REVIEW: Big Sean “Finally Famous”

Big Sean Finally Famous review

Review: 3/5
Best songs: “I Do It”, “Marvin & Chardonnay”

Big Sean’s playful delivery and “out of the box” punchlines save this soulless album from being a complete disaster.

1. “Intro” (Produced by Kevin Randolph, Key Wane)
First problem is an “intro” called “intro”, second problem it’s way too short at a minute and 14. Shows me he has nothing really important to say.

2. “I Do It” (Produced by No I.D., The Legendary Traxster)
Sean delivers some cocksure lines over a hyphy style beat. I’m not mad.

3. “My Last” (featuring Chris Brown) (Produced by No I.D.)
While No I.D. brilliantly looped up New Edition’s “Stand the Rain”, Big Sean forgot that what made that song so great was the hook, which should have also been appropriated. Then we could have had a monster hit. I also think Sean could have pulled back from the “I fucked your bitch” swag.

4. “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me” (Produced by No I.D. Mike Posner)
This might be the worst song of the year. Sean sounds forced to be talking about heart break, the beat is all over the place and the auto-tuned So Far Gone hook makes me cringe.

5. “Wait for Me” (featuring Lupe Fiasco) (Produced by No I.D., Exile)
Sean sounds like a young Kanye on here, except without the heart. I think Sean’s problem is that when he tries to get emo, I don’t really care because he’s told me countless times how many times he’s fucked my girl and told me to suck his dick I feel glad he has problems. Lupe shows up here for no reason except to point out the geographical difference between himself and Big Sean and their chains.

6. “Marvin & Chardonnay” (featuring Kanye West & Roscoe Dash) (Produced by Andrew “Pop” Wansel)
I feel sorry for Sean here, cause as soon as you hear say “hol up, hol up, hol up” you just want to hear Yeezy get his swag on. Not sure if Roscoe Dash was needed here.

7. “Dance (A$$)” (Produced by Da Internz)
I know some people hate this track, but I love it. If Big Sean is really good at degrading women and making unbelievable alpha male boasts, let him be.

8. “Get It (DT)” (featuring Pharrell) (Produced by The Neptunes)
Neptune’ songs that start off with a piano riff and lazy synths never end up good.

9. “Memories (Part II)” (featuring John Legend) (Produced by No I.D.)
Sean gets introspective without sounding forced on “Memories” which actually turns out to be dope track with some memorable lines. Even John Legend shows up because “hey this is a G.O.O.D. music project”.

10. “High” (featuring Wiz Khalifa & Chiddy Bang) (Produced by Xaphoon Jones)
I do like how they went with a new sounding beat for a weed track, I don’t like that Sean’s rapping too fast, it’s messing up my high. Weed master Wiz shows Sean how it’s done.

11. “Live This Life” (featuring The-Dream) (Produced by No I.D.)
I think this song would have been better suited for Rick Ross. Sean has an off night here other than the “It don’t matter what car, it’s the nigga in it” line.

12. “So Much More” (Produced by No I.D.)
The final track is probably the most uplifting except Sean’s vocal sound eq’d way too bright to even enjoy No I.D.’s soulful production.

Last Word
Big Sean’s problem is that he’s still transitioning from a mixtape rapper to an actual artist. While it may have seemed like a good idea that No I.D. babysit Sean on his debut, it might be a good idea to actually let Big Sean “do him” like on his previous mixtapes.

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