In early 2010, Miller signed a record deal with Pittsburgh-based indie record label Rostrum Records. He subsequently began recording his debut studio album "Blue Slide Park", and released it on November 8, 2011. The album went on to debut at number one on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart, making it the first independently distributed debut album to top the chart since Tha Dogg Pound's 1995 album, "Dogg Food".