Balloonerism
Balloonerism Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Mac Miller Posthumous rap albums can often feel opportunistic: indiscriminate grab bags cobbled together for one last payday. But Balloonerism —the second album from the beloved musician since his death in 2018, released two days ahead of what would have been his 33rd birthday—is far from an assemblage of cutting-room floor scraps. Culled from a single week of extended jam sessions (according to close collaborators), the album is considered to be Mac Miller’s “lost project,” recorded between his 2013 album Watching Movies with the Sound Off and his 2014 mixtape Faces —arguably the most pivotal year of his creative evolution. “It is a project that was of great importance to Malcolm, to the extent that he commissioned artwork for it,” read a statement from Miller’s estate confirming the official release in fall 2024, noting the unofficial bootleg versions that have circulated through the years. There’s only one voice besides ...
