![]() His marked creative improvement since then may have demonstrated an ability to learn from criticism, or maybe he just grew up regardless, over the past five years, Miller’s music has become exponentially better, not to mention weirder. ![]() Miller’s narratives didn’t venture far beyond the realm of dorm parties, and his fairly pejorative “frat rap” designation spoke not only to the demographics of his fanbase, but also to a much broader shift in hip-hop’s audience. ![]() Clearly, popularity wasn’t a problem for the Pittsburgh native, but acclaim was a different story. Before he had turned 20, his first album, Blue Slide Park (2011), became the first independently distributed debut to top the Billboard charts since 1995. It is not hard to imagine why Miller was in dire need of a reality check. ‘I got all the time in the world’ … Mac Miller
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