Big Sean’s new album “Detroit 2” was released on September 4 2020. He used his new album to talk about his past encounters in the west side streets of Detroit, racial injustice, and COVID-19. His album features big named artists like Young Thug, Post Malone, and Lil Wayne.  It is projected to sell 125k units its first week. 

“Lucky Me” shows us why he’s considered one of the greatest rappers. His lyrics are very clever and his wordplay is off the charts: “Lucky me, to be rich in the world where nothing’s free and separated from hell by 1 degree.” In this line, he is trying to say he’s rich in a world where money holds no value and compares the recent events happening on Earth to hell. I love how Big Sean mirrors the beat as the beat switches from slow to fast pace so does Big Sean’s flow.

In “Deep Reverence,” Big Sean lets the whole world know him and his girlfriend Jhene Aiko had a miscarriage. “Probably why this shit with me get crazy and we lost a baby.” Some people might take it as Big Sean trying to make his fans feel sorry for him. However, I see it as Big Sean letting everyone know that just because he’s famous and has money, real-life problems can also happen to him.

In “Friday Night Cypher,” Big Sean talks about Kobe Bryant and his dead loved ones. “It be impossible ‘til it happens. I never thought I’d see Kobe go first before Magic that taught me first, no seconds to waste.” As I listen to the album further, I’m starting to understand some of the messages Big Sean is trying to voice, which – are no matter how famous you are or how much money you have, you are still human and still face everyday problems like everyone else.

I really enjoy the beat and I like how everyone on the song is from Detroit. But, the song is nine minutes. When a song gets longer and longer, it can bore the listener, especially when everyone on the song sounds identical. I would have enjoyed the song more if he would have cut this song into two songs.

In “Still I Rise,” Big Sean gives us advice on the ups and downs in life. “That’s why it’s important to be your own boss, put yourself in control through the ups and downs, wins, and losses, they all just chapters in your life story.” He explains why it’s important to be your own boss, and tells us no matter what happened in a period of your life, whether you win or lose, it’s just a chapter in your life, not the full story. It helps me think positively through the chapters of my life no matter if the chapter was a loss or a win. Everything from the song name, lyrics, chorus, and beat just screams positive energy. It makes me want to go for a run or workout since it’s so motivational.  

In “Why Would I stop?,” Big Sean brags about how good his rap flow is. “This the antidote, this the cure cancer flow, stop a pandemic and the globe.” He brags about his flow being so good it can cure cancer and stop a global pandemic.

Big Sean is going to get a lot of heat for this line because millions of people die of cancer yearly. Scientists have yet to find the cure to cancer and he’s bragging about how his flow is the cure to cancer. I love his wordplay and lyricism in this song. I love it when he says, “Next episode, got the whole world watching. I might leave the series, come back like I’m Rodman.” Big Sean uses a simile to compare himself with Dennis Rodman by saying if he were to leave the rap game just like Rodman left the NBA in 1998, he would still come back on his A-game just like Rodman did when he returned to the NBA.

Big Sean’s twenty-one tracked album felt like his best album to date. The only problem with the album is that it’s really long. A ten tracked album would have been just fine – no one wants to listen to an album that is about an hour long. Having a long album is dangerous because the listener can become bored with the artist’s voice especially when an artist like Big Sean does it because he only has a handful of flows.

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