“Balloonerism puts Mac Miller's wit, poignancy, and freewheeling creativity on full display; it being able to reach more ears now is only a good thing.”
“The second posthumous album released since the death of American rapper Mac Miller in 2018 ponders delusions and lost innocence. Drug use and death are recurring themes, making it a highly poignant listen: Miller accidentally overdosed at 26. Recorded during 2013-14, a fertile period in which Miller also released a maturing album, Watching Movies With the Sound Down (2013) and a hard-hitting mixt”
“Balloonerism is an emotional and plaintive posthumous entry for Mac Miller”
“Recorded in 2014 but never released, Mac Miller’s second posthumous album is the missing link between the earnest rapper he was and the evocative songwriter he would become.”
“The rapper’s second posthumous release lets listeners into his dark, blue thoughts from over a decade ago”
“For me, I feel like this is where his catalog took a dive more towards my kind of preference. There’s a fantastic mixture between what is still authentically Mac and what feels like a more experimental…experimental for Mac miller anyways. This is one of my many comfort albums anyways so it was bound to score high the moment I finished listening to it.”
“Fun, trippy project from Mac leaning into a more playful approach lyrically but also contrasting that with some more darker and depressing themes as well. Top songs are ‘Do You Have A Destination?’ ‘5 Dollar Pony Rides’ ‘Friendly Hallucinations’ ‘Stoned’”
“I was looking forward to this album. There are a lot of songs I wouldn’t listen to regularly but have some great themes and ask some scary questions. But there are a lot of songs I like as well. Its a very experimental album.”
“the darkest and yet one of the best albuns mac has out”
“A beautiful send off to an angel of a man”
