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9.0
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The 405
Mac Miller finally perfects his craft with the existential dread, and ultimate acceptance, of Swimming
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9.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
If Swimming is the masterstroke of an artist who left too soon, "2009" is its crown jewel, a song it's easy to believe ten years of music was leading up to
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8.1
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Gig Soup
This album highlights Mac Miller as a rapper and a creative artist. Sing along choruses without the use of major features. Playing the role of swim coach while we take laps with him
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8.0
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The Guardian
It’s an album that feels how getting older feels: relinquishing the ideal of perfection and learning how to live with yourself as you are
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8.0
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The Independent
Miller has turned his anguish into one of the year’s most disarmingly pleasant records
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8.0
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Evening Standard
It’s a comeback of cathartic hip hop that feels like a leap forward
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8.0
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NME
The rapper's brutally honest fifth album is a stellar – if somewhat overlong – artistic statement
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8.0
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The FT
Miller’s rapping is deceptively laid-back, a murmured drawl that makes his shifts in emphasis and wordplay seem easy
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7.5
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Pitchfork
Mac Miller sings deftly about heartbreak and his mental state, capturing his resignation without turning sadness into a performative spectacle
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7.5
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A.V. Club
Miller sounds great when he’s whining, croaking, stretching syllables like warm mozzarella. Swimming’s spare, dreamy production allows him to do a lot of that
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
If Swimming doesn’t quite achieve greatness, it connects. You can hear his pain and perseverance, even if he struggles to put it into words
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
Swimming captures Miller at a creative apex where he's acutely aware of where he's been and where he can go
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7.0
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Exclaim
He sounds like a would-be chart-topper, not to mention one of the most versatile and accomplished hip-hop artists working today
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7.0
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All Music
With an eye on the future, Swimming is ample evidence that Miller can pick up the pieces and continue evolving, his grasp on thoughtful, introspective hip-hop getting stronger by the album
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6.0
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The Observer
He’s in no rush, but Swimming finds him quietly making waves in his own headspace. It feels more accomplished for it
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6.0
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The Irish Times
An altogether more mature, well-rounded sound than his patchy earlier work
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