HeвЂ™s a corny white rapper (meant as a compliment) who loves his family, friends, and hometown. ThereвЂ™s a kind of authenticity to him that has been there since the beginning, if you look for it: He doesnвЂ™t rap about breaking the law, because heвЂ™s not about that life. 'I know niggas think you white and you not about to go in with these bars,'В chimes in Domo GenesisВ on 'In the Bag'. Many songs here reference his status as a white rapper, signaling his awareness of the rap gameвЂ™s perception of him: 'IвЂ™m a white rapper/ They always call me shady,' he says on 'Brand Name', just a few minutes into the album. HeвЂ™s never preachy, though: He sounds refreshed and rejuvenated, like someone who has been going for daily walks, eating veggies and drinking fruit smoothies every day. 'Everybody saying I need rehab/ So IвЂ™m speeding with a blindfold on/ It wonвЂ™t be long before they watching me crash/ And they donвЂ™t wanna see that,' he raps, thanking the people that got him through the toughest time of his life. We going out tonight, yeah, we going out tonight, fuck it.

On 'God Speed', the albumвЂ™s standout track, he pays tribute to the close friends in his Most Dope Family, especially his right hand man Q, and itвЂ™s genuinely touching. But Ill be good by the weekend (Alright) (Yeah) Ill be good by the weekend (Yeah) Everything good by the weekend (Alright) (Yeah) Everything will be good by the weekend (By the weekend) Mac Miller: We going out tonight, yeah, we going out tonight, like fuck it. The interlude before 'God Speed' includes a voicemail from his brother, checking in on him at a low point in his life, and later on in the song, he admits: 'White lines be numbing them dark times/ Them pills that IвЂ™m popping, I need to man up/ Admit itвЂ™s a problem, I need a wake up/ Before one morning, I donвЂ™t wake up.' ItвЂ™s funny to hear a 23-year-old who just kicked his habit and could be considered a kid himself refer regretfully to 'all the kids doing drugs' on 'In the Bag', but Mac has enough of his sense of humor intact to keep the album from playing like a D.A.R.E. 'IвЂ™ve seen some motherfucking shit,' he warns on 'Two Matches'. Lyrically, Mac offers a music industry 'Scared Straight'. Miller said he recorded 400 songs for Watching, and sometimes you couldnвЂ™t help but wonder about the selection process ( 'Objects in the Mirror'?) but on GO:OD AM, heвЂ™s learned to self-edit.

The beats on GO:OD AM have a New York, boom-bap feel, with lots of jazz samples and harder drums, and itвЂ™s both more varied and more upbeat, from the trap-sounding beats of 'When in Rome' or the Chief Keef-featuring 'Cut the Check' to love songs like 'ROS' or the Miguel collaboration 'The Weekend'. Getting through the 16 tracks on Blue Slide Park was like an endurance test, and even the deeper and much-improved Watching Movies started to sound interchangeable before it ended. From start to finish, this is his most refined and well put-together project.

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