The High Life marks the proper introduction of Mac Miller into the world of professional hip-hop, granting him enough local success to ensure him lots of sold-out shows in his hometown of Pittsburgh and in Pennsylvania. The latter is a phase characterized by less commercial success but more artistic production, where Mac Miller is not just a rapper anymore, but an eclectic artist who can easily adapt to different genres and can also craft, both for himself and for other artists (such as Vince Staples and SZA), unique sounds under the pseudonym of Larry Fisherman. The sound is very white-boy rapper with predominantly dancey beats, although there are differences between each of the works that came out over this phase. The former phase is maybe his most commercially successful one, with most, if not all his biggest hits written in this time. That is because a lot changed in his life after Blue Slide Park came out and those changes were reflected in his music. Mac Miller's music can be divided into two, distinct phases, with a very different sound: pre-Blue Slide Park and post-BSP.
If you're thinking "hey that guy barely has four years of career, it's too short" I have to say that, although that's true, he has put out an impressive number of songs, actually his latest mixtape, FACES, is his 11th official release, so we're talking about a lot of material over a short period of time. Inspired by the awesome "Guide to Kanye West" by /u/habs76 that actually got me into Kanye and by all the other amazing "guides" out there, I decided, since I didn't found any, to create one for my favorite artist: Mac Miller. After some suggestions over at r/music and actually thinking about it myself, I decided to post my introduction to my favorite artist, Mac Miller.