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Ditching the middle class suburban demeanor highly instrumental in helping his debut album Blue Slide Park top the U.S. Billboard chart about the same time last year, Mac Miller returns with the creatively complex Watching Movies With The Sound Off.
Pushing listeners in a completely different direction to his last, Mac’s love of underground Hip-Hop rides shotgun. With a mix of zany beats and psychotically comedic subject matters also used to help describe Mac’s inner imaginations, daring to be different, this is without doubt a ballsy effort that transcends what some might consider to be the norm as far as rap music is concerned.
With shock value set well above 10, wishing Rihanna was DTF (down to fuck for those unfamiliar with the term) on the Tyler The Creator featured 'O.K.' and then promising to "punch a fan if he get a fucking word wrong” on “Bird Call", it’s hard not to think of early Eminem when listening to the 21-year-old Pittsburg emcee’s latest transformation. Lyrically expansive, his inner stoner meets impenetrable rhyme schemes that results in some excitingly hazardous results.
Stand outs include 'REMember', a dedication to a friend gone too soon, and the Action Bronson assisted 'Red Dot Music'. Also featuring the likes of Ab Soul, Jay Electronica and Schoolboy Q, with some of the most respected names in Hip-Hop stopping by there’s absolutely no chance of being steered in the wrong direction.
Slightly alienating himself by not offering his longstanding fans any light listening, Mac Miller’s selfish tendencies that scream total independence are actually what makes this album the enjoyable outing that it is. An unsubscribed genius has let itself be known with this release; whether it sells or not.
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