{"id":7455,"date":"2012-09-07T07:27:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T07:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2012-09-07T07:27:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T07:27:26","slug":"big-sean-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=7455","title":{"rendered":"Big Sean: Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mixtape: Detroit
\nArtist: Big Sean
\nReleased: September 5, 2012<\/p>\n

“I give her the D\u2026 cuz that’s where I was born and raised in.”<\/p>\n

Detroit. Home to Marshall Mathers<\/strong>, Ford Motors<\/strong>, J. Dilla<\/strong> and Binary Star<\/strong>. And now that Big Sean<\/strong> is Finally Famous, it’s also the name of his latest release, marking his return to the mixtape scene. And yes, Big Sean<\/strong> is giving Piston fans everywhere a reason to break out their throwback Isiah Thomas<\/strong> jerseys.<\/p>\n

And while the G.O.O.D. Music<\/strong> signee was helping ratchets everywhere make that mother fucker hammertime, I was unsure if the god deserved the Big moniker. I mean,Big L<\/strong>, Big Pun<\/strong>, and the Notorious B.I.G.<\/strong> seemed to be on a whole other level in this generation of Lil’ Waynes<\/strong>, Lil’ Mama<\/strong>, and Young Money<\/strong>. But as Sean<\/strong> continues to drop quality 16’s, he just might be able to fill those Big shoes.<\/p>\n

This mixtape gotta soulful feel to the production, and that’s a welcome relief knowing that Detroit is the birthplace of Motown, and what’s more soulful than that? The drums do have a little trap house twist, but that’s a given if you’ve been paying attention to these snapback and tattoo type trends. Big Sean<\/strong> got beats laced from Young Chop<\/strong>, Hit-Boy<\/strong>, Lex Luger<\/strong>, Da Internz<\/strong>, and more, so expect some of these joints to slap in the whip.<\/p>\n

There are also a lot of cameos on this tape. Big Sean<\/strong> got bar work from Juicy J<\/strong>, French Montana<\/strong>, Tyga<\/strong>, J. Cole<\/strong>, Royce Da 5’9<\/strong>and Black Hippy’s<\/strong> own Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>. The Dat Piff<\/a> release even features bonus cuts with Wale<\/strong> and Wiz Khalifa<\/strong>. Chris Brown<\/strong> sings on “Sellin’ Dreams”<\/em> and Jhene Aiko<\/strong> drops her sultry songbird stylings on “I’m Gonna Be.”<\/em> Big Sean<\/strong> also got Common<\/strong>, Young Jeezy<\/strong> and even Jhene Aiko<\/strong> to recall their memories of the Motor City on the skits for the mixtape.<\/p>\n

A couple of the joints are kinda blazay blah tho\u2026 I ain’t fucking with everything on this tape. There’s a lot more here for the Fendi rocking bottle popping ballers than the gritty streets of the D. But some of these joints can’t be fucked with, like “FFOE”<\/em>, “100”<\/em> and “Higher.”<\/em> Expect get money anthems. Big Sean<\/strong> wants a 24 karat casket when he dies, or let it be known that he didn’t get enough paper in his lifetime.<\/p>\n

“seems life is never at a standstill, even in a photo
\nthinking’ about the ex-girl i hold tho
\nlike ooh-wee i want it all or will i have lost it all
\nlike ocho
\nthe things i think about the most are things i’ll never know tho
\nlike\u2026 why don’t schools teach more mathematics?
\nless trigonometry and more about taxes
\nthey at the chalk board teaching us ass backwards
\nhow about preparing us for life instead of lab rat us
\nwith a mansion that’s about 5 floors
\nno one sleeping on the couches cuz we got 5 more
\nwith the fam that reminded me what i’m alive for
\nand at the same time remind me what i die for
\na world where you wouldn’t need sleep
\nthat way we could catch up instead of chase dreams\u2026”<\/p>\n

– Big Sean on “24K of Gold”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah.. there’s even some introspective shit here that might make you question the powers that be\u2026 (oh oh oh oh OK) “I Do It!” Bump this while you’re riding around the city and getting it\u2026 swerve. Download the mixtape here<\/a>: <\/p>\n

you know ya man’s Drop Jewelz<\/a><\/p>\n