Labs, both connected to Miller since the early days, so with this track it seems as though Miller and his Most Dope crew were trying to catch the essence of the place, rather than simply provide a description. The music was produced by Big Jermany Dan (Big Jerm) and I.D.
Miller raps: “So who you know that’s iller than Mac Miller and company?/It’s like I planted money seeds right underneath the f*ckin’ tree.” Miller displays his near-genius use of internal rhyme here, while making a metaphor about his money. It is more about the vibe the park gives. Track two, “Blue Slide Park,” is not exactly a description of the park itself. So, with this track, you are approaching the park as you make your way down English Lane. In an interview with, Miller explained that the title to the intro, “English Lane,” is the name of the street next to which Blue Slide Park sits. “Sometimes I just wanna go / Back to Blue Slide Park, the only place I call home,” Miller raps as the song approaches the end. Here he raps about how the new money hasn’t changed him. Then Miller comes in with a smooth and slightly raspy voice: “They thought the money should’ve changed it / Slide still blue, why the world keep trying to paint it?” The beat drops in with a melody of sounds that could cause a trance. “English Lane,” the first track, begins with a clean bass, swings creaking in the background and kids playing. In this album, Miller takes us on a journey through Blue Slide Park, a symbol that represents home to him. 8, Mac Miller released his debut album, “Blue Slide Park,” independently through Rostrum Records. With YouTube hits numbering in the millions, 1 millinion-plus followers on Twitter and a fast-growing Facebook fan page, the 19-year-old Miller is proof positive that social media plays an important part in gather a supportive fan base. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.Pittsburgh rapper Malcolm "Mac Miller" McCormick has amassed quite the following in his short but skyrocketing career. Watch the visualizer for “Frick Park Market” above. In the end, revisiting the track and hearing Miller drop lines like “I’mma feed the world you can put it on my tab / Run until my legs go numb, I don’t plan on lookin’ back,” it’s a warm reminder of his style, his disposition, and how much he’ll be missed. “That was the first single, that was the first thing we let people hear and I think that it really helps to represent what I’m doing with this album: how it starts out just fun and some things you’re used to hearing from me and it goes into something a little more trippy and a little more different and kinda takes you on an adventure.” In fact, on the Blue Slide Park commentary, Miller even alluded to the song’s kaleidoscopic nature: The visual features animations by Shokka, in a colorful and psychedelic display of the store, and the personalities in its orbit, that fits the song perfectly. In concert with the album’s anniversary, Rostrum Records released a new visualizer to the track “Frick Park Market,” an ode to Miller’s local corner store that seemed to have “anything you need” on the shelves.
It shows how even though he had inner demons that tragically ended his life, he was always just a kid from Pittsburgh looking to have fun. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, the album is a testament to the late rapper’s carefree, authentic persona. While each of Mac Miller’s six albums hit the top five in the Billboard 200 chart, it’s only his debut full-length, Blue Slide Park, that topped the chart.
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