Mac Miller is rap game Jimmy Butler. If I had the opportunity to hand out a Most Improved award, last year’s would have gone to the artist formerly known as “EZ Mac with the cheesy raps.” GOOD:AM was a solid effort and light years ahead of his buzz catalysts. He’s had to cancel a couple performances recently due to health issues, but being the studio rat he’s nicely developed into, he’s ready to drop the full-length followup The Feminine Divine around the fall equinox. The first taste of feminine divinity comes in the form of the Anderson .Paak-assisted “Dang!” Mac comes with plenty of clever wordplay about trying to hold onto his lady as Paak rides a silky funk groove with his baby-bottom-smooth rasp. They’ve got a nice little summer breeze going on this joint. Listen.

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Tour dates:

09/18 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
09/25 Los Angeles, CA @ Fool’s Gold Day Off
10/02 New York, NY @ The Meadows Music & Arts Festival
10/15 Orlando, FL @ Carnage Festival
10/17 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
10/18 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
10/19 Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre
10/21 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
10/22 Nashville, TN @ War Memorial Auditorium
10/23 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
10/25 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/26 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre
10/27 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
10/29 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
10/31 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Ampitheater
11/01 Magna, UT @ The Great Saltair
11/02 Boise, ID @ Revolution Center
11/04 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/06 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Vogue Theatre
11/07 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
11/09 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
11/15 Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre
11/16 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
11/19 Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory
11/20 Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
11/21 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
11/28 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
11/29 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
12/01 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Ballroom
12/02 Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
12/03 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
12/05 Columbus, OH @ Express Live Indoor Pavilion
12/06 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
12/08 Toronto, Ontario @ Sound Academy
12/11 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
12/13 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
12/16 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
12/17 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
12/18 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage

The Feminine Divine is out 9/16 on Warner Bros with features from Kendrick Lamar, Cee-Lo, and Robert Glasper among others.