Big Sean: "Control" (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica)
Shortly after Big Sean released this bonus cut from his upcoming Hall of Fame album, my Twitter timeline started blowing up with tweets regarding Kendrick Lamar's feature on said track. I found this a bit-odd seeing as the ever-elusive Jay Electronica was also on the bill and, although Kendrick is arguably the best emcee doing it right now, I thought Jay Elec being there would take the spotlight away from the L.A. native. One listen to Kendrick's verse on the No I.D.-produced, "Control", and I could hear what all the buzz was about. K. Dot went ahead, lyrically murked his competition and even name-dropped a handful of heavy-hitters in the industry. Listen below and let us know in the c-section who do you think will come at Kendrick Lamar the hardest, if anyone?
Big Sean: "Fire"
Big Sean is still looking for a proper single to push his sophomore project Hall of Fame and "Fire" might be the song that finally puts HoF in stores seeing as it has a strong backing by Samsung. Too much is going on with the beat for me to fully enjoy the track, but this could possibly get Sean some radio spins and his devoted fans will enjoy his heartfelt rhymes.
Pusha T: "Who I Am" (feat. Big Sean & 2 Chainz) (Prod. by Mano & Kanye West)
Pusha T's official solo-debut album, My Name Is My Name, has been in release date purgatory for at least a year now, nonetheless, with a first single finally out in the form of "Who I Am" hopefully the project will be in stores July 16th. Produced by Million $ Mano & Kanye West and featuring Big Sean & 2 Chainz, expect this record to hit the airwaves soon and hard. Peep below.
Wale ft. Big Sean: "Slight Work" Prod. Diplo
Diplo with Wale and Big Sean? Well I will not complain at all on that one. I feel like this song would be even better if Cudi got thrown on this as well. Hell if Cudi could get some Diplo production, hell if Cudi would rap. But back to the song at hand, Wale has his new project "Ambition" coming up and it will mark to most of whether or not he took the right turn joining Ross and MMG. So far to me the tracks he has been putting out have either been fire or a pooper. This one was wavering the line but the Big Sean comes in and gives me something that I wanted. I guess I'm a little sour on Wale but it is hard to fall in love with an artist that changes his style every year. I hope he sticks with MMG and we can at least all get used to who Wale is.
Wale ft. Big Sean: "Slight Work" Prod. Diplo