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<\/a>Charmeise Jackson<\/strong> Hip-hop icon Kanye West, once stated in an interview that Big Sean would one day be \u201cthe best rapper of all time\u201d.<\/p>\n While he may not have achieved the title of the best quite yet, it is apparent however, that the artist has become one of the biggest names in hip-hop this year.<\/p>\n At the age of 24, Big Sean has already released four mixtapes, and one full length studio album.\u00a0 In addition to that, he has made numerous collaborations with some of the hottest names in the game and is in the process of working on his second studio album which is scheduled to be released sometime later this year.<\/p>\n Most recently, on Sept. 5, 2012 the G.O.O.D. music artist officially released his fourth mixtape titled, \u201cDetroit,\u201d which received favorable reviews from multiple music blogs and magazines.\u00a0 It received over 1 million views on sites and was downloaded close to 700,000 times on the day of its release alone.<\/p>\n The mixtape includes guest appearances by artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Tyga, J. Cole, Wale, Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, and French Montana; as well as productions from many of the best producers in hip-hop.<\/p>\n Chicago producer, Young Chop, known for his crafting of the infamous Chief Keef street anthem, \u201cI Don\u2019t Like\u201d makes an appearance as one of the guest producers.\u00a0 Other producers include Million $ Mano, Lex Luger, Hit Boy and Key Wane. While the list of producers and appearances may allude to it being quite epic, simply put,\u00a0 it could be better.<\/p>\n I gave an agreeable head nod to some of the songs on the album such as \u201cHow it Feel\u201d, \u201cExperimental\u201d, \u201c24k of Gold\u201d and \u201c100\u201d.\u00a0 However, other songs like, \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Be\u201d and \u201cDo What I Gotta Do\u201d\u00a0 left me thinking, wow, this is pretty corny.\u00a0 Maybe that is just me.<\/p>\n At the end of the day, I have a lot of respect for Big Sean.\u00a0 His previous mixtapes and features continue to be a force on my daily playlist.<\/p>\n He continues to be a standout on nearly all the songs he is featured on, such as \u201cMercy\u201d and the annoyingly catchy new single \u201cClique\u201d both of which were featured on the G.O.O.D. music \u201cCruel Summer\u201d compilation album released Sept. 18, 2012.<\/p>\n Despite some views that the album was boring, and uninteresting William Owens, sophomore, mass communications major from Chicago, Ill. stated, \u201cI honestly felt that the album \u201cCruel Summer\u201d was brilliant\u2026.Kanye put the right artists, on the right tracks, in the right order.\u201d<\/p>\n All in all, Big Sean seems to be living up to the statement that his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 so boldy proclaimed.\u00a0 With his hands not only in music, but in fashion as well, Big Sean is becoming a rising icon and represents the G.O.O.D. music family well. By continuing to churn out memorable verses on everything he touches.<\/p>\n Big Sean has solidified his bragging rights and is well on his way to becoming \u201cfinally famous.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charmeise Jackson Blue & White Flash\/Staff Writer Hip-hop icon Kanye West, once stated in an interview that Big Sean would one day be \u201cthe best…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBlue & White Flash\/Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n