Stopped Making Excuses (2016)
What follows is a candid look at the Pittsburgh native’s past six years, starting with his ascent, when he was 19, as a popular but critically panned rapper. “I was an easy target. I admit that,” he says now. “It became one of those things where I got so much negativity that it almost became, like, ‘There’s no point to overly hate on this dude, let me look in and see what he’s doing.’ And when you look in, there’s some good music there.” Following his 2011 debut album, Billboard's first independently released No.1 in over a decade, Mac moved to Los Angeles, where it seemed to many he was thriving. That’s where Andrew Nosnitsky met him for Mac Miller's 2013 The FADER cover story, and where he played an endearing role in Earl Sweatshirt’s cover too.
Director: Rob Semmer
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Mac Miller as |
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Quentin Cuff as |
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Jimmy Murton as |
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Garrett Uddin as Clockwork |
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88-Keys as |
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French Montana as |
| Sound | Miliken Gardner | Sound |
| Production | Rob Semmer | Producer |
| Production | Anthony Holland | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sam Balaban | Post Producer |
| Production | Jon Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Art | Kyle Sauer | Title Designer |
| Directing | Rob Semmer | Director |
| Camera | Scott Perry | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Scott Perry | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Molly Young | Sound |
| Editing | Bryan Smaller | Colorist |
| Production | Joseph Patel | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Alexa Carroll | Camera Production Assistant |
| Camera | Zach McGeehan | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Andy Cohn | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Ethan Holland | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Eugene Wasserman | Sound Designer |
| Production | Saleh Ramazani | Post Production Producer |
| Production | Rob Stone | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Orian Barki | Editor |
| Production | Madison LaClair | Production Coordinator |
| Editing | Christopher Jones | Assistant Editor |