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The album went on to debut at number one on the U.S. He subsequently began recording his debut studio album Blue Slide Park, and released it on November 8, 2011. In early 2010, Miller signed a record deal with Pittsburgh-based indie record label Rostrum Records. He was also a noted under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. Miller validates portions of his considerable buzz he’s a surprisingly technical rapper with a dexterous flow and flashes of wit, but mostly he’s just blissfully content with not growing up too fast.Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. But the missteps are excused by stellar production, mostly from ID Labs, a rising producer capable of crafting 808-driven bangers (“Smile Back’’) and creamy, Dilla-esque dreamscapes (“Of the Soul’’). The uneven album produces juvenile cuts like “Frick Park Market’’ and the Beastie Boys-meets-dubstep track “Loitering’’ that are fun despite themselves, while semi-serious efforts “Diamonds and Gold’’ and “Missed Calls’’ sound forced and sentimental. “Party on 5th Ave.’’ finds Miller warming up with a throwback house party rap over a dirty saxophone loop, and the rest of the record similarly indulges in memories of teenage debauchery. The 19-year-old rapper’s debut album, its title a reference to the park where he spent much of his still-familiar youth in suburban Pittsburgh, feels like a long high-school yearbook message set to a hip-hop beat. Mac Miller is too young to be this nostalgic.