"Mac Miller released Swimming, his fifth studio album, a month before his death at the age of 26. The album comes after his well-beloved The Divine Feminine and strikes a vastly different tone, though it's just as silky smooth. Swimming is an album of heartbreak, bleak outlooks, and a wounded soul, but it's not the usual woebegone rapper tunes that you'll find on the charts. Miller perfectly created a mood for the album and Swimming is an appropriate title, something is obviously trying to pull him under but he manages to keep his head above water. As a whole, the album is beautifully wistful, with self-deprecating lyrics expertly combined with warm funky music and clear emotion from Miller." — Mekishana Pierre, assistant entertainment editor
