Mac Miller | Balloonerism

This week Démar and Adriel discuss Mac Miller's secpmd posthumous album 'Balloonerism', how mac was ahead of his time sonically and his eerie, Tupac-like lyrics.The Love List: Stoned, Mrs. Deborah Downer, 5 Dollar Pony Rides, Rick's Piano, Tomorrow Will Never KnowTimecodes:4:38 - Saved songs6:05 - Fav Mac Miller album7:03 - Westside Gunn comparison8:36 - Growing up between KIDS & Watching Movies with the Sound Off13:00 - SZA17:05 Soft launched his drug use17:32 - SZA pronunciations18:45 - Eery hearing speak about death22:30 - Mentioning sleep and death often26:42 - Juice wrld comparison32:24 - Really in touch with his childhood  40:22 - If this came out today, where is the Smino ft45:20 - The production lesson from this project48:51 - Kali Uchis / Melting49:55 - Lil Baby could never51:49 - Getting the right people in the room/jam session52:15 - Dreamscape54:42 - it sounds like he wasn’t scared of his death 56:47 - Slept on1:07:04 - The white internet  1:09:26 - Anyone in music history that has eight quality projects01:09:47 - The cover01:12:43 - The ScoreFollow us:YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/@AlbumModeTikTok:Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcomDémar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemiInstagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/Twitter:Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepodAdriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant===================================Démar’s rating: 8 / 10Adriel's rating: 8 / 10Mac Miller - Balloonerism / 2025 (2014) / neo-soul, hip hop, rap, psychedlic hip hop