Late singer/songwriter, Mac Miller; the artist of well known songs, “Good News,” “Best Day Ever,” and “The Spins” estate released a retrospective album “Balloonerism” on Jan. 27.

Although this may be a “new” album for most listeners, it isn’t new at all. “Balloonerism” was made very early on in Miller’s career but ultimately was left unfinished for reasons that were unknown but one could say substantial for the late artist and his art.

For that reason due to Miller’s passing in 2019, it makes this album the most significant.

The album consists of 14 songs with musical tones of  jazz, lo fi, and hip hop. When listening, one could sense a homage being paid to Miller’s childhood; with child-like sounds that, once heard, can bring a nostalgic feeling to anyone.

All the songs and artwork for the album were created at the same time years ago, and wasn’t something just put together. This could say how ahead of time Miller was due to hints of his life and his unfortunate death in a lot of the songs.

It is safe to say that this album was put in the vault for a reason. The album is a time capsule and if released earlier to Miller’s passing; wouldn’t have made sense. Miller wasn’t supposed to see the birth of this album and he knew it, that was the point.

Miller encapsulates his realization of what his life was and what could have been, perfectly.

“Balloonerism” is very clean and well put together, with a great level of maturity and self awareness.

The album is like a canvas of art that was put away specifically for some time, only until people would really be able to grasp the idea and acknowledge the story behind it, because of how bright and deep the painting is, the public would have been left confused because as a society, it wasn’t their time to see it yet.

Now that the album is finally finished and released, it can now be a painting on a wall for everyone to see and understand not just how beautiful the painting itself is but the painter behind it as well.

That’s not to say if Miller’s estate won’t continue to release more music of his in the future, but will simply end this book of which Miller started for today.