Reacting to "Faces" by Mac Miller

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Thank you ❤️

Subscribed to the Patreon specifically to see your reaction to this album. I really do hope you finish it one day.

please finish it when your ready this is alot of our favorite album by mac and the songs towards the end are incredible

the first listen is uncomfortable, but ironically this album has become comforting and therapeutic for me. His ability to articulate and express how it feels to be trapped in your own mind is unparalleled to anything I've ever heard. The honesty in this tape from someone who had achieved 'everything' materialistically changed my life. Often, depression in music comes off as forced or repetitive, but Faces is complex and you have to pay attention or give it a few listens to truly understand his state of mind / perspective in depth. The production, tone, and lyrics throughout the tape are chaotic and malleable; reflecting his mental state. It also sounds better the more you listen to it. I'd recommend giving it another try, and after Funeral the mood isn't as dark. San Francisco, Colors and Shapes, New Faces v2, and Grand Finale are perfect songs in my eyes. If you do, I'd recommend trying to not tunnel vision on the end result; his death will always be hard to digest, but this tape has saved a lot of lives and is used as an instrument of comfort for people who have struggled with depression.

I had been waiting for this reaction since I subscribed to your channel years ago, I hold this album near and dear to my heart, but honestly I think it’s completely okay how you feel about the album, thank you for giving us your true self throughout all the reactions.

Please listen to the second half Bob 😭😭😭

this mixtape is painfully beautiful :/ you gotta check out The Divine Feminine bob!!

So is this gonna be Sideways Bob?

Angel Dust is genuinely painful to listen to. It makes me physically uncomfortable. I totally understand this reaction. I myself can't listen much to this tape.

Masterpiece

Last half of the album is the best half 😭 hoping you can finish it one day

honestly, i enjoyed watching the joy be stolen from your day. as the saying goes.. art is meant to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Been waiting so long for this. Take some time and finish the mixtape Bob. It's a piece of art. Truly.

I understand Bob. It’s heavy and painful but the beautiful thing about Mac is that he fought through it. He struggled and reached deep lows but if you go back and listen to Swimming I think it’ll make you appreciate this more. That’s what hurts about swimming though is that we could all hear that he sounded better and like he was finally climbing out of that pit just for his life to end so abruptly. Like he said on Funeral “A shame that my tragedy’s my masterpiece, yeah.” His life had a tragic ending but the way he was able to express himself was haunting and beautiful. He’ll forever be missed

I understand why you bailed, but the second half of the album is soo good. You would love "Colors and Shapes", and "Yeah" is great too. Maybe do the "Colors and Shapes" video pleeeeease!

love the collective pain of bob stopping right before diablo hope you're able to eventually cover the second half down the line but absolutely makes sense hearing this for the first time knowing what we know about how it all ended glad it got posted nonetheless king

As far as artistic expression goes, this is such an amazing piece of work. On the track San Francisco he raps "Welcome to the dark side of my bizzare mind. I'm trapped inside this amusement park ride" and that's really what the album feels like. Like you said, it feels like reading someone's diary. Like we're actually inside his head for this record. We appreciate you for being honest, and I have the utmost respect for stopping when you did. For selfish reasons I'm hoping for a part 2 reaction, but I understand you possibly not wanting to do it. If it's any consolation, I think Funeral is the most emotionally tolling track on the record, so it made a lot of sense for that to be the end. I hope you and your wife are doing well. All the best.

Take the time you need before jumping into part 2 of this one. the back half isnt nearly as depressing and has some really upbeat tracks. you'll enjoy them when you get back to it. no way you'll just not hear diablo or insomniak ever

Finalllyyyyyyy

i guess cuz ive been livin in a way to where i can relate to mac for years now this album is just kinda therapeutic to me, knowin someone with everything could feel at least somewhat the same way as me. will say the album does take a tonal jump after funeral and is less depressing but i get it if u dont wanna hear anymore honestly. its a sad story with sad ending, idk if you've heard GO:OD AM yet but its the album released after this one when he got clean for a while and is much more up beat, i think you would like it.

So crazy how he was early 20s making everything in his music. Mac was and is amazing and his story is a bitter sweet picture of that.

Right before Diablo hurts by I understand Bobby. RIP Mac

You should try some Detroit rap, Veeze has an album named ganger that I didn’t like at first but now it’s one of my go to “just put on while you do chores or some shit” albums. His bars are hilarious too

You're good Bob, appreciate you giving this tape a try. This mixtape was a huge highlight in my life. For what its worth this mixtape is what gave me the insight as a kid to not dive any deeper into my drug experimentation. hopefully one day you atleast listen to diablo.

The last handful of tracks are some of the best. Musically it’s amazing to see how someone in such a dark place can create such beautiful music. Wish you could’ve gotten to those songs.

To be fair, after this album he gets clean…so it’s interesting how he briefly made it out of this. But years and years later, he relapsed shortly before he finally passed

You know there are two albums that are a bit long, but are super fun and not depressing at all! Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 and 4Eva Is A Mighty Long Time by Big Krit

Hey Bob, you should definitely check out his song Yeah. It was added to this album as a bonus when it got added to streaming, one of my favorite Mac songs all time.

Totally understand you not finishing it on first listen. But I think it’s worth visiting the rest of the album at some point and finishing the reaction because after funeral it is more enjoyable

love this tape so much

There are a few videos that are worth watching and they come from tracks you didn't make it to. The first is a music video he shot for Diablo, it's one of the more upbeat tracks on the tape. It also happens to follow Funeral. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQESTshOPw The second video was released with the remastered version of the project. The team did an incredible job making a full animated video for one of the most beautiful songs on the project. Listening to the song apart from the mixtape I think you'll actually enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22_5LBuB9Y The last isn't a music video, but more of a "how it was made" for the last track Grand Finale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ufTwERhcs I'm sure most fans have already seen all of these but if anyone hasn't seen the last video it will be well worth your five minutes

Been waiting on this one for a long time, but not even mad you didn't finish it. Out of all his released music this is the darkest it got (not including delusional thomas). Like you said, though, he continues to make music well after this mixtape and didn't stop until he died, this was far from the last page of his book. It wasn't all depressing either. He had good times and he had bad ones, even in the bad there is beauty in the darkness. The album that followed faces is upbeat and confident, more about having fun for the most part. Overall I hope you give the divine feminine a listen at least before ending your journey with his music, that was probably the happiest music he ever made

I really appreciate this reaction. Faces isn’t an album you can vibe with it’s one where you just sit and listen and I feel like you encapsulated what it feels like to listen to it for the first time. I don’t blame you at all for not finishing it

its really unfortunate that you couldnt make it to the end of the album because after funeral, the quality of the album actually jumps and sounds even better and is a little bit less sad but i understand

have you found a way out?

Hell yeah

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Your Mac Miller reactions are some of my favorite reactions and this is my favorite Mac album. Thank you bob. Rest In Paradise Mac 🕊️

Good shit

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i almost started tearing up

Diablo is my fav song on the album you were one away🥲

Saw this notification and genuinely let out a moan