Mac Miller’s spirit stays sturdy, even six years after his tragic dying. Followers of his can now get pleasure from extra unreleased music, courtesy of the late artist, within the type of “The Quest” after the observe lastly made its means onto streaming platforms on Friday (March 22).
Followers could also be acquainted with “The Quest,” because the music was first launched on the tenth anniversary vinyl of Miller’s Watching Films With the Sound Off final 12 months. Produced by the rapper, “The Quest” interpolates the his oft-collaborator Jon Brion’s observe “Cellphone Name.” Brion and Miller partnered on the Pittsburgh MC’s last albums, together with the Grammy-nominated mission Swimming and the MC’s posthumous launch Circles.
“I’ve this reminiscence of him being actually candy, and he occurred to say that he actually preferred the music of Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts,” recalled Brion in a 2020 piece with Vulture. “I used to be like, ‘Oh, that’s cool. That’s very nice.’ And truthfully, it didn’t go lots additional than that.”
Whereas “The Quest” will quench the thirst for brand spanking new music from Miller — who died in 2018 from an unintended overdose — questions nonetheless loom concerning his collaborative album with Madlib. Final 12 months, in the course of the elusive producer’s interview with Sway within the Morning, Madlib revealed his upcoming initiatives, which included the long-awaited joint effort with Miller. “Proper now, I’m ending up the Mac Miller album, the Planet Asia album and the Erykah Badu album,” he mentioned on the time.
Dubbed Maclib, Miller’s former producer Thelonious Martin instructed DJ Sales space in 2019 that the album was able to go between the 2 forces after listening to it throughout a studio session.
“[Madlib] simply randomly performs a Mac Miller joint. And I flip to him, I’m like, ‘There’s extra of those, proper?’ He’s mentioned, ‘Oh, yeah, there’s a complete album. Maclib,’” Martin mentioned on the time. “If Madlib decides to bless the world with that mission, he ought to.”
Hearken to “The Quest” under.
