How Did Mac Miller Get So Big?

macandwiz · May 2012

I'm doing research about it and the key seems to be Youtube. He made quality stuff and exploded. Then again, there's a lot of quality music that doesn't explode like his did. #confused

t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088 · May 2012

kids was straight, he knew wiz, and he's white. Everything since then been wack.....

P. Town · May 2012

He's white

Craig Robinson · May 2012

These 2 projects shit on the rest of his catalogue

KingJamal · May 2012

ptowndonte wrote: »

He's white

^^^^^^^^This

macandwiz wrote:

I'm doing research about it and the key seems to be Youtube. He made quality stuff and exploded. Then again, there's a lot of quality music that doesn't explode like his did. #confused

And lol @ quality stuff. stuff must not include music. What was he doin, playing hackey sack on youtube like white dudes did in high school

CoolJoe · May 2012

t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088 wrote: »

kids was straight, he knew wiz, and he's white. Everything since then been wack.....

Macadelic is just as good as KIDS.

CC_Poncho · May 2012

He's white and hes scooping up all those teen hipsters that are lookin for music that'll piss off their parents

Lou Cypher · May 2012

He was the first artist to really use the internet for his fan base. When myspace came out he was the biggest "Myspace" artist. had a few songs out and a mixtape but over a million fans on his myspace page. And he would talk to them and let unknown people produce for him. Show love to fans like that they'll show it back and he got big (for an indie artist)

Im sure being white did help him tho, for that hipster generation like the guy above said.

Monizzle14 · May 2012

hes like the nigga to first post a popular thread topic on the IC right as it happens and the shit goes 3K in comments not cause of the t/s but because of the topic. Him being white didn't get him shit. There are whtie rappers that come and go. But mac was the first white overtly hipster weed smoker to have some boom bap weed beats in his music.

Also he was one of the few white rappers that has a geeky yet powerful prescense on the mike. Most white rappers don't have an effective sound vocally that gets people to think they legit. But Mac had that shit too. Cause most white rappers have that im awkward i box lefty sound when they rap that eliminates their popularity from white fans by default.

fuc_i_look_like · May 2012

Kill yourself for calling his music quality. He is fuckin trash

P. Town · May 2012

Lou Cypher wrote: »

He was the first artist to really use the internet for his fan base. When myspace came out he was the biggest "Myspace" artist. had a few songs out and a mixtape but over a million fans on his myspace page. And he would talk to them and let unknown people produce for him. Show love to fans like that they'll show it back and he got big (for an indie artist)

Im sure being white did help him tho, for that hipster generation like the guy above said.

No, Soulja Boy did that first

loch121 · May 2012

he's with the same production company that put out Wiz.he road Wiz's wave and had great backing

Dharmic X · May 2012

Him and Wiz hung around the same studio. Both got picked up by Rostrum Records, an independent label owned by someone with some sway in the industry and having a good amount of money. They developed some sort of strategy involving stoner anthems, and pushed out Wiz first. Off the strength of Wiz blowing up, they pushed Mac independently. Where Wiz needed Atlantic Record to get to middle America, Mac didn't because of his appearance.

KINGEC · May 2012

Simple.

He's white.

OceanState · May 2012

okay hes white...but so are a million other youtube rappers, try again

idoitforhiphop10 · May 2012

He's Jewish and you know how that goes.

BobOblah · May 2012

College aged white people.
Eminem's fall off is undeniable at this point and they want somebody who looks like them in rap. I know white kids who swear he's the greatest. I listened, I dont understand it.

Kinda funny that the white hipster run Pitchfork gave his album 1/10 though

IceBergTaylor · May 2012

Monizzle14 wrote: »

hes like the nigga to first post a popular thread topic on the IC right as it happens and the shit goes 3K in comments not cause of the t/s but because of the topic. Him being white didn't get him shit. There are whtie rappers that come and go. But wiz was the first white overtly hipster weed smoker to have some boom bap weed beats in his music.

Also he was one of the few white rappers that has a geeky yet powerful prescense on the mike. Most white rappers don't have an effective sound vocally that gets people to think they legit. But Mac had that shit too. Cause most white rappers have that im awkward i box lefty sound when they rap that eliminates their popularity from white fans by default.

What?

idoitforhiphop10 wrote: »

He's Jewish and you know how that goes.

This

Ear2DaSt · May 2012

I don't listen to him but he must have some type of talent!

EturnalRap · May 2012

he's not bad, but alot of it now days has to do with promotion/ $ to get your stuff out there.

silverfoxx · May 2012

Lil nigga been grindin and rode Wiz buzz. Kids was a awesome mixtape. Best day Ever had some dope shit (she said, dolnad trump, get up) And Macadelic was fire. He is corny sometimes, but also makes some cool music that white chicks and college guys like.

stuffwhitepeoplelike · May 2012

Mac Miller is big in 2012 cause Mac Miller is 2012, he's a little non threatening, jewish, hypebeast, fresh prince of bel air nigga that doesn't give a shit about hip-hop and doesn't know what the word integrity means. He's just having fun not giving a shit just like his teenaged fans.

Dharmic X · May 2012

Some misnomers...

1. White helps describe why he's cultivated the fan-base he has, but it isn't the sole determinant of his success.

2. Eminem has not fallen off... He continues to sell. Recovery went multi-platinum, and Bad Meets Evil went gold (sold as "Bad Meets Evil" and not "Eminem x Royce da 5'9", which makes a difference in how sales are generated).

3. Other Jewish rappers include MC Serch, Ill Bill, Necro, etc. As dope as they were/are, they have not achieved the mainstream success he has.

Ounceman · May 2012

i have no idea because he's anal sewage. rittz is the only white new rapper ive heard where ive felt every song of his

CoolJoe · May 2012

stuffwhitepeoplelike wrote: »

Mac Miller is big in 2012 cause Mac Miller is 2012, he's a little non threatening, jewish, hypebeast, fresh prince of bel air nigga that doesn't give a shit about hip-hop and doesn't know what the word integrity means. He's just having fun not giving a shit just like his teenaged fans.

Elaborate on this.

Anyway, homie has some dope music, although his album was lame.
The High Life, Kids, and Macadelic all have a good amount of dope shit on it.

meta4tony · May 2012

i think it has a lot to do with rostrum records and im sure he had the money to promote
i dont really think him being white is a factor cuz yelawolf is white and a way better rapper and sold less than mac miller

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