![]() Brown’s signature vocals get a synth treatment, while Ty Dolla $ign adds some soul, an unnecessary addition in my opinion, but may have been added for finesse. For Sean, this track could have meant that he genuinely wanted to give back to hip-hop, but it’s Kanye’s genius that steals that stellar moment and reduces Sean’s own presence to a feature on the track instead of the other way around.Ĭhris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign feature on the next track with Big Sean over a borrowed sample from 1988’s ‘Piece of My Love’, produced by Key Wane, one of Sean’s longtime producers. Each of the rappers have their own verses punctuated by the hook, but it’s the wordplay between them on the third verse a.k.a ‘Watch The Throne’ style, something personally arranged by Kanye no doubt that captures the listener’s attention. Using the remnants of their earlier collaboration ‘Marvin & Chardonnay’ from Sean’s debut album, the track has a soul sample over drums, hooks and bridges. “At the top of the rap game and progressin’ /Check after check, checkin’ off my checklist,” raps Sean in his I-know-where-I-am-right-now tone of voice, announcing that he is now worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as some of his contemporaries.Īll Your Fault sees Sean pair up with West for an excellent collaboration between the mentor and his unannounced protégé, making for one of the album’s must-listen tracks. ![]() On Blessings, Big Sean raps his way through the track with some assistance from Drake about all the good things that have happened to him since his last record. ![]() Starting with ‘Dark Sky (Skyscrapers)’, Sean’s flow and lyrics undergo a very educated and heavily mentored transformation with all his talk about weathering troubles to make it to the top. With some assistance from Kanye West, T-Minus, DJ Dahi, Mike WiLL Made-It, Key Wane, and Vinylz, a much more slick production makes Sean’s latest his best since his debut. It must be the presence of the maniacal genius that is Kanye West or his current belle Ariana Grande and various other A-list collaborators that has Dark Sky Paradise screaming maturity in otherwise what is mostly Big Sean’s asinine list of rap records.ĭark Sky Paradise is a documentation of Sean’s journey through the trials and tribulations he’s been in since his previous record, ‘Hall Of Fame’. With Dark Sky Paradise, Sean’s arrival at the cusp of hip-hop royalty is imminent, although it is hard to take an artist like him seriously considering his ass-laden lyrics and penchant for crashing into unexpected hits. Hip-hop has always had the greats, the has-beens, the wannabes, and then Big Sean.
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