T he impetus for posthumous releases often feels dicey, especially for rappers. Even if they are presented as a post-life ...

Mac Miller's 'Balloonerism' signals the end of an era in posthumous releases for a generation, bringing up moral issues along ...

Balloonerism is the seventh studio album by rapper and musician Mac Miller and the second posthumous LP released by his ...

Mac Miller’s second posthumous album, Balloonerism, arrived on Friday (Jan. 17). The project lands exactly five years to the day Circles was released in 2020 and just two days shy of what would have ...

Mac Miller’s second posthumous studio album, “Balloonerism,” came out on Friday, Jan. 17.  This was more than seven years after his death and exactly five years after the release of “Circles,” the ...

Mac Miller’s second posthumous album, “Balloonerism,” was released last Friday, almost seven years after his death.

For hardcore fans, the bulk of Balloonerism is nothing new. The songs have not been reinvented or seemingly dabbled with. Instead, the album sounds like outtakes from Miller’s 2013 sophomore effort, ...

“Balloonerism,” which was recorded during a feverishly creative period between 2013 and 2014, is 2025’s first posthumous album, but it also feels like a moment for reflection on the practice ...