The re-release of Mac Miller’s outstanding 2014 mixtape ‘Faces’ is only augmented by the inclusion of the previously unheard ‘Yeah’.

The mixtape, which signified an artistic turning point in Mac’s musical journey, is a tough listen in retrospect. With its vivid narratives that explore themes of drug addiction and depression, there aren’t many artists who take you as deep into an their fears, flaws and psyche as Mac, for which I’m simultaneously thankful and devastated. Touted as one of Mac’s defining moments, it has finally been made available to stream.

The tape has a broad range of features - Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples and Sir Michael Rocks all make an appearance - as well as production credits, with Thundercat, 9th Wonder and Mac’s very own production pseudonym Larry Fisherman all credited. The trip-inducing jazzy beats are an empathic accompaniment to Mac’s vivd, dreamlike and painfully poignant lyricism.

‘Yeah’ follows the near 90 minutes run time of the original tape, and takes its listener through some of the most cerebral imagery of the whole project. There are striking musings about the meaning of life and death, as we see Mac in a sobering light, devoid of the supercilious pretence that had been one of the charming characteristics of pre ‘Watching Movies with the Sound Off’ Miller. This is perhaps one of the most cinematic efforts in Mac’s entire discography, with the dramatic strings, flashy minor inflections and powerful delivery building towards a theatrical climax that would feel more at home in a Bond film than at the end of a mixtape.

‘Yeah’ is a track that highlights Miller’s versatility, musicianship and endless creativity. Rather than mourn for what could have been, we should rejoice in what we’ve been given.