Best Day Ever (mixtape)
{{Other uses|Best Day Ever (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Best Day Ever
| type = mixtape
| artist = Mac Miller
| cover = Best_Day_Ever_(Mixtape)_Cover.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2011|03|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=51|s=26}}
| label = Rostrum
| producer = * ID Labs
- Teddy Roxpin
- Sap
- Beans N Kornbread
- Chuck Inglish
- Just Blaze
- Blue (of The Sore Losers)
- Ritz Reynolds
- Khrysis
| prev_title = K.I.D.S.
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = On and On and Beyond
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Best Day Ever
| type = mixtape
| single1 = Donald Trump
| single1date = May 17, 2011
}}
}}
Best Day Ever is the fifth mixtape by American rapper Mac Miller. It was released by Rostrum Records on March 11, 2011, as the follow-up to Miller's acclaimed mixtape K.I.D.S. (2010). The mixtape consists of sixteen songs produced by nine producers (predominantly ID Labs), and includes features from rappers Wiz Khalifa and Phonte.
Four songs from Best Day Ever have music videos: "Donald Trump", "Get Up", "Wear My Hat" and "Best Day Ever".{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TFS8r_SMI |title=Mac Miller – Donald Trump |via=YouTube |date= |accessdate=March 16, 2019}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcXRs-XwA-Y |title=Mac Miller – Get Up |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhgzA98IAY |title=Mac Miller – Wear My Hat (Produced By Chuck Inglish) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbV-Q6tz4B8 |title=Mac Miller – Best Day Ever |publisher=YouTube |date=July 21, 2011 |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}
Release and promotion
Over 20,000 viewers joined Miller for a live video stream prior to the mixtape's release.{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Mac|title=Mac Miller TV 03/11/11 08:00PM|url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13264122|accessdate=July 8, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316230815/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13264122|archivedate=March 16, 2011}} As of March 2019, the mixtape has received over 1.2 million downloads and 1.5 million streams on its official host, DatPiff.{{cite web|title=Best Day Ever Mixtape by Mac Miller|url=http://www.datpiff.com/Mac-Miller-Best-Day-Ever-mixtape.207667.html|accessdate=March 16, 2019|publisher=Rostrum Records|via=DatPiff}} The song "Donald Trump" was released as a single on May 17, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/donald-trump-single/438785802|title=Donald Trump – Single by Mac Miller|publisher=Rostrum Records|via=iTunes Store|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It became his first singles entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 75,{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474360/mac-miller-music-streams-increased-970-percent-death|title=Mac Miller's Music Streams Increased 970% Following Death|date=September 10, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2019|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215120015/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474360/mac-miller-music-streams-increased-970-percent-death|archive-date=February 15, 2019|url-status=live}} and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Mac Miller|title=Donald Trump|accessdate=April 5, 2019}} Its music video has received over 180 million views on YouTube, and is Miller's most-viewed video. When the video surpassed 16 million views, Donald Trump acknowledged the song on the social networking site Twitter, stating "Who wouldn't be flattered?".{{cite web |url=http://www.thesource.com/blog/post/80582/Donald-Trump-Acknowledges-Mac-Miller?thesource-prod=p6hnftopfba7mka8b59kivis46 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915050527/http://www.thesource.com/blog/post/80582/Donald-Trump-Acknowledges-Mac-Miller?thesource-prod=p6hnftopfba7mka8b59kivis46 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |title=Donald Trump Acknowledges Mac Miller |publisher=The Source |accessdate=July 9, 2012 }}
In June 2016, Best Day Ever was remastered and commercially released by Rostrum Records for its fifth anniversary.{{cite web|last=Ivey|first=Justin|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/06/mac-millers-remastered-best-day-ever-available/|title=Mac Miller's remastered 'Best Day Ever' now available on iTunes, Spotify|date=June 3, 2016|accessdate=March 16, 2019|work=XXL}}
Critical reception
{{album ratings
|rev1=Allmusic
|rev1score={{rating|4|5}}[https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-day-ever-mw0002945861 AM]
}}
The mixtape received favorable reviews, including an "XL" (second highest) from XXL magazine.{{cite web|title="Best Day Ever" Gets XL Rating In New XXL|url=http://macmiller.org/best-day-ever-gets-xl-rating-in-new-xxl/|accessdate=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522221121/http://macmiller.org/best-day-ever-gets-xl-rating-in-new-xxl/|archive-date=May 22, 2011|url-status=dead}}
Commercial performance
Following Miller's death on September 7, 2018, Best Day Ever debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 with 17,000 album-equivalent units.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8475713/mac-miller-swimming-returns-top-10-billboard-200|title=Mac Miller's 'Swimming' Returns to Top 10 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Following Death|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=September 18, 2018|accessdate=September 18, 2018}}
Track listing
Credits adapted from DatPiff and Spotify.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5UYLpgSkZQ35dkHdMCm8mt|title=Best Day Ever (5th Anniversary Remastered Edition)|publisher=Rostrum Records|via=Spotify|url-access=registration |accessdate=April 5, 2019}} Right-click the track and select "Show credits".
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 51:26
| title1 = Best Day Ever
| writer1 = {{Hlist|Anthony Gerard Gonzalez|Eric Dan|Jeremy Kulousek|Malcolm McCormick}}
| extra1 = ID Labs
| length1 = 2:39
| title2 = Get Up!
| writer2 = {{Hlist|Giorgio Moroder|McCormick|Theo Ross Rosenthal}}
| extra2 = Teddy Roxpin
| length2 = 2:38
| title3 = Donald Trump
| writer3 = {{Hlist|Jonathan King|McCormick|Sufjan Stevens}}
| length3 = 2:44
| extra3 = Sap
| title4 = Oy Vey
| writer4 = {{Hlist|Dan|Jona Bechtolt|Khaela Maricich|McCormick}}
| extra4 = ID Labs
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = I'll Be There
| writer5 = {{Hlist|DJ Johnson|Kenneth Roy|McCormick}}
| extra5 = Beans N Kornbread
| note5 = featuring Phonte
| length5 = 3:11
| title6 = Wear My Hat
| writer6 = {{Hlist|Evan Ingersoll|McCormick}}
| extra6 = Chuck Inglish
| length6 = 4:00
| title7 = Wake Up
| writer7 = {{Hlist|Dan|Kulousek|King|McCormick}}
| extra7 = {{Hlist|Sap|ID Labs}}
| length7 = 3:54
| title8 = All Around the World
| writer8 = {{Hlist|Al Puodziukas|Jesse Keeler|John Stephens|Justin Smith|McCormick|Nick Dresti}}
| extra8 = {{Hlist|Just Blaze|Black Diamond{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = Down the Rabbit Hole
| writer9 = {{Hlist|Benjamin Hazelgrove|Brandon Blue|Edward Wendler|Jeffrey Maccora|Kehinde Hassan|McCormick|Taiwo Hassan|William Lane Shaw}}
| extra9 = Blue (of The Sore Losers)
| length9 = 3:13
| title10 = In the Air
| writer10 = {{Hlist|Brent Reynolds|McCormick}}
| extra10 = Ritz Reynolds
| length10 = 2:53
| title11 = Play Ya Cards
| writer11 = {{Hlist|Ingersoll|McCormick}}
| extra11 = Chuck Inglish
| length11 = 2:18
| title12 = She Said
| writer12 = {{Hlist|Christopher Tyson|McCormick}}
| extra12 = Khrysis
| length12 = 2:46
| title13 = Life Ain't Easy
| writer13 = {{Hlist|Dan|Kulousek|McCormick}}
| extra13 = ID Labs
| length13 = 2:37
| title14 = Snooze
| writer14 = {{Hlist|Brian Eno|Dan|Kulousek|McCormick|Roger Eno}}
| extra14 = ID Labs
| length14 = 2:49
| title15 = Keep Floatin'
| writer15 = {{Hlist|Arhur Lee|Cameron Thomaz|Charles Miller|Dan|Harold Brown|Howard Scott|Kulousek|Lee Levitin|Leroy Jordan|McCormick|Morris Dickerson|Thomas Allen}}
| extra15 = ID Labs
| note15 = featuring Wiz Khalifa
| length15 = 4:13
| title16 = BDE Bonus
| writer16 = {{Hlist|Dan|Kulousek|McCormick|Maurice White}}
| extra16 = ID Labs
| length16 = 4:12
}}
Notes
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Flanders|147|artist=Mac Miller|album=Best Day Ever|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 15, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|41|artist=Mac Miller|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 5, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|26|artist=Mac Miller|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 18, 2018}} |
References
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Category:Mac Miller mixtape albums