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In Memory of Mac Miller

<p>Last week&comma; the world heard of Mac Miller’s death&comma; an event that has had a huge impact on lovers of and people in the music community&period; Many watched as Mac grew from the start of his music career and&comma; in a sense&comma; grew with him&period; In the middle and high school careers of many&comma; Mac Miller’s debut album &&num;8220&semi;Blue Slide Park&&num;8221&semi; was well-known and welcomed along with his earlier mixtapes &&num;8220&semi;K&period;I&period;D&period;S&period;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;Best Day Ever&period;&&num;8221&semi; These works create a sense of bitter nostalgia for many&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was easy to see Miller’s growth as an artist with the release of &&num;8220&semi;Watching Movies with the Sound Off&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;GO&colon;OD AM&period;&&num;8221&semi; These albums represented the change in Mac from an eighteen-year-old who was wide-eyed and excited to earn a name in the industry&comma; to a more mature adult who knew his talent and was willing to see how far he could take it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The release of &&num;8220&semi;Swimming&&num;8221&semi; in early August of this year was exciting for many because it showed off a new path that Miller was choosing to take in his music&period; The album is also the best portrayal of how much Mac has matured since the start of his career&period; He worked with Thundercat to create an incredibly fresh and original sound&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mac’s death has no doubt brought much sadness to his fans&period; Regardless of if you’ve known him since the start of his career&comma; halfway through&comma; or not until the very end&comma; every work he has produced should be appreciated&period; Listed below are eight songs&comma; one off of each of his most well- known works&comma; that everyone should know&comma; or listen to at least once in his memory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Good Evening – <em>K&period;I&period;D&period;S<&sol;em>&lpar;2010&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Donald Trump – <em>Best Day Ever <&sol;em>&lpar;2011&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Man In The Hat – <em>Blue Slide Park <&sol;em>&lpar;2011&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fight the Feeling – <em>Macadelic<&sol;em>&lpar;2012&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>S&period;D&period;S&period;  – <em>Watching Movies with the Sound Off<&sol;em>&lpar;2013&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Friends – <em>Faces<&sol;em>&lpar;2014&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brand Name – <em>GO&colon;OD AM<&sol;em>&lpar;2015&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cinderella – <em>The Divine Feminine<&sol;em>&lpar;2016&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2009 – <em>Swimming<&sol;em>&lpar;2018&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Without having to listen to every full album&comma; each of these songs spanning from 2010 to the present display the amazing growth and learning that Mac Miller went through in his music career&period; His death is a tremendous loss&comma; but his talent will always shine in the music community&comma; and remind us that so many of the good ones are gone too soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>COVER PHOTO&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;WOWT6News&sol;status&sol;1038200265487409152">Twitter<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <&excl;-- WP Biographia v4&period;0&period;0 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-biographia-container-top" style&equals;"background-color&colon; 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