Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park (Vinyl) Recitals the unorthodox opener ‘Tape Loop

the unorthodox opener ‘Tape Loop #7’ bears the mark of a seasoned experimenter

this is her first album with New Order since 2001’s Get Ready

Elsewhere “Keep on Knockin’” subverts a grim Bo Diddley beat with dissonant Mellotron in praise of Edward Hopper and William Morris

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Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park (Vinyl) Recitals the unorthodox opener ‘Tape LoopBlue Slide Park is the debut studio album by Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, released on November 8, 2011, by Rostrum Records. Twee, maddeningly joyful, and kicked in a clumsy vernacular from a pedestal of privilege, Mac Millers debut suggests what would happen if the cast of Glee tried to make a rap album. Negatives aside, Blue Slide Park is full of surprises, mostly in the production (helmed in the main by ID Labs, but also by A$AP Rocky favourite