This week Démar and Adriel discuss Mac Miller's secpmd posthumous album 'Balloonerism', how mac was ahead of his time sonically and his eerie, Tupac-like lyrics.

The Love List: Stoned, Mrs. Deborah Downer, 5 Dollar Pony Rides, Rick's Piano, Tomorrow Will Never Know

Timecodes:

4:38 - Saved songs
6:05 - Fav Mac Miller album
7:03 - Westside Gunn comparison
8:36 - Growing up between KIDS & Watching Movies with the Sound Off
13:00 - SZA17:05 Soft launched his drug use
17:32 - SZA pronunciations
18:45 - Eery hearing speak about death
22:30 - Mentioning sleep and death often
26:42 - Juice wrld comparison
32:24 - Really in touch with his childhood  
40:22 - If this came out today, where is the Smino ft
45:20 - The production lesson from this project
48:51 - Kali Uchis / Melting
49:55 - Lil Baby could never
51:49 - Getting the right people in the room/jam session
52:15 - Dreamscape
54:42 - it sounds like he wasn’t scared of his death 
56:47 - Slept on
1:07:04 - The white internet  
1:09:26 - Anyone in music history that has eight quality projects
01:09:47 - The cover
01:12:43 - The Score

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Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
Adriel's rating: 8 / 10


Mac Miller - Balloonerism / 2025 (2014) / neo-soul, hip hop, rap, psychedlic hip hop