Blue Slide Park
by Mac Miller
Metascore
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
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  1. AllMusic
    Nov 16, 2011
    80
    Miller's big challenge is that he follows in a long line of suburban college rappers who have thrown up whack mixtapes like they were yesterday's punch bowl, but this memorable debut steps right around that mess and suggests that the kids are not just all right, but all the way live.
  2. DJ Booth
    Nov 16, 2011
    80
    You know that breathless feeling you had when you ran from the cops after they broke up a house party? This album is that feeling in musical form.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Nov 22, 2011
    75
    Miller exhausts his narrow subject matter pretty thoroughly over Blue Slide Park, but his life is so joyously carefree that it's hard to blame him for wanting to bask in it.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 21, 2012
    70
    The album as a whole saunters and bounces along.
  6. HipHopDX
    Nov 16, 2011
    70
    Blue Slide Park doesn't do anything to damage Mac's current status in the game, but it also doesn't do much to raise it.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 17, 2011
    67
    Miller sticks with a cruise-controlled slow burn for most of Blue Slide Park.

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User Score
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
  1. stock22
    Nov 17, 2011
    3
    I'm giving this a 3 purely for the solid production. Mac Miller is honestly one of the worst rappers i've heard in my life. Please name me oneI'm giving this a 3 purely for the solid production. Mac Miller is honestly one of the worst rappers i've heard in my life. Please name me one track that he has where he says anything that is slightly substantive. Its okay to make "fun" rap songs but this album is just downright terrible. The only people i can see liking this are loyal fans of his.… Full Review »
  2. filmmaniac111
    Nov 20, 2011
    10
    awesome debut album! all you be hating! I love Under the Weather, Diamonds and Gold, Blue Slide Park, PA Nights, Frick Park Market, Smile Backawesome debut album! all you be hating! I love Under the Weather, Diamonds and Gold, Blue Slide Park, PA Nights, Frick Park Market, Smile Back and Missed Calls the most.… Full Review »
  3. Labarron
    Nov 22, 2011
    8
    Nice debut from a 19 year old. I'm glad that it debut at number 1 and the second independent album to do so. Good solid production and niceNice debut from a 19 year old. I'm glad that it debut at number 1 and the second independent album to do so. Good solid production and nice lyrics. Can he do better on his second album?… Full Review »
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