Miller was gifted with complete openness that few artists have despite not possessing the technicality of Kendrick Lamar or the in-your-face aggressiveness as his close friend Earl Sweatshirt. 15, the mixtape features a previously unreleased song, simply titled “Yeah.” This follows the release of 2020’s wonderful posthumous album “Circles” and Miller’s breakthrough mixtape “K.I.D.S” rereleasing on its 10th anniversary.įor those who found the intimacy of “Circles” to be entrancing in the wake of the death of the “Good News” and “Weekend” rapper, “Faces” will be a similar experience. 15 that alongside a music video for the track “Colors and Shapes,” that the Grammy nominated rapper’s successful 2014 mixtape “Faces” would be rereleased.Ĭoming to streaming services and vinyl for the first time on Oct. His influence and personality helped make him such a beloved figure among his peers, the outpour of love only working to make his tragic overdose on Sept.
Mac Miller – “Colors and Shapes” – Music Video (Dir.Lost in the process of distancing himself from the frat-rap haze of the early years of his career, Mac Miller wandered into becoming a hip-hop pioneer.įinding his style in a dark, drug-induced stupor, Miller drove an entire era of the genre.
Pre-order your copy of Faces by Mac Miller on vinyl ahead of its October 17th release here and watch the animated video for “Colors and Shapes” below.
Related: Remembering Mac Miller Three Years After His Death With His Reflective Tiny Desk Concert įaces, originally released for free on Mother’s Day 2014, is considered by many fans to be among his finest works due in large part to its psychedelic-jazz leanings and its darker lyrical themes dealing with addiction, death, and psychosis. It’s sort of a look at the emotional and difficult and perilous but noble path of an artist.” To build it out I asked Malcolm’s family to send me bits and pieces from his childhood, scenes from the town where he grew up, objects, toys from his room-little pieces of his life that I extrapolated outwards and used to inspire the story.”Īdded Mason, “In the abstract, it’s meant to be a video about childhood-growing up as an artist and the highs and lows of that experience. This atmospheric nighttime place that was sometimes dangerous, sometimes comforting, then I saw a picture of Ralph and a story emerged. The new “Colors and Shapes” visuals, directed by Sam Mason and produced by production company Hornet, follows a computer-animated version of Miller’s dog, Ralph, on a Through The Looking-Glass-type journey in his dreams as he interacts with the metaphorical characters illustrated in the song’s lyrics.Īs Mason said in a statement, per Pitchfork, “The track felt very visual to me-like it had its own world.
The estate of the late Mac Miller has released a new music video for “Colors and Shapes”, one of several collaborations between Miller and Thundercat from his acclaimed 2014 mixtape, Faces, which is due for an official release on vinyl and streaming services next month.