Meanwhile on “Back In The Day” Miller reminisces on a time when he was even more unknown than he already was at that point. On the surface though, “Ayye” is a reminder of the fun kind of music Miller used to make. Opening up with the line, “I’m so drunk its a bad idea to talk/Because I’m not making any sense/I’m just here to rock,” the song is an almost painful reminder of that fun-loving kid who, little known to us at the time, would go on using substances as a crutch for his demons until they eventually destroyed him. “Ayye” finds the stereotypical party-boy persona that got him on so many playlists for the drive to high school at the start of the 2010s. Related: Thundercat Reflects On Friendships With Mac Miller, Erykah Badu In New York Times Profile Yet, even through heavy layers of indulgent boastfulness that came with 2010 hip-hop, glimmers of the introspective lyricism that would later become his calling card still shine through. The songs find an 18-year-old Miller who is much less introspective at this early stage of his career. These two “new” tracks feature a vastly different-sounding Mac Miller than on Circles, or any of his recent work. The Pittsburgh-born rapper, real name Malcolm McCormick, died of a drug overdose on September 7th, 2018 before Circles was completed. The two new songs released on Friday look to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Miller’s debut album.Įarlier this year, Miller’s family posthumously released Circles, which was meant to be a companion record to 2018’s Swimming. We are eternally grateful to Jon and to those who gave their best to the difficult and emotional task of putting out this body of work.The estate of Mac Miller has shared two previously unreleased songs entitled “Ayye” and “Back In The Day” that were cut from the late rapper’s K.I.D.S. mixtape. "After his passing, Jon dedicated himself to finishing Circles based on his time and conversations with Malcolm. "After hearing some early versions of songs, cleared his calendar to help Malcolm fine-tune them," Mac's family shared. Mac's family went on to explain that he had been working on Circles with singer-songwriter and producer Jon Brion prior to his death. Two different styles complementing each other, completing a circle-Swimming in Circles was the concept," they said in a statement. "At the time of his passing, Malcolm was well into the process of recording his companion album to Swimming, entitled Circles. In January, the 26-year-old rapper's family revealed that Circles was the sister project to Mac's final LP, Swimming. Just last month, the late rapper's estate dropped the deluxe edition of the project, adding two new tracks: "Right" and "Floating." latest release comes just months after Mac's posthumous album, Circles.
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