“Polo Jeans” features a verse by Earl Sweatshirt, who also produced the track using his beatmaker alias RandomBlackDude. Mac and Earl are criticizing how critics perceive their music and how ruthless these critics are in their reviews. Mac and Earl are human beings, but because they’re rappers, critics feel that they can belittle and humiliate them like they’re some subspecies of human, just like the kids terrorizing the “rabbit” in Gummo. Mac and Earl chose this sample because of their empathy with the rabbit in this scene.
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“Polo Jeans” features a verse by Earl Sweatshirt, who also produced the track using his beatmaker alias RandomBlackDude. Mac and Earl are criticizing… read more
“Polo Jeans” features a verse by Earl Sweatshirt, who also produced the track using his beatmaker alias RandomBlackDude. Mac and Earl are criticizing how critics perceive their music and… read more
Malcolm McCormick, also known by his stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. Raised Jewish and teaching himself music from a young age, McCormick defied the stereotypes of hip-hop and released his first mixtape under the name EZ Mac, titled "But My Mackin' Ain't Easy" in 2007, when McCormick was only fifteen. He released many more in his lifetime, including "K.I.D.S." in 2010, which earned Mac widespread at… read more
Malcolm McCormick, also known by his stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was also a noted record producer … read more
Malcolm McCormick, also known by his stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. Raised Je… read more