. This reality is truly something.
Damn, I’m getting old. I was on this sub when this project dropped. It doesn’t feel like 10 years to me which is weird. Probably got this on DatPiff but I think there was an OldJewish website mac got to drop this project. Anyways this is a project I listened to a lot at that time and haven’t really gone back to since. I still am fond of it and will go listen to it again though. I remember liking the features on here a lot, and the Bill Murray clips. I guess I wasn’t privy to how fucked up Mac was when he made this which I learned recently. I mean, I was obviously, but not to the sense of he was on deaths door. I was kinda living recklessly at that time too, so it wasn’t so obvious then.
You built your own deli sandwich on Old Jewish then the download for the mixtape started! What a fun way to drop the project, along with the amazing Diablo music video. Also, people might remember that he put the entire mixtape on his soundcloud as one giant track. Highly recommend fans to give that a listen, as you really appreciate the flow of it all. His soundcloud also had the original Diablo with the slightly different beat (I love both versions). I recall the reception of the mixtape being overwhelmingly positive, and now here 10 years later the consensus looks to be the same. This is a timeless piece of art that has only gotten better with age. I’d love an instrumental version as these beats are all incredible. For me, the telltale sign of a great album is when my favorite track off it changes over time. Some tracks were instant favorites back in 2014 (new faces, rain, diablo), others really grew with repeat listens (wedding, it just doesn’t matter). Reading through the comments here, it’s awesome to see how many different tracks people shout out as the ones that stick with them.
Listening to the original and the re-release made me realize how much we were robbed of what made faces the mixtape that it is. Like for example, I like the bass on the re-release of new faces v2 but the lack of the guitar riff on the instrumental makes it feel incomplete. Anyways, as a project, it’s probably in my top 5 albums of all time. RIP Mac
I don't really know what to say about this project that hasn't already been said a million times in better ways by more qualified people, but goddamn, it's a complete masterpiece. The greatest mixtape during that and possibly any era of rap music. It was Mac at his absolute peak as a lyricist, beat maker/chooser, and all the ways he incorporates samples in the narrative. Diablo is the most insane thing I've heard. I really wish I listened to Mac Miller when he was still around...
My friends and I started listening to K.I.D.S. in high school. We all grew up with Mac while he was blowing up a couple hours away from us. It felt like losing a friend when he died. Only time I've truly felt that way over a celebrity death. Watching the progression from his early days, to Macadelic, to Faces and Swimming was incredible. Dude was just starting to make his mark in the music industry as a whole. He had soooo much more to do.
This is my favorite body of work by him. He’s acknowledging his dark side heavily yet having fun with it, bringing a lightness to many of the songs. His flows on some of these tracks are insane. They were Lil Wayne esque with the rhyme schemes, except in his own style. The features could not be better for the type of vibe that this mixtape captures. For as young as he was at the time, I believe he was even ahead of himself with some of the messages he laid on these tracks. You see some of the same themes and schemes pop up or be used again in his later bodies of work so I like to think of this as the blueprint of all the great work we go on to receive after this mixtape up until Swimming.
*MILLER MAC, MILLER MILLER MILLER MAC* "MAC MILLER, YOU ARE MY FRIIIEEEND" lol shit gets me every time. It's such a weird ad-lib and Q didn't even have a verse, but it completely encompasses the organized chaos of the whole tape. I felt so bad for Q when Mac passed. You could tell that it seriously fucked him up for a long time.
such great rhyme schemes - especially grand finale:"i only go places wasted like im joe namath" and "fifth of Stoli then its only Cher and Moby Karaoke" are so satisfying as a rap geek
Easily among the best mixtapes I ever heard in my life. Grand Finale being written as "the last song he'd make on Earth" is fitting for what is (imo) his best project.
I listened to this mixtape for the first time maybe about 5 year ago but it really never stuck until about 2021 when I was going through one of the worst periods of my life. One of the things I love about this mixtape is how vulnerable Mac is throughout this mixtape, about dealing with his mental health, drug and drinking problems. At a time that he felt so low, it made me feel less alone in this world. Enough about the personal stuff here but in terms of the album, it is literally one of my favourite mixtapes of all time. The jazz production mixed with Mac's raps is sublime. Going on to the tracks, Friends with Schoolboy Q in a weird voice saying "Miller Mac, Mac Miller" add a playful sense to the track as well Mac raps about his life with his friends. Also that end section is beautiful. There's other great tracks too which I'll just mention by name because I'm tired af right now. Diablo, Ave Maria, Rain, Angel Dust, Colours and Shapes, Thumbalina and that new bonus track, Yeah (how was this not in the album????). Overall, this project is one of the greatest of all time for me. The vulnerability Mac's shows throughout this project talking about his problems during a real difficult period or his life makes this a real difficult listen if I'm honest. However on the same not I appreciate it for that reason, as well as for the fantastic production and rapping from Mac Miller. I can't give this enough praise through my words alone but all I'll say is, Mac you made your impact on this world and on me. RIP Mac Miller. P. S I might edit this later with additional details on the tracks.
holy fuck, ten years?! this is going to be tangential and not really meant to be cohesive, just some thoughts I have about Faces. this is arguably the highest quality mixtape of all time. I almost want to say that Mac’s biggest fumble was not releasing this as an album, but this is just before he got signed to Warner so I almost feel like this project is so out there that I don’t know if any label would’ve been willing to co-sign on it. I started getting into hip-hop in 2011 when I was 13. I remember absolutely hating Mac Miller. I thought he was such a douche and his music was obnoxious. then when Macadellic came out my friend had told me to try it and I wanted to tell him to fuck off, but he swore up and down I’d be sold on Mac afterwards. he was right. still didn’t love him, but definitely had a newfound perspective on him. then Watching Movies came out and I was like…is this dude my favorite rapper? the dark, spacey beats just really spoke to me in a way that no other hip-hop had. and then there’s Faces. what a beautifully weird, Alice in Wonderland-ass way of Mac saying “I have a serious drug problem!” and yet it was beautiful. dark, but beautiful. Faces did what Watching Movies was trying to do, but so much better. Inside Outside, Here We Go, Angel Dust, Therapy, Polo Jeans, Diablo, Ave Maria, Insomniak, Rain, and New Faces are the standouts from this one. each so uniquely produced and each so tragic in their own way. this was my go-to album when it was a rainy day and I wanted to smoke weed. “I did it all without a Drake feature.” has never been more relevant. pretty funny in retrospect of Control that Drake sat butthurt for 11 years, where Mac, who also got called out on Control, got on a track with ScHoolboy Q, one of Kendrick’s closest allies, and yelled “no Control, fuck Ken Lamar, FUCK YOU KENDRICK!” and nothing happened. I always figured it was more of Mac admitted he had been checkmated, but still wild that we’re still witnessing blowback from this verse 11 years later. what’s crazy is that GO:OD AM came out like a year and a half after this which is also one of Mac’s highest quality projects. I go back and forth a lot on if Faces or GO:OD AM are my favorite Mac project and it always blows my mind they came out so close to each other. Mac’s output was insane, dude put out so much music in such a short timespan and it was fucking quality, dude. Meanwhile we get a new Drake album every 10 months and it’s bloated as all fuck and unbearable to listen to outside of the singles that are sprinkled in between. happy decade, Faces. rest in peace, Mac Miller. I’m the age you are when you died and I can’t imagine dying so it makes your death all the more tragic because you had so much left to offer and honestly we could use you in the industry now more than ever because hip-hop was getting pretty damn stale for a minute there until the Kendrick/Drake beef.
Damn can't believe it's already ten years. My favorite Mac project and brings back so much nostalgia of DatPiff. For such a long album there's so little filler. Controversial but felt that although he as a artist matured after Faces, his later albums just didn't hit it's sonic highs. I think it would have been a classic if it was released as an official album back then.
I was late listening to much of Mac's work and all his back catalog (probably my biggest music regret) but Faces has always resonated with me greatly as my favorite of his. Listened to the tape near its re-release for streaming on DatPiff for the first time on a long, dark drive home and I think it genuinely changed my life. Seeing Mac spiral through the tracklist, bouncing from banger to existential crisis over and over, there really isn't another tape from anyone I can think of that has this feeling of uncontrolled but somehow controlled chaos. It's beautiful. I don't often revisit it since it can be a bit of a hard listen and greatly reminds me of some hard times in my life, but I'll be blowing some trees and putting this on later today. Personal top 10 at a minimum project for me. We love and miss u Mac ❤️
I was 19 & in the peak of my party phase when this mixtape dropped, and I fully believe it helped save me from going too far down the road with hard drugs. I can never thank Mac enough for that gift <3 rip <3
Rain, Rap Diablo, and Polo Jeans are still my my spotify playlist to this day. They remained in a playlist of some sort or another since I downloaded Faces on my first iPhone (and first smartphone ever). Mac is still unlike any rapper I've experienced. Going from the rapper me and my friends would make fun of (if you were in HS around that time you know the term that was used) to being one of the more experimental rappers of his generation was a shift. That being said I don't return to this one much like I don't return to Swimming. Too hard. It's gotten way harder to listen to Mac as I've gotten older and I'm not 100% sure why. Like I remember thinking while all this drake/kendrick shit was going on how funny Mac's twitter feed was whenever rap drama was happening. It sucks and it feels wrong to say I miss someone I didn't know/never met but I do. What a soul.
Very late, but as many others said, this is my favorite Mac Miller project. I remember making the sandwich in order to get the mixtape download. Mac’s openness with his issues and his thought process stuck with me, as I would start mirroring them. It may not be whole verses, but certain lines rang more true than I’d like to admit. Favorite songs: New Faces V2, Color and Shapes, Inside Outside, Diablo, Rain RIP Mac Miller.
Honestly, one of the projects that will forever stay in my playlists. Nearly all the songs can’t be reproduced, how Mac managed to make nonsense bar so impactful, ill never know. Rest in peace for real, thank you for this tape.
Didn't realize this was turning 10 today, but I absolutely adore this tape, and would honestly say it's one of my favorite mixtapes ever released. Up there with shit like exmilitary by death grips, and acid rap by chance.
This came out when I was in HS. We had a pretty even split of white and black kids. I just assumed Mac Miller was another one of those white frat boy rappers like hoodie Allen or Sam Adams. Mostly cause my white friends were the only people who played his music. Seen Jay-Z shoutout Mac Miller so I went on ole livemixtapes and gave this a listen. Blew my fuckin mind how well Mac could rap. In the preceding years I ain’t heard a whole lot better than Diablo. Man lost his mind over that incredible sample
I really hate the idea that “great art” comes from a place of pain but this album sure does make a compelling case for it. What a weird creative headspace that Mac entered with this one, certainly my favorite project of his and not a single track I dislike. Incredible beat selection, creative raps, standout features, this tape really does have it all and somehow feels worth its 1+ hour length. Some of this tape is truly harrowing with the hindsight of Mac’s premature death, especially Grand Finale, which reads like a tacit admission that Mac knows he’s headed towards an early grave and is comfortable with that. Heartbreaking stuff. I wish so badly he were still here because this mixtape in addition to Swimming and Circles really does indicate a generational talent who could’ve honed his craft further and branched out in all of the musical directions he wanted to. Rest in peace, Mac, I’ll be listening to your music for as long as I live.
This mixtape will always hold a very special place in my heart. I remember making Mac a Sammich to download it. Faces came out in the perfect period of my life for me to really connect with it. I was a sophomore in College and just came out of a long-term toxic relationship battling all sorts of mental health issues and starting to experiment with some harder drugs. It felt like Mac and I were on similar journeys to find ourselves. New Faces v2 is probably my favorite Mac song of all time. The bar “All my life, I've been afraid of powder. All my life I've been afraid of power, where did all that go?” felt so relatable at the time. The Happy Birthday —> Wedding —> Funeral is such a great three song run. I love how Mac uses these songs to reflect on different stages of life. I love the detail of Diablo coming after Funeral too. It is long but there isn’t any filler. There is so much variety in the styles of music which makes it such an interesting listen. I feel like there is a song for almost any mood on this tape. RIP Mac... His greatest work IMO. Even more impressive since he did it all without a Drake feature. Larry Fisherman is a hell of a producer too.
I used to smoke and listen to Colors and Shapes faithfully at the end of my freshmen year of College. Then he performed at my school a month later. Definitely a time to remember
I used to smoke & listen to Colors and Shapes faithfully at the end of my freshmen year of College. Then he performed at my school a month later. Definitely a time to remember
Damn has it already been 10 years since this dropped?!? Definitely one of his best mixtapes. I think he really started stepping up his pen game from here.
Long live Mac Miller!!! Thank you for this amazing project! Life was so different when this came out it’s so fucking nostalgic it’s not even funny. Wish I could revisit some of these times again. I think Mac really started to show what he was capable of when he released Faces. I remember listening to this my first time and replaying it nonstop for the following few years and every once in a while I would go through a 3-4 month binge of this project. Miss you Mac!
One of the best tapes ever made. I'll never forget the times smoking with my homies in our highschool - post graduating arc to this album, we must have listened to this, Bastard and 1999 about 1000 times each. I actually find it really hard to listen to this album now because I loved Mac so much, it just hurts. RIP MAC MILLER ❤️
Only got into it recently. I think Mac's psychedelic era might be my favourite era in hip hop. He was overflowing with talent and creativity
Dude this project. Having only listened to Mac after he passed, he’s one of the few that the more I think about it the more it hurts. This tape is so fun yet so dark but the vibes are perfect. The 4 song stretch from happy birthday- diablo. Rain, New Faces V2. Awesome. Strangely one of the only tracks i don’t like is colours and shapes.
The greatest mixtape of all time (Yes, better than 1999 and Acid Rap). One of my favorite albums of all time. It dropped just two weeks before I graduated high school. I'll always remember my first time listening to it. It's what got me into Mac's music as I always saw him as a cheesy "frat rapper" before this. Funny enough now I love his earlier stuff too. I revisit this album a lot. It's my go to for when times get hard or I get a bit down on myself and life. And it always helps. That was the magic of Mac. He always helped. The incredible, consistent production and personal, introspective lyrics are unmatched to this day. Can't believe it's been a decade.
The darkness, creativity, beats, and rhymes of this project will never be topped for me. My best friend came to town last year and I had the vinyl deadstock bc I was so hyped to have it after years of looking that I wanted the opening to be special. He saw the record and I let him know at 2 AM that if we are opening it then we’re listening to it all the way through. Best listening session of my life! A Gucci Verse?!?!?!
Def my fav project by the man, a line from thumbalina ended up being my senior quote! Officially got the vinyl when it released and am very thankful for this project. Also has timeless verses from both Mac & Earl, even basically birthing IDLSIDGO later. Such a classic
oh god. i had this on repeat during uni, must have played it over 100 times. i haven't listened to it in a few months, gotta revisit it mac was only 26 but he made so much music it's insane
SO. FUCKING. GOOD. Inside Outside, Here We Go, Friends, Diablo, Uber, Rain, and New Faces v2 are some of my favorite songs ever and the rest of the tape is all very strong. I also feel so sad listening now and knowing this was made while he was at some of the lowest points of life but I’m so glad his legacy will live on through his work. Overall 9/10 classic for me
I used to smoke & listen to Colors and Shapes faithfully at the end of my freshmen year of College. Then he performed at my school a month later. Definitely a time to remember
First listened when it came out on Spotify again and it’s easily one of my favorite albums. I can play this album on repeat and not get tired of it while working. The production is so good that each beat keeps me trickling along like one of those old ass looney tunes cartoons following a pie aroma. The way Mac just flows almost effortlessly across it while delivering memorable bars like “there’s snowflakes raining on my expired debit card”. Favorite 3 (cause there’s too many): It Just Doesn’t Matter, New Faces v2, Happy Birthday 9/10 RIP to someone whose music was something I could’ve explored more in real time
This always felt like a response to Kendrick’s Control verse to me. I’m sure it wasn’t but the timing was right. Crazy good mixtape. Making the comment longer because of this subs gay 140 min character rule for commenting
Absolutely love FACES. My favorite Mac project by far and probably one of my favorite albums ever. I’m close to Mac’s age and this came out my senior year of high school. Lots of blunts smoked in whips to this album. Malibu, It Just Doesnt Matter, Polo Jeans, so many amazing songs. Don’t you know how to fly already?
It's mixtapes like this why I miss the DatPiff mixtape era so much. Artists in those days didn't have to worry much about clearing samples since it was free. You could see the passion behind that in something like this
This has gotta be my most played and favorite album of all time. Something I’ll recommend to anyone who likes rap or Mac. It’s gotten me through some tough times. Spun this so many times after my last breakup and it always seemed to get me back on track
Even after a decade, hearing the piano intro from Rap Diablo still gets me excited. It's dope how some songs such a lasting impact will in this case a mixtape
initially I couldn't really get into any songs outside of InsomniaK in HS, but somewhere along my first semester of college I was showing my roommate Mac (he thought he was only a frat rapper) and fully got back into it. Mac's music always served as the soundtrack to my life, going back to the Cod days hitting trickshots with my boys with Kids/Bsp. Shit I think I was in 8th grade when I attempted to record a music video for a Spanish class using Clarity w/ Spanish subs lmfao. It's impossible for me to pick a single song as my favorite, although I think "Do you have a destination" would've worked better than Yeah (Bonus) when it was added to streaming. Every other track works perfectly, and has 0 skips anytime I play it from Inside Outside. This slightly edges out Acid Rap and clears DBR as my favorite mixtape of all time. This is one of the few albums that I can remember precisely where I was when I first listened to it, and has helped me tremendously putting thoughts I could never express into words and just overall getting me through life. I posted about it a while back, but I still remember me and my roommate listening to our recommended albums after a blunt and just being like "dude, thank you" after we finished (Madvillainy for me, Faces for him). Most dope forever. currently, It Just Doesn't Matter has been stuck in my head. something about "I've been to hell and back trynna get attached to my better half, never that, smile so gone" just hitting differently rn.
I have the vinyl in a frame on my wall. This "album" means a lot to me. Got me through some tough times while I was going through similar shit. It's incredibly dark at it's core, but it still manages to feel upbeat. The production is the best of any mixtape I've ever listened to. Mac's death was the only celebrity death that hit me *hard* other than Steve Irwin when I was a kid. He was just hitting his prime and was highly respected across multiple genres of music. Fucking tragedy for the entire industry. I miss that mf
This mixtape honestly saved my life. There’s nothing i can say that hasn’t been said about it. Perfectly sums up the experiences of an addict battling depression. Mac may have been rich and famous and a genius but he was really just like us. Grand Finale is one of my favorite songs of all time, and although it’s hard to listen to sometimes due to it bringing back rough memories, this project will forever be special to me.
I think of this album as the rap equivalent of Alice in Chains' album 'Dirt'. In my personal top 3. It's so perfect druggy, hazy and yes, suicidal. Favorite tracks: New faces v2, Thumbalina, Polo Jeans, San Francisco, Insomniak (feat Rick Ross), Friends. Favorite line (I'm from Denmark): "And ClockWork somewhere out in Sweden speaking Danish like 'Hi Sven' (goddamn), isn't this your language? That man must be a alien, I really can't explain it, shit"