In September came the release of GO:OD AM, Miller’s most focused and deliberate project to date. Not to mention, Mac Miller just landed a $10 million record deal with Warner. The young emcee has been gaining more and more legitimate respect in the Hip Hop world. An independent artist for years, Miller had excitement bubbling around what he could do with the resources at his disposal under a major label.

A few months after gifting fans with 2014’s ambitious Faces, a 24-track mixtape that was a journey through the slightly disturbed mind of a rapper who some worried was dabbling a little too much in the world of drugs, Miller inked a $10 million deal with Warner. Critics praised Miller for his shift sonically, but felt he was still searching for his real sound beneath drudging stoner rap. The sophomore LP included fresh tactics involving pitch shifts, more complex rhyme schemes and collaborations with left-field producers such as Flying Lotus. Friendships with local young emcees like Earl Sweatshirt and Vince Staples materialized, and the stylistic change to his music produced Watching Movies with the Sound Off. The commercial success wasn’t enough for Miller, as he was slammed critically for his work and retreated to Los Angeles to survey the alt rap scene taking over the west coast. After the release of a handful of mixtapes and his first full length LP Blue Slide Park, Miller had been facing harsh criticism for his album’s content despite Blue Slide Park being the first independently released album to debut #1 on the Billboard 200 since Tha Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food. The Pittsburgh emcee burst onto the scene with 2010’s K.I.D.S., a mixtape he wrote at the ripe age of 18 that immediately caught the attention of high schoolers everywhere with its frat rap tendencies. Mac Miller performed at Philly’s newest concert venue, The Fillmore, located in the heart of Fishtown on Saturday Dec.

PHILADELPHIA – Mac Miller’s rise to major label success has been, in a word, mercurial.

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