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ItРІР‚в„ўs not preciousness so much as a studio ratРІР‚в„ўs high bar for professionalism.

Listening to the playback of РІР‚СљLaddersРІР‚Сњ on site in the mixing room at Colbert, Miller caught an almost imperceptible rhyming misquote in a backing vocal and asked staff to adjust the levels subtly so it blended in better.

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This is partly because Mac hears sounds even a keen ear might miss, and while this causes a potentially unhealthy level of self-reflection it also keeps him in a close orbit of jazz fusion guys like Thundercat, the funk apostle Dam Funk, and rap technicians Vince Staples and Kendrick Lamar. РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўll wake up and just sit here and think about it for hours.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљI have a tendency to kinda brood about stuff and cook in it,РІР‚Сњ he says. Mac was still pondering the performance from the day before and wondering what he could have done better, even though the general consensus among the chorus of internet rap diehards who watched the video was that he did a great job. The storm complicated our plan to cruise the streetwear shops up Mercer but offered a scenic backdrop for indoor reflection. Out back, thereРІР‚в„ўs a cozy patio withР’В a vaulted glass ceiling made doubly breathtaking by the onset of a fast-moving afternoon thunderstorm, the worst in a two-week stretch of late summer rain. I met up with Mac Miller in the lobby of the Bowery Hotel the day after Colbert with a plan to wander around and talk shop in lower Manhattan. It becomes clear that Mac isnРІР‚в„ўt anxious about playing the room. Colbert tickets sell out well ahead of the guest announcements itРІР‚в„ўs possible that no one in the audience knew they were seeing Mac, or the episodeРІР‚в„ўs flamboyant first guest Nicki Minaj, until days before, if at all. Inside the room, a sea of shiny, bald heads suggests that the crowd is considerably older than the late-stage teens and 20-somethings that comprise Mac MillerРІР‚в„ўs fan base. After trying several crisp shirt and pant combos, Miller ends up onstage in his publicistРІР‚в„ўs sunset-hued Stussy sweatshirt, where he runs through an airtight performance of his new album SwimmingРІР‚в„ўs funk-rap highlight РІР‚СљLadders,РІР‚Сњ backed by the stellar house band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human. The Pittsburgh rapper - normally relaxed and easy-going - is growing wiry from anticipation. Wardrobe deliberations go on longer than youРІР‚в„ўd expect and the room is making everyone loopy. ItРІР‚в„ўs a windowless white space with two extraneous doors that donРІР‚в„ўt appear to move or lead anywhere like a Scooby-Doo trap room. HeРІР‚в„ўs pacing, running scales and planning outfits in the Late Night With Stephen Colbert green room during a Monday taping where heРІР‚в„ўs the musical guest. We are revisiting it in honor of the posthumous release of his album, Circles. This profile was reported in mid-August of that year and was originally published the day before his death.

Photo: Christaan Felber for Vulture Mac Miller died on Septem.