Interview by: Martin Bauman There seems to be no such thing as a day off for
Mac Miller. This year alone, the Pittsburgh, PA native has released four projects (
Run-On Sentences: Vol. 1 and
Stolen Youth as Larry Fisherman; his second studio album,
Watching Movies With The Sound Off; and now a self-titled mixtape under the moniker Delusional Thomas). Add that to his extensive tour schedule (with stops in Canada this week) and the demand of a reality show on MTV, and there's not much time for slowing down. It would be easy to think that such a busy schedule would compromise an artist's music, but lately, Mac's been making the best music of his life; it's no small accomplishment that
WMWTSO holds its own in a conversation about the best hip-hop album of the year, nor should it be overlooked that Mac's name came up in Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse, putting him in the same sentence as the rest of hip-hop's current elite. Suffice it to say, he's doing something right - and yet, if you ask him, he's not even close to the level he's aspiring to. We caught up with Mac Miller at his home in Los Angeles to talk about
Watching Movies With The Sound Off, why Flying Lotus told him he's at the greatest stage in his producing career, his goals for the future, and much more.
Read the full interview after the jump.
Today we're excited to bring you the second instalment of The Come Up Show Podcast. As promised, every two weeks we'll be dropping a new podcast with one of your favourite hip-hop artists. We began the series with Shad. This time, we chop it up with the ever-maturing, newly-surprising -- and among hip-hop fans, often-polarizing -- Mac Miller.
We talk about his friendship with Earl Sweatshirt, the meaning of life, his quest to become iconic, and plenty more in the podcast. Read the full breakdown after the jump and listen to the interview below (note: you can also read it here). Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: https://bit.ly/TCUSiTunes