As Big Sean revels in having released his first album, the Detroit emcee has spoken on a range of topics, ranging from his early days to his evolution as an artist.
“On my first mixtape, Mike Posner, he produced a song called ‘Smoke and Drive’ on there,” reminisced Sean in an interview with AmarudoTV. “Me and him been friends way before we blew up, so it’s so tight to just be homies and be in the positions that we’re both in. That’s my good friend. My good, good friend.”
“It’s crazy, man, we used to be in his mom’s basement, working on music. Me and him. Crazy. He’s a genius. He’s it. Mike Posner’s definitely just really good.”
Big Sean continued, explaining the distinction between mixtapes and albums. “I would always have my album, and then I would be like, ‘nah, I’m just gonna use this as a mixtape,’ and it kept building my buzz.”
“Finally Famous, the album, was like me graduating,” explained Big Sean, who likened his mixtapes more to final exams. “It took about a year’s time to make that project. No I.D., Kanye, Pharrell [all] really helped out. They helped me transition from being a mixtape artist to making a really good album.”
“For mixtapes, you don’t gotta worry about making hit records. For an album, it’s gotta be more structured.”
Watch the interview below:
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Damn, Big Sean. Go gold already. I don’t see this dude in 5 years.
he aint even goin gold
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big shawn is ass. fucking drake clone
Yet drake stole his flow so that make drakes even wacker. I remember i actually thought drake was going to be good and then he dropped his debut and has been bad ever since
last time i checked, big sean didn’t know how to sing, write r&b songs, act nor rap with at least 5 different flow like drake does.
this dude sounds like a gay male hairdresser!
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“Really good album” Whaaat? Looks like he didn’t hear it, giggity giggity
YOU CANT MAKE A GOOD ALBUM SO YOU SPITS SOME BARS ON MIXTAPES AND YOUR LOW FAN BASE SAYS ITS DOPE SO WHEN THE ALBUM DROPS AND WHEN IT FLOPS YOU WILL STICK TO ONE LINERS ON MIX TAPES AND BE CONDENSER A UNDERGROUND EMCEE FACE IT IF YOU HAD SOME DOPE SHIT IT WOULD BE OUT ALREADY SMH TO MANY RAPPERS WITH TO MUCH HYPE CANT DELVER UNDERGROUND RAPPERS ARE DOPE THERE’S JUST TO MANY OF THEM G.O.O.D MUSIC=B.A.D MUSIC
Big Sean, that other new rapper, is pissed at you for having a hit single lol.