Big Sean Reflects on His All-Time Favourite Guest Verses.
Big Sean had a great year as a featured artist, as he has made over 20 guest appearances. The rapper sat down with Billboard to talk about his favourite verse of the year and of all time.
“I take pride in being able to collab with Gucci Mane, Eminem, Young Thug, Justin Bieber, Calvin Harris, and still feel completely natural,” says Sean. “None of it ever feels forced, or else I wouldn’t do it. It’s always been about respecting the music and trusting the process.”
“Early in my career, it was always a dream to work with Nas, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ye and Wayne,” he added. “I’ve been fortunate enough to check most of those off — some more than once. One of the biggest compliments is when I motivate someone I look up to to rewrite their verse. That’s happened a lot, and I never expected it. I just loved knowing I pushed the music forward.”
“I appreciated going into the studio with Em and talking with him. That was probably the biggest moments of my personal childhood dreams,” he said, while talking about ‘Detroit vs Everybody’ collab. “It was me and Eminem in studio — this was back when Eminem took a break, too, so you didn’t really hear that much from him. I don’t know if he took a break or was getting his s–t together ’cause I think he was still in the studio everyday, but what I remember most was watching South Park and eating pizza in the studio. We’d debate what was better between Family Guy and South Park.”
“We’d talk about life, and I told the story before how Slim Shady LP was the first album I bought at Costco with my birthday money as a kid. I still have it. It’s at my mom’s house. I went to my mom’s house and we have a family house in Detroit. I had all my CDs there and I didn’t want to be a lame and bring the Slim Shady LP to the studio. At the end of the session, bro took my CDs out. He took out Finally Famous, Hall of Fame and asked me to sign them. That was the last time in my life where I said I would never try to be cool.”
Sean Don also talked about the “All Me” collaboration with Drake. “That was a special moment, because my producer Key Wane produced the song. It was a big moment for him. I remember how excited Drake was when he got the verse. He was very ecstatic. He was very surprised by the verse. It had him hyped up — super hyped up. That was just a classic moment back then during Nothing Was The Same.”
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