Stopped Making Excuses (2016) [PG-13]

Release Date:
February 5, 2016

Original Title:
Stopped Making Excuses

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
The FADER

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13 

Runtime: 12

It’s like an ascension

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.

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Assistant Editor:
Scott Perry
Christopher Jones

Camera Department Production Assistant:
Zach McGeehan

Camera Production Assistant:
Alexa Carroll

Colorist:
Bryan Smaller

Director:
Rob Semmer

Director of Photography:
Scott Perry

Editor:
Orian Barki

Executive Producer:
Anthony Holland
Jon Cohen
Joseph Patel
Andy Cohn
Rob Stone

Post Producer:
Sam Balaban

Post Production Producer:
Saleh Ramazani

Producer:
Rob Semmer

Production Coordinator:
Madison LaClair

Sound:
Miliken Gardner
Molly Young

Sound Designer:
Eugene Wasserman

Still Photographer:
Ethan Holland

Title Designer:
Kyle Sauer

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