Swimming 5th Anniversary 2LP (Color) fg_Catalog Number_A 545465 Bangers like “Thee Critical Beatdown”

Bangers like “Thee Critical Beatdown”

Zones Without People

The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold

You want to be holding someone’s hand while you sit back in the tall grass

Swimming 5th Anniversary 2LP (Color) fg_Catalog Number_A 545465 Bangers like “Thee Critical Beatdown”Mac Miller's Swimming marked a pivotal point in the late artist's career. His devotion to constant sonic exploration and artistic reinvention had already been well documented prior to the album's release the quantum leap from his Billboard chart topping debut Blue Slide Park to his sophomore album Watching Movies with the Sound Off, his tour de force as a producer on his 2014 mixtape Faces and ability to direct a full band on 2016's The Divine