Big Sean
Sep 19, 2011
Detroit rapper and producer Big Sean, who has established a web presence in the multi-millions with his trilogy of Finally Famous mixtapes, and his non-stop string of self-produced gone-viral videos, graduates to the front line with his official debut, Finally Famous: The Album.
Big Sean's career has gone into overdrive since October 2010, when he appeared on the BET Awards telecast, after earning "New Joint" status at 106 & Park two months earlier. Also in October, his most recent G.O.O.D. Music mixtape was issued. That mixtape, Finally Famous Vol. 3: BIG, was hosted by Don Cannon. BIG, which has received over 650,000 downloads to date, spun off a slew of video clips including "What U Doin (Bullshitting)" (over 955,000 views on #1 music site VEVO), "Supa Dupa Lemonade" (over 1.3 million views on YouTube), "Too Fake" (featur¬ing Chiddy Bang, over 770,000 views on YouTube), "Ambiguous" (featuring Mike Posner), and "Memories" (released two weeks ago on Complex.com). Sean was also featured on five tracks off of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy recording sessions, four of which were part of the G.O.O.D Friday Campaign and the fifth, "See Me Now," is featured as a bonus track on the album.
Sean's debut album was finally released on June 28, 2011 by G.O.O.D. Music and Def Jam Recordings. The album marks the first official release of the "Finally Famous" series, following his mixtape trilogy. Preceding the album's release, lead single "My Last" featured R&B singer Chris Brown and was released as a digital download worldwide on March 25, 2011 and have Big Sean a more mainstream appeal.
"Marvin & Chardonnay" is the second and latest single off the album and was released on July 12, 2011 and features Kanye West and Roscoe Das. The song debuted at 88 and later peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sean's second-highest charting single in the United States.
