Mac Miller: The Divine Feminine (3LP, 10th anniversary, indie exclusive, milky clear & ruby vinyl) [WARNER]

Why you'll love it

This 10th anniversary edition adds a single-sided etched ruby LP of three previously unheard songs, "Grand," "Channel 13" and "Butterflies," to the milky clear album discs. The Divine Feminine debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and Rolling Stone later ranked it among the 200 greatest hip-hop albums of all time.

This edition

• 3LP set
• 10th anniversary edition
• Milky clear & ruby vinyl
• Indie exclusive
• Three previously unheard bonus tracks
• Etched side
• Pressed in the Czech Republic
• Stereo mix

About the album

Mac Miller started out planning a short EP about love and ended up with a whole album, because, as he explained, a longer record let him be more vulnerable. That's a very Mac Miller reason to make more music. The Divine Feminine came out in September 2016, a warm, jazz-tinged soul record about romance and about what the women in his life had taught him.

The guest list is generous: Anderson .Paak bounces through the lead single "Dang!," CeeLo Green glides over Frank Dukes' production on "We," and Ariana Grande joins him on "My Favorite Part." Kendrick Lamar appears on "God Is Fair, Sexy Nasty," Ty Dolla Sign stops by, and the plush, live-band arrangements owe as much to 70s soul as to hip hop. Pitchfork called it his most intoxicating album yet, and XXL called it timeless.

Complex put it at No. 23 on its best albums of 2016 list, and Miller took it across North America on a 43-date tour. A decade later it still sounds like a man thinking out loud with a band behind him, which we'd argue is the nicest way to spend an evening that doesn't involve a dinner reservation.

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Tracklist

Listen

On REMember Music / Warner Records, a reissue of the 2016 album.