The wild ‘Angel Dust’ embodies all that is Faces, not least purely by song name. “I shoulda died already/Came in, I was high already,” he raps on its very first verse on the catchy opener ‘Inside Out’. In the aftermath of Miller’s fatal drug overdose in September 2018, some of the lyrical content on Faces is particularly gutting to hear back. The mixtape is charismatic, with Mac showing more of himself than ever before, opening up about drugs, love, and loss, all whilst innovating within his own soundscape. The film-length collection of drug-infused, angry, and lyrically compelling songs are some of the most moving in his career. The change in subject matter and soundscape of the mixtape had been foreshadowed in his 2013 album Watching Movies With The Sound Off, a project that served as a polar opposite to his previous ‘Frat-Rap’ style of music and instead was a record filled with tender songs about broken relationships and addiction that helped Mac redefine himself as a serious artist.įaces, then, is like its coked-up, cranky counterpart. What marked a drastic change in the late Mac Miller’s career and creative direction was the release of his 2014 mixtape Faces (re-released in October 2021 on streaming services), which was released for free (before the omnipresence of streaming services) on Mother’s Day.

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