Enjoying this discovery even though I didn't really get into Swimming. Peeped this review and decided to check for it:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mac-miller-circles/

Atmospheric and maybe because of the timing this week (RIP Mamba) I'm thinking about loss/lives cut short and it hits a little harder.

He's pleasantly vulnerable/soulful. Liked what he and Jon Brion did here sonically as well.

Appreciate the path he took in ranging widely in his musical output in a short career. Understand better why so many folks of his contemporaries were struck when he passed.

respect,
bc

"my old boy from the Point but I'm from Southwest..."

"Are you really ready to carry some weight?,
Are you ready to design your fate?" -Kelvin Mercer

A lot of it seems like he knew something was coming whether it was recovery or death, but it is very somber for me.

i was hesitant to listen but its great. i can definitely understand people not wanting to listen to it or finding it hard to listen.

I dig the direction he was going in. Seemed like a really good dude too, gone too soon.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

i think Mac had an absolute classic in him, just didn't quite get there. I alwys felt like he was two albums from his classic.

That Tiny desk was good too, I think it was a month before he passed.

https://youtu.be/QrR_gm6RqCo

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”