Mac Miller fans have gotten a big treat with the widespread release to streaming services of his song “The Quest,” which was previously only available on vinyl.
On Friday (March 22), the song, which was made public last fall on the 10th anniversary re-release of the late rapper’s 2013 LP Watching Movies With the Sound Off, made its way online to traditional music streamers as well as YouTube.
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The track was produced by Miller under his “Larry Fisherman” alter ego, and features a sample of Jon Brion’s score for the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Brion collaborated with Miller on the rapper’s LP Circles, finishing work on the record after Mac’s 2018 death.
Check out “The Quest” below.
Miller’s passing affected many artists deeply, including Yelawolf.
During an appearance earlier this month on the Bootleg Kev Podcast, the former Shady Records rapper opened up about his surprisingly close friendship with Mac, who died of a drug overdose in 2018.
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Following his passing, Yela said he was inspired to “do something nice” in Mac’s honor and so he gave away his entire wardrobe, estimating the total value of his donations to be $100,000.
“I love Mac, man. Mac is the best, dude. I love Mac so much,” he said. “When Mac passed, dude, I was so hurt from that that I gave away everything I own. That’s a true story. I gave away every article of clothing that I own when Mac passed, the next day. Just ’cause I felt like I needed to do something nice.”
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He continued: “No one really knew how cool he and I really were ’cause we didn’t do music. When we first kicked it, it was the cypher. It wasn’t even a cypher, it was like a freestyle for the XXL cover. So everybody did a verse. And Mac, dude, he might have been, God, 19? I mean, he was young, young.
“And I pull a cigarette out and we were chilling. He’s lit. He’s like, ‘Oh, that’s what we’re doing?’ He pulled a cigarette out, he fucking lit a cigarette up. And it was a very affectionate, almost an instant big brother role. Like, ‘Alright, dude. Let’s go. I see you.’”
Yelawolf later reflected on touring with Mac Miller overseas and texting him shortly before his untimely death.
“He went on to make incredible music, obviously,” he said. “We’ve done tours together, dude. I’ve done shows with Mac in the Swiss Alps, bro. That was my homie, man. When he passed, I had just text him weeks before. Just tapping in, you know what I mean?”
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He went on: “And when he passed, I was like, ‘Man, I need to purge. I’ve got too much. I have too many things.’ I didn’t feel worthy of having the things. So I just took all my shit and put it on hangers and set it outside my store and I told everybody. I put it on Instagram. I said, ‘Come get it. Come get an outfit.’
“Like jewelry, hats, shoes, clothes, everything. I gave away like $100,000 worth of fucking fashion. Just dumped it all and started over. Started my collection over. Rest in peace, man.”
