During an excursion to a Motown exhibit featuring label founder Berry Gordy, Big Sean was moved by what he heard. As he puts the final touches on his forthcoming album, I Decided, the 28-year-old Detroit native explained to Entertainment Weekly that R&B and classic soul was a motivating factor on the more focused concept of the album.
“I was just at this Motown exhibit with Berry Gordy with my mom,” he said in the interview. “He was talking about Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder and The Temptations and how one of the things they did was inspire people. They inspired people to have a good time, to do better — to be a better version of themselves. That really stuck with me. That’s what I want to do, too.”
The overall concept of the album, the follow-up to 2015’s Dark Sky Paradise, essentially tells the story of man’s rebirth, which was inspired by firsthand experiences. “I [told my friend], ‘Sometimes I feel like I was an old man and didn’t succeed in life and asked for a second chance, and this is my second chance,'” Sean Don explained. “He was like, ‘Make that the album.’ People who can be inspired by it, that’s who I’m doing it for. Everybody else can f— off or whatever.”
Sean uses his recent song “Bounce Back” as an example of his intent to not overcomplicate the message he’s trying to convey on I Decided. “You don’t want to overdo it,” he said. “I’m not trying to sit here and preach to people. You can get [a message] across with a song like ‘Bounce Back.’ We’ve all bounced back from something before, so that fits my story perfect, but you never would have known that from hearing it by itself.”
I Decided features guest spots from Chance The Rapper and Jeremih, but a few Instagram posts hint at contributions from Pharrell, Bruno Mars and Diane Warren. I Decided is scheduled for a February 3 release.
Reppin Detroit all the way from California lmao ok
I Decided… I really really really don’t care?
Giving the middle finger all the time is beyond played out at this time, so ignorant.
I agree big time.
Fuck this talentless nerd plus he too black
I Decided to dye my asshole purple.
I Decided to stop eating ass b4 midnite.
He had a couple of hits, but now he’s soon to be forgotten.
As a close friend of Drake, I can confirm that Big Sean actually wishes he was Drake. The style pioneered by Drake has been used, copied by this flopping ass nigga Little Sean. skrrt
Lmao they sound similar tone wise but thats where it ends big sean flows circles around drake and oh did i forget to mention he writes his own material? And most of the beats big sean raps on are fire
His new stuff that I hear does totally sound a lot like Drake though. The absolute fucking saddest thing was the new Tyga I heard on the radio which was completely a Drake ripoff, not going to work lmao.
You sound dumb drake toke big Sean flow On the “forever” song with em and Wayne. & Been trying to use it ever since… When he reading those raps ppl wrote for him that is. Do some research before you speak. Also understand that Sean got bars and word play. Mean while drake making pop songs.
All these middle aged haters keep hating and big sean will keep being worth $50+ million at the age of 28
I get the feeling this is one person commenting and talking to himself lol