The Dark Side of Mac Miller's Faces

Get a free trial of Skillshare here → This is an affiliate link, you get to support my channel by signing up, but you can cancel anytime before the trial ends! This tape may be different, possibly even confusing to many on their first listen. In 2014, faces was more of an era, a place in time, but in a way, quite a dark hurdle. At the time of recording he was 22 years old and had already lived many lives. After blue slide park and KIDS, by the time Macadelic rolled around, many didn't expect such versatility out of him. Although it wasn't the first time hearing such themes from Mac, this was different, it was dark. Throughout this video I explore each song in depth and tear apart every sample. I reviewed this with the original mixtape samples because that is how Mac intended to listen to it. In this album he uses each track to dive into introspection and extrospection, which helps us understand who he really is behind his face. The story of Face's is quite dark, but throu