Big Sean
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Plotting Life’s Key Moments Through Songs
“Songs like Frank Ocean’s ‘Super Rich Kids’ and ScHoolboy Q’s ‘Man of The Year’ made highlight reels out of otherwise banal moments.”
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Imagining How 7 Rappers Will Reference COVID-19 in Their Music
The question is not whether Big Sean is going to shoehorn a bunch of awkward coronavirus-centric similes into his lyrics; the question is how many.
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What I Learned as a Classical Composer Working with Kanye, Lil Nas X, & Big Sean
How Johan Lenox went from listening to Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ to working with him, No I.D., Big Sean, and more.
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20 Fictional Characters Pick Their Favorite Rappers
“You seem unquestionably bored out of your fucking mind,” which, yes.
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Don’t Call Production Duo Take A Daytrip an Overnight Success: Interview
The New York-based production duo is preparing for their biggest excursion yet.
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Big Sean, Vic Mensa, & Managing the Ridicule of Catharsis
Cathartic work may protect artists from their demons, but it doesn’t protect them from critique.
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J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival Was Our Joy
Dreamville Fest was shelter in the face of tragedy, inadvertently.
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Vince Staples, Big Sean, Denzel Curry & More: Morning Bars
All the latest hip-hop news in one place.
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Big Sean Is Making the Best Music of His Life
“I rediscovered myself and found a brand new energy.”
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15 Rappers as TV Shows: An Absurdly Detailed Investigation
It’s time for some wild but perfect comparisons.
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10 Most Orgasmic Beat Drops of the 2010s (So Far)
If you disagree, take it up with Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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5 Years After “Control,” Ranking the Relevancy of All 11 Rappers Kendrick Called Out
From Drake to Jay Electronica, we tracked the course of 11 careers since that game-changing verse five years ago.