Mac Miller’s GO:OD AM album is 10 years old. To commemorate the occasion, his estate dropped a special edition of the project, including a 3LP vinyl set featuring three new songs: “Royal Flush” with Vinny Radio, “Cable Box,” and “Carpe Diem.” All three tracks were recorded during the initial recording sessions for the project and are available on the vinyl and DSP releases. Every 3LP package comes with a triple gatefold jacket printed on silver mirror board, a die-cut front, two inner sleeves containing archival photography, and a yellow bonus vinyl with a custom etching.
The estate also dropped a colorful new visualizer for “Rush Hour.”
“Royal Flush” rests on a spooky synth composition, with Mac humorously rhyming, “Money, I’ma make it last longer than Stevie Wonder playin’ laser tag by himself.” Fellow Pittsburgh rhymer Radio follows up with his own braggadocious verse: “Threw a glance at your girl and that bitch got some feelings.” On “Cable Box,” Mac gets self-aware over a smooth beat, rapping, “They see my white skin, eyes lit up, they sayin’, ‘Gold rush.’” And on a new project, closer “Carpe Diem,” he rhymes, “Full of so much regret, I should’ve been a Catholic/Jewish, Buddha, Baptist, cooler than a cactus.”
The late rapper-producer died in 2018 at 26. His legacy continues through multiple posthumous projects and commemoration by his music industry peers. Recently, Chance The Rapper told DJ Bootleg Kev about Mac playing a vital role in one of his most famous ad-libs, noting that the moment occurred during an LA recording session with Chuck Inglish.
“While I’m recording, Mac Miller came into the control room, and I was getting ready to start my rap. It’s the first song on 10 Day, it’s called ‘14,400 Minutes.’ I’m trying to like charge up, and I’m trying to, like, charge up. I’m going, ‘Aghk, aghk, aghk!’ Like, I don’t know, [a] nervous tick. I got ADHD, I’m a special kid,” he said. “Mac told somebody to tell me through the intercom to keep that shit at the beginning. I thank Chuck for bringing me to the studio…and also, like, Mac for interjecting and being like, ‘That shit hot.’”
