{"title":"Big Sean","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalling on the same single-minded inspiration that drove greats like the Notorious B.I.G., Kanye West, and Eminem, Detroit rapper Big Sean is an iconic figure with multiple platinum-selling albums. Signed to Def Jam subsidiary GOOD Music, Sean scored hits from the time of his first studio album, 2011's aptly titled Finally Famous. His commercial success would only grow from there, piling up number one singles and chart-topping records from the time of his debut to his fifth album, 2020's Detroit 2. This full-length was followed by an EP with Hit-Boy (2021's What You Expect) and appearances on 2022 singles by Queen Naija and Ellie Goulding. \"Precision,\" a preview of the rapper's sixth album, appeared in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Sean Anderson in California but raised in Detroit, rapper Big Sean signed with Kanye West's then-recently formed GOOD Music label in 2007. Sean had met West through a hip-hop radio station in Detroit; he was just trying to impress the superstar by displaying his freestyle skills, but after Sean's in-studio performance, West offered him a recording contract and helped set up his debut mixtape, Finally Famous, Vol. 1, released in 2007. A second volume arrived in 2009, with a third following in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, Sean issued his official debut, Finally Famous, featuring the single \"My Last\" with special guest Chris Brown. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and later that year, the single \"Dance (A$$)\" featuring Nicki Minaj became his first hit in the pop Top Ten. Hall of Fame followed in 2013, also on GOOD Music, with Lil Wayne, Minaj, Nas, and Miguel on the guest list; it too reached number three on the pop chart. Dark Sky Paradise, released in early 2015, featured a similarly impressive guest list, including repeats in Kanye West, John Legend, and Lil Wayne, plus Drake, Ariana Grande, and E-40. The album also featured the number 11 pop hit \"I Don't Fuck with You\" (aka \"I Don't Mess with You\"), debuted at number one, and went platinum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Big Sean was featured on a handful of tracks, including fellow Detroiter DeJ Loaf's platinum \"Back Up,\" the Cruel Winter highlight \"Champions,\" and DJ Khaled's \"Holy Key,\" he released the single \"Bounce Back,\" which reached the Billboard rap Top Ten in 2016. That same year, a joint album with singer Jhené Aiko titled TWENTY88 was released and debuted atop the Billboard R\u0026amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Sean's fourth full-length, I Decided, was issued in early 2017 and became his second Billboard 200 number one. In the following months, he also appeared on notable singles like the 21 Savage\/Metro Boomin track \"Pull Up N Wreck,\" Calvin Harris' \"Feels\" with Pharrell Williams and Katy Perry, and \"Miracles (Someone Special)\" with Coldplay. To round out his year, he joined forces with Metro Boomin for the collaborative album Double or Nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt would be two years before Big Sean returned with new music, issuing singles in the summer of 2019 while working toward a new full-length, tentatively titled Detroit 2 and initially slated for an April 2020 release date. That August, the album's first single, \"Deep Reverence,\" was released. The song featured a cameo from the late Nipsey Hussle and was followed up days later by second single \"Harder Than My Demons.\" Detroit 2 arrived in September and went straight to number one. The following year saw Big Sean team up with longtime collaborator Hit-Boy for the single \"What a Life.\" That October, the duo issued What You Expect, an EP containing five additional cuts such as \"Loyal to a Fault,\" featuring Bryson Tiller and Lil Durk. \"Hate Our Love\" (with Queen Naija) and \"Easy Lover\" (with Ellie Goulding) both appeared in 2022. Big Sean returned with the 2024 single \"Precision.\" ~ David Jeffries\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"big-sean-i-decided-explicit","title":"I DECIDED.(EXPLICIT)","description":"Big Sean's fourth full-length, I Decided., is a significant evolution in terms of depth and maturity. While not as exciting and immediate as his great third LP, Dark Sky Paradise, I Decided. is an important step for the Detroit rapper, demonstrating his ability to grow. Even with appearances by Eminem, Migos, and Jhen? Aiko (as TWENTY88) -- and with various assists from big names like Kanye West, Travis Scott, and Beenie Man -- Sean is never overshadowed. I Decided. is solely his show. The album's title serves as a reminder of a major turning point in his life -- when he decided to follow a different path -- and over 14 tracks, listeners are treated to the interplay between \"old\" and \"new\" Seans. The Don's flow remains strong, but it's the lyrics that shine most, perhaps his most introspective and reflective to date. On the de facto Jeremih-assisted opener, \"Light,\" Sean realizes \"counting money never feels as good as counting blessings.\" Later, on \"Halfway Off the Balcony,\" he acknowledges that a \"job is way more than a salary\" and, when it comes to love, \"chemistry means way more than anatomy.\" These epiphanies are refreshing, especially in the context of the album's narrative of personal development. \"Voices in My Head\/Stick to the Plan\" is the album's climax, a Gollum\/Smeagol-style split personality back-and-forth that builds to a light-speed third verse that sets up the final stretch of I Decided. \"Sunday Morning Jetpack\" is a bright and breezy trip down memory lane, while the big Migos feature, \"Sacrifices,\" finds Offset, Quavo, and Sean exhausting themselves with reminders of what they've been through to get to the top (\"we all come from sacrifice\"). Above all the personal triumph and self-awareness, the heart of I Decided. is \"Inspire Me,\" a touching dedication to his mother, Myra Anderson. A \"Dear Mama\" for 2017, it pays respect to his upbringing and the woman responsible for keeping him grounded. She appears via phone recording on the album closer, the standout moment \"Bigger Than Me,\" which manages to be both an ode to his dear mama and a showcase for his efforts for Flint, Michigan's water crisis. The Flint Chozen Choir provides the uplifting hook, while old-school Kanye-esque production elevates the track into the heavens. It's the most inspirational song on an already affirmative album, connecting his past, present, and future with a newfound mantra to live life to its full potential. While I Decided. may not light up the club like his past efforts, it shines a different, more nurturing light onto deeper parts of his soul. ~ Neil Z. 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Just as infectious and twice as slick, \"I Don't Fuck with You\" featuring E-40 drops sly lines like \"These ho's chase bread, all day\/She got a bird brain,\" while the great \"Now I wear v-necks, people ask what happened to the crew?\" comes from \"Win Some, Lose Some,\" a key track that links the pop side of the album to the problems side. Problems like the loss of family, as the elegant \"One Man Can Change the World\" gains strength from the bittersweet swirl of emotions commonly known as the five stages of grief; then there's the ridiculous and winning \"Deep,\" which ruminates and stomps as if Three 6 Mafia were subbing for this week's philosophy class. Mentor Kanye's fingerprints are all over the beginning of the album as \"Dark Sky (Skyscrapers)\" slowly unfurls like a West-styled album intro, while \"Blessings\" and \"All Your Fault\" both sound as if Drake took a swing at Yeezy's 808s and Heartbreak album and then shattered all expectations. 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Choppy overall flow and the feeling those skits and joiners might have helped place it a notch below Sean's knockout debut, but the rapper's growth (his nostalgic reminiscing on the opening \"Nothing Is Stopping You\" is a masterful mix of effortless and poetic) and his continued embrace of artistic freedom (check \"Ashley,\" where guest Miguel blasts off \"I'm just so f**kin' lucky you're my girl\" on a polished, otherwise radio-friendly ballad) certainly right the ship. Bouncing between cloud rap and Kanye soul, \"Toyota Music\" is an easy pick, and when the alt-rock\/summer-hop track \"You Don't Know\" comes on like Drake fronting Florence + the Machine (background vocals courtesy of an uncredited Ellie Goulding), Sean rides the No I.D. production like a champ. Besides these pop moments, true hip-hop thrives on a soul-filling promise to do better with Nas and Kid Cudi called \"First Chain,\" and with the gravelly voice of Jeezy and the 808 kicking the woofers inside-out, \"It's Time\" checks off the box next to \"trunk rumbler,\" making the superstar hip-hop album inventory complete. Fifteen cuts means this one is fat with an \"f\" and a bit too cumbersome to convert on first listen, but the sophomore slump this is not, meaning anyone who devoured Sean's debut should re-up with this one. ~ David Jeffries\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 8\/27\/2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Big Sean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44563754778857,"sku":"FQEXY7-BMOZ-00","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Big-Sean-HALL-OF-FAMEEX_beGSe_02d4fe51-a443-425d-a7cf-fe53cb0aaeff.jpg?v=1758835957"},{"product_id":"big-sean-detroit-2","title":"Detroit 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eDetroit 2 is a Music CDs from Big Sean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 12\/11\/2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Big Sean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44563825557737,"sku":"ZT7X01-UMR6-00","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Big-Sean-Detroit-2_1cQQ7_8a69d697-97fb-4eca-adac-430b3880405c.jpg?v=1759229699"},{"product_id":"big-sean-finally-famous-10th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-2-lp","title":"Finally Famous [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 2 LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinally Famous [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 2 LP] is a Records \u0026amp; LPs from Big Sean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 12\/17\/21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Big Sean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581505925353,"sku":"O43FU4-6EVB-00","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Big-Sean-Finally-Famous-10th-Anniversary-Deluxe-Edition-2-LP_HQPpY.jpg?v=1742433713"},{"product_id":"big-sean-i-decided-explicit-content-2-lps","title":"I Decided.[Explicit Content] (2 Lp's)","description":"\u003cp\u003e I Decided.[Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) is a Records \u0026amp; LPs from Big Sean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 04\/14\/2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Big Sean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44588325404905,"sku":"R9AVV1-MW8Y-00","price":41.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Big-Sean--I-DecidedExplicit-Content-2-Lps_ziRtQ_56ad8618-ca6c-4dd8-a5cc-3468ec702e73.jpg?v=1752765413"},{"product_id":"big-sean-finally-famouexdlx","title":"FINALLY FAMOU(EX)DLX","description":"Recording information: 4220 Studios, Hollywood, CA; Boogie Down Chinatown Studios, Philadelphia, PA; CRC, Chicago, IL; Legend Studios, New York, NY; Manhattan Sound Recording Studios, New York, NY; No Name Hotel, Paris; Paramount Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA; The Loft, Detroit, MI; The Mercer, New York, NY; The Record Plant; Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA.\nPhotographers: Todd Russell ; Diwang Valdez; Fabien Montique.\nSigned to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. 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