It's SEAN SZN, and the rap game is taking cover.
If you're like us, the prospect of a new Big Sean album is both exciting and nerve-wracking. At this point in his career, Mr. Anderson has a lot to prove in terms of his longevity, and the narrative of his artistic evolution. Is Sean about to re-invent himself? Will the rapper look back into his past to re-visit what's already worked? Our hopes are high, but Sean's dreams are bigger.
Flip though the gallery and take in our wishlist for the new Big Sean album. Do you agree with us on these? Let us know in the comments below.
A Taste Of The New TWENTY88 Album
Back in November, Big Sean announced that a new album from TWENTY88, Jhene Aiko and Sean's side ting, would be coming out in 2017. He also stated that each of them would be dropping their own solo projects first. Although a Big Sean album and a TWENTY88 album are wholly different types of projects, we hope that the duo have at least one track together on I Decided to give us a preview of what we can expect next time around.
Thank you the next @twenty88 album is coming next year. We gon get our solo's off too though! #Dons #Soulmates #88 https://t.co/bXNP2VxAbd
The chemistry these two have on tracks is insane, and now that we know it's real, a new track with the duo would give the world a collective half-chub easy. Guys, make it happen.
Black Out In The Booth Bars
In a time of unprecedented "mumble rap," it's hard to believe that rap was once about lyrical ability. Sean Don came up with innovative flows and the best punchlines, and from the singles he's released thus far (especially "No More Interviews"), it doesn't sound like that's stopping anytime soon. We want this entire album to be tweetable, Sean. Don't let us down.
Another Detroit Posse Cut
There's no better signal of how ill Sean is on the mic as the Michigan spitter standing up to the legends on a track together. If "Detroit Vs. Everybody" was any indication, Mr. Anderson can play in the same league as Em, Royce, and just about anybody else. And as Detroit still stands as one of Sean's best projects (if not THE best), we think the MC is due for another hometown pick-me-up. Bring Danny Brown, bring Dej, and maybe even a vintage Dilla beat. The D-Town could always use that love.
A Hook From Mike Posner
Most people on Earth right now know Mike Posner for his "Took A Pill In Ibiza" track that got remixed, and became one of 2016's biggest hits. Over here at HNHH, however, we remember 2009, and we know that Mike Posner and Big Sean came up in the game together with some of the best cross-genre tracks of that new school Internet mixtape era. There was talk back in the day of these two doing a mixtape together that never came to fruition. A collaboration on I Decided would show Sean's Day One fans that he knows what got the crowd hooked on him in the first place.
An Insane Concept Track
Back in March 2015, Big Sean did an interview with Elliott Wilson, where he mentioned that his Dark Sky Paradise single "One Man Can Change The World" was originally conceived as a bizarre concept song, comparing the childhoods of Barack Obama and Osama Bin Laden. He reportedly worked on the song for two years before scrapping the original idea, and taking it in a completely different direction.
Now that we know I Decided is a concept album, it isn't such an unreasonable hope that the D-Town General gets weird with the lyrics, taking a strange idea and following through with it into a completed banger. In 2017, not that many poppin rappers can write a song like Sean. Listen to "One Man Can Change The World" below, and tell us you don't wish you got to hear that Osama Bin Laden origin story over those illustrious keys.
