Big Sean raps like someone racing against time to deliver an important message, syllables rushing out, nipping at each other’s heels like playful dogs prone to taking off across a room without fair warning. You can hear him in action on “Lucky Me,” an early highlight from Detroit 2, the Michigan rapper’s fifth studio album and a sequel to his fan-favorite 2012 mixtape Detroit. “Lucky Me” starts off like a confessional or an exchange from a therapy session, with Sean venting about personal and professional ups and downs like extravagant expenditures and breakups over production from Cali beatmakers Hit-Boy and DJ Dahi that evokes the soul and kung fu movie chops of old Wu-Tang classics. Halfway through the song, the beat changes into an ominous, stuttering trap jam, and Sean takes off: “My soul is on solace, surrounded by angels and soldiers on soldiers / World turned me cold, game turned me colder / Sitting courtside looking like I’m finna be the fucking future owner.” Something’s different this time, though. He’s nailed the timing. The words don’t trip each other up. The lines are more purposeful. The outlook is smarter, wiser.
| 1 | Big Sean - Why Would I Stop? |
| 2 | Big Sean - Lucky Me |
| 3 | Big Sean - Deep Reverence |
| 4 | Big Sean - Wolves |
| 5 | Big Sean - Body Language |
| 6 | Big Sean - Story By Dave Chappelle |
| 7 | Big Sean - Harder Than My Demons |
| 8 | Big Sean - Everything That's Missing |
| 9 | Big Sean - ZTFO |
| 10 | Big Sean - Guard Your Heart |
| 11 | Big Sean - Respect It |
| 12 | Big Sean - Lithuania |
| 13 | Big Sean - Full Circle |
| 14 | Twenty88 - Time In |
| 15 | Big Sean - Story By Erykah Badu |
| 16 | Big Sean - FEED |
| 17 | Big Sean - The Baddest |
| 18 | Big Sean - Don Life |
| 19 | Big Sean - Friday Night Cypher |
| 20 | Big Sean - Story By Stevie Wonder |
| 21 | Big Sean - Still I Rise |
