''Macadelic'' is the seventh mixtape by American rapper

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. It was released online via free digital download on March 23, 2012. It includes the hit single "

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". Miller went on The Macadelic Tour in support of the mixtape in early 2012, performing 18 shows in the

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. Since its release, it has been downloaded over 1.3 million times and streamed over 1.5 million times from its official host,

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. ''Macadelic'' was remastered and commercially released on May 4, 2018.

Overview

After the release of ''

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'' and '' I Love Life, Thank You'' in 2011, Mac Miller began working on another project. According to Miller, he decided to "stop thinking about what kind of music eshould make and just start saying what ewanted to say." On March 23, 2012 Mac Miller released ''Macadelic'' and had a release party at Shadow Lounge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The music video for "Loud" was also released that day. Mac Miller's lyrical focus and subject is different from that of his previous major mixtape ''

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''. Also, the instrumentals on the songs have a psychedelic influence to the typical hip hop beat. While most songs' lyrics are rapped, hit songs such as "Clarity", "Angels (When She Shuts Her Eyes)", and "The Question" featuring

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are performed in a more poetic way. "Desperado" ends with the introduction to "

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. Another feature of ''Macadelic'' was its numerous cosigns and guest features. Mac Miller performed alongside

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, Sir Michael Rocks of

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, and

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among others. Some of the more popular songs from the mixtape are "Loud", "Thoughts From a Balcony", "Clarity", "Lucky Ass Bitch", "Angels (When She Shuts Her Eyes)", and "The Question".

Production

ID Labs produced several tracks on ''Macadelic'' as they did with previous Mac Miller projects. However, ''Macadelic'' introduces several new producers to Mac Miller such as

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who produced "The Question" featuring Lil Wayne.

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, who produced Mac Miller's hit "

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" produced his song "Thoughts From a Balcony" which was later released as a music video. Iman Omari who was featured on "Fight the Feeling" along with Kendrick Lamar and "Sunlight" produced "Fight the Feeling". Several other new producers worked on ''Macadelic'' as well. The song "1 Threw 8" features a sample from

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song "Fantasy". Teddy Roxpin, who previously worked with Mac Miller on "Get Up" and "Futuristic Funk", produced "Sunlight".

Accolades

The album was named the 50th best album of 2012 by ''

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''.

Commercial performance

Following Mac Miller's death on September 7, 2018, ''Macadelic'' debuted at number 106 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 8,000

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Track listing

Charts

References

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