Following the official release of2025’sBalloonerism,Mac Miller’s discography rankinghas taken a new form. To call Mac Miller a rapper feels like a reduction that doesn’t encapsulate his full range of talents. Mac was a multi-musician, a producer, and a singer of several genres outside of hip-hop (jazz, funk, R&B) and hip-hop subgenres (alternative, trip-hop).Balloonerismofficially hitApple Music,Spotify, andYouTubeon June 07, 2025, two days before Mac’s 33rd birthday. It arrived with accompanying vinyl releases,merchandise, visualizers, and a 24-minute animated companion film directed by Samuel Jerome Mason, currentlystreaming on Amazon Prime Video.
This ranking doesn’t include Mac’s four pre-K.I.D.S.mixtapes:But My Mackin' Ain’t Easy(2007, as Easy Mac),How High(2008),The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown(2009), andThe High Life(2009). It also doesn’t include his alter-ego side projects as Larry Fisherman, such asRun-On Sentences Vol. 1 & 2(2013, 2015),Stolen Youthwith Vince Staples (2013), or the self-titled 2013Delusional Thomasalbum. His two released EPs,On and On and Beyond(2011) andYou(2012, as Larry Lovestein & the Velvet Revival) are also not included, nor are his two live albumsLive from Space(2013) andSpotify Singles(2018) or any ofMac Miller’s many unreleased projects.
12I Love Life, Thank You
2011
While not considered one of Mac Miller’s main albums,I Love Life, Thank Youis his sixth official mixtape and is available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify. Arguably one of Mac’s most bar-heavy projects,I Love Life, Thank Youcaptures a similar youthful lightning-in-a-bottle energy to 2010’s instant classK.I.D.S.and serves mainly as a companion and extension to this early era of Mac’s career. The project sparked Miller’s “Road 2 a Million Fans” series in 2011 when he released a new song for every 100,000 new Twitter followers.
Considering the evolution that Mac would spark in his discography in just a few years after the release ofI Love Life, Thank You, it remains an important timepiece of his development before the release of his first studio album,Blue Slide Park. Standout tracks include “Pranks 4 Players” featuring Sir Michael Rocks, who would later appear onMacadelicandFaces,“Love Lost” featuring a sample from The Temper Trap, “Family First” featuring Talib Kweli, and the bright instrumentation of “The Scoop on Heaven.”
11Best Day Ever
Mac Miller’s fifth mixtapeBest Day Everis worth mentioning alone for hishit “Donald Trump” track, which has accumulated 216 million views on YouTube. Also emerging from the aftermath of Mac’sK.I.D.S.era,Best Day Everalso features an early feature from fellow Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa on “Keep Floatin'”. Some would argue thatBest Day Everis a prime example of Mac’s “frat boy” era that fit in well with other mainstream party-centric hip-hop music of the era.
2011 was a transformative and elevating year for Mac Miller, andBest Day Everplayed an integral role in making that happen.He and Kendrick Lamar were selected for XXL’s 2011 Freshman classalong with the likes of Yelawolf, YG, Lil B, Big K.R.I.T., and Meek Mill. Apart from “Donald Trump”, someBest Day Everstandouts include the funk bass-heavy “Wear My Hat”, the rager anthem “All Around the World”, and the melodic and iconic “BDE Bonus”.
10Blue Slide Park
Speaking of 2011, Mac Miller released his debut studio albumBlue Slide Parknear the end of this pivotal year. The most “frat boy” studio offering from Mac,Blue Slide Parkhad several big hits, the biggest of which was the heavy-hitting “Smile Back”. Singles “Frick Park Market” and “Party On Fifth Ave” also emerged as some of the most popular party tracks off ofBlue Slide Park. Several more laid-back and atmospheric songs such as"Of The Soul" and “Missed Calls” rounded out the album while flexing Mac’s range. Even some of the deeper cuts like “Under the Weather” and “Up All Night” have crystallized as definitive tracks of the early 2010s era of hip-hop.
9K.I.D.S.
2010
K.I.D.S.was Mac Miller’s first masterful project. While sonically similar to his aforementioned 2011 projects,K.I.D.S.tapped a central nerve that is still felt today by millions as pure nostalgia. Compared to his later works,K.I.D.S.naturally lacks the emotional maturity that would elevate Mac’s music to such great heights in the coming years.K.I.D.S. still has a high replay value but doesn’t always fit into a modern landscape, acting more like the shiniest trophy in your childhood bedroom.
Mac was only 18 years old whenK.I.D.S.dropped, making it even more remarkable. Songs like “Outside”, “Ride Around”, and “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” allow listeners to reminisce on their own fading adolescent memories. Standouts such as “Nikes on My Feet” – which introduced Mac to millions – “Senior Skip Day” and “The Spins” sound just like high school and college for many.Fan favorite “Traffic in the Sky” wasn’t cleared for the streaming release on official vinylbut remains another beloved classic offK.I.D.S.
8The Divine Feminine
2016
Ranking the latter entries of Mac’s discography feels like splitting hairs that are more determined by mood than quality. Regardless,The Divine Feminineis one of Mac’s most engaging and energetic albums, featuring R&B and even gospel elementsand providing another side of the wide-ranging artist. Released just one month after Mac and Ariana Grande – who is featured on “My Favorite Part” – started dating,The Divine Femininealso featured Mac’s second collab with Kendrick Lamar afterMacadelic’s"Fight the Feeling". Album highlights include “Planet God Damn”, “Dang! (feat. Anderson .Paak)”, and “Cinderella (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)”. It also has two of Mac’s longest tracks.
7Macadelic
2012
Mac Miller’s 2012 mixtapeMacadelicis hisfirst real concept album and an initial venture into his iconic psychedelic soundscapes. Potentially the most divisive of all Mac’s main projects,Macadeliccarries a similar nostalgic vibe asK.I.D.S.and represents the peak of his early music career, bridging the gap betweenBlue Slide ParkandWatching Movies.
While the party anthem “Loud” and the contemplative “Thoughts from a Balcony” are the most recognized songs of the project, trippy deep cuts such as “Vitamins”, “1 Threw 8”, and “The Mourning After” are the backbone of the mixtape. Kendrick Lamar features on the hypnotic “Fight the Feeling”, Lil Wayne features on the 6-minute “The Question”, and “America” features notable early verses from Odd Future’s Casey Veggies and Beast Coast’s Joey Bada$$.The spacey and sentimental “Clarity” is nearly a precursor to “Objects in the Mirror”,again painting a lyrical portrait of a woman to express his relationship with drugs and addiction.
6GO:OD AM
2015
2015’sGO:OD AMis Mac Miller’s most commercial album and arguably the purest hip-hop project in his discography. Mac’s third studio album and first with major label Warner Bros.,GO:OD AMis very polished and well-executed, made with the eyes and pressure of studio executives, as opposed to the “dark side of his bizarre mind” like Mac’s other projects. Mac doesn’t get fancy withGO:OD AMand instead focuses intently on spitting bars. Standouts like “Brand Name”, “100 Grandkids”, “Weekend”, and “Clubhouse” showcase Mac’s mainstream appeal, while “Perfect Circle / God Speed” offers an intriguing change of pace
5Circles
2020
Mac Miller’s first posthumous releaseCirclesoffered fans the first glimpse of the artist’s unreleased works. Intended to be a companion album to 2018’s Swimming, Miller was working onCirclesright before his death on July 28, 2025. Musician and film composerJon Brion, who made the score for one of Mac’s favorite moviesEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, completed production on the project.
“Good News” was the first single released in January 2020 just one week before the album dropped.Circlesisn’t so much a rap album as it is an alternative/soft rock and R&B album. Electronic duo Disclosure helped produce “Blue World” while other standouts include “Woods” and “Surf”. There’s a sense of calm sobriety and hope throughout the album, withlyrics that are not only full of wisdom but acceptance, defined by honest and soulful reflection.
4Balloonerism
2025
Balloonerismis the seventh studio album by Mac Miller and the second posthumous LP. It was released by his estate and Warner Bros released on June 04, 2025, two days before Mac’s 33rd birthday.Often considered Mac’s “lost tape”,Balloonerismoriginated in a 2-week jam sessionin 2014 betweenWatching Movies with the Sound OffandFaces. While a leaked version of the album has been circulating around the internet since 2020, many fans have only experiencedBalloonerismfor a short time.
“Funny Papers” is a clear standout and one of Mac’s most beautiful songs. The overall lyricism and storytelling onBalloonerismis fantastic, as is the immersive production that very much sounds like the Mac era it emerged from. Larry Fisherman creates the most bewildering and immersive soundscape on the entire album with “DJ’s Chord Organ” featuring SZA, while the variety of production elements in “Do You Have a Destination?” make it mesmerizing. Other standouts include the transcendental “Rick’s Piano”, the eerie ambient brilliance of “Tomorrow Will Never Know" and the fan-favorite “Stoned”.
3Watching Movies with the Sound Off
2013
WhileMacadelichinted at the psychedelic themes to come as Mac’s evolution progressed, 2013’s Watching Movies with the Sound Off is often considered the biggest musical pivot in his career.Macadelicstill had the “frat boy” echoes ofK.I.D.S.era Mac butWatching Movieswas something different, a true artistic vision and expression. Inspired by the PBS nature documentaryBirds of the Gods,Watching Moviescarries many bird sounds and themes, as evidenced by track 2’s title “Avian”.
Standout tracks include the hazy and ominous “I’m Not Real” featuring Earl Sweatshirt, which feels like a sister song of Mac’s feature on Earl’s 2013 debut albumDoristitled “Guild”, and the haunting banger “Watching Movies.” Ab-Soul features on the catchy “Matches”, Action Bronson features on the hard-hitting “Red Dot Music”, and the elusive Jay Electronica drops a surprise feature on head-spinning “Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes”.The highlight ofWatching Moviesis the apparent love song “Objects in the Mirror”, which Mac revealed to be written about his addictions, not a woman.
