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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the Pittsburgh rapper features guest appearances from Dām-Funk, Dicaprio, Dev Hynes, Snoop Dogg, Syd, and Thundercat.
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- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Rap
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Aug 3, 2018Whatever headspace produced Swimming, it captures this perfectly.
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Aug 3, 2018It’s in Miller’s melodious baritone, stark mantra flow that Swimming is most effective--a simple, stately, poetic autobiography.
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Aug 9, 2018Swimming merges enlightening, candid rhymes over funky beats, providing a transparent look at how Mac Miller hit a personal rock bottom and his vigorous climb to save himself.
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Aug 3, 2018Swimming is less virtuosic than those artists’ [Chance the Rapper, Anderson.Paak and Frank Ocean] recent works, but no less heartfelt, and the album’s wistful soul and warm funk fits Miller like his oldest, coziest hoodie.
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Aug 3, 2018Miller sounds great when he’s whining, croaking, stretching syllables like warm mozzarella. Swimming’s spare, dreamy production allows him to do a lot of that.
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Aug 9, 2018Whether Miller is singing on those funk-inflected highlights, or rapping on them with a flow that's airtight to their irresistible rhythms, he sounds like a would-be chart-topper, not to mention one of the most versatile and accomplished hip-hop artists working today. He also clearly has pop chops to rival those of his former flame.
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Aug 6, 2018Most tracks float by in a pleasant if unremarkable funk-lite haze, but there’s an overall sense of Miller being older, wiser and more at peace than before.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 40 out of 46
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Mixed: 4 out of 46
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Negative: 2 out of 46
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Aug 4, 2018
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May 16, 2022It manages to be both extremely sad and extremely fun without one taking away from the other.
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Feb 19, 2019
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Sep 30, 2018
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Sep 29, 2019
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Aug 7, 2018
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Apr 27, 2020His rapping is mediocre, his singing is awful as usual, the production is meh. There’s nothing here to redeem it besides emotional connection.
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