Blue Slide Park
by Mac Miller
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 84
  3. Negative: 16 out of 84
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  1. comebackkid12
    Dec 8, 2014
    6
    Mac Miller is all about being a fun-loving kid and giving off that impression, and with such a debut as "Blue Slide Park," you truly would hope he keeps that image going. Good news: he does. Bad news: he doesn't do anything else. Sure, his flow is smooth and soft, yet encapsulating over the right production, but there lies the problem; the right production. It almost feels that, throughoutMac Miller is all about being a fun-loving kid and giving off that impression, and with such a debut as "Blue Slide Park," you truly would hope he keeps that image going. Good news: he does. Bad news: he doesn't do anything else. Sure, his flow is smooth and soft, yet encapsulating over the right production, but there lies the problem; the right production. It almost feels that, throughout the album, he's missing opportunities left and right to bring back that kiddish feeling of doing things you weren't supposed to, but instead, he's skating all over the cliche lines, all of which we've heard many times before in many other more intriguing ways. This album isn't without its moments of happiness, though. "Party On Fifth Ave." is the one hit off the record that not only recalls hip-hop of old (it samples DJ Kool's "Let Me Clear My Throat"), but injects a new, fresh head-nod of a track. Oddly enough, although it has difficulties capturing manic adolescence, the 30-second instrumental "Hole in The Pocket" really hit me hard, for as I listened to it, I reminisced back into my childhood days of playing outside with friends, and wishing I had it all back. For that sole reason, I thank Mac.… Expand
  2. fifi3
    Jul 28, 2019
    5
    This album is like his mixtapes, except personally I feel the highs are just not nearly as high as Best Day Evers or K.I.D.S. It's fun. Some slick rhymes and cool beats. It's "high quality low quality" music. But it's pre high quality, high quality music that Mac would create over the 8 years after his debut.
  3. JakeWLovesRap
    Apr 2, 2020
    6
    It's a solid introductory album with few misses but also very few standout tracks. Good album, nothing less or more.
  4. Garretthanna1
    Mar 23, 2021
    4
    Blue slide park is a mess simple as that. The album is all over the place, it doesn't even feel like an album just a compilation of fun songs. This album really shows how mac didn't know his sound just yet. Looking back on it I don't think any song had much meaning at all, and it left me wondering what the album was even about. If I critiqued this album as hard as I could I'm sure theBlue slide park is a mess simple as that. The album is all over the place, it doesn't even feel like an album just a compilation of fun songs. This album really shows how mac didn't know his sound just yet. Looking back on it I don't think any song had much meaning at all, and it left me wondering what the album was even about. If I critiqued this album as hard as I could I'm sure the score would be lower, but I would lying if I said it wasn't a fun album to listen to.… Expand

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#66 Most Discussed Album of 2011

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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. BBC Music
    May 22, 2012
    40
    Blue Slide Park ends up a charm-bereft everyman hip hop record merely ticking boxes required to shift units.
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 21, 2012
    70
    The album as a whole saunters and bounces along.
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  3. RapReviews.com
    Jan 3, 2012
    60
    Ultimately I have two complaints about Blue Slide Park which in the grand scheme of things may be minor.
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