His debut album, Finally Famous, was released in June 2011 and featured guest appearances from hip hop superstars Kanye West, Chris Brown, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, Wiz Khalifa, and Lupe Fiasco.
He was raised by his mother and grandparents who worked steadfastly to instill in him the principles of hard work and determination. Sean attended the Detroit Waldorf School, a school of art, from Kindergarten to 8th Grade where he was in 102.7FM, a local radio station in Detroit where he displayed his rhyming skills weekly. There, he met Kanye West after a radio interview in 2005 and got a chance to display his talent by freestyling for Mr. West, giving him a copy of his music and sending numerous tracks for him to critique. After months of submitting songs and numerous meetings, Sean finally got a call from Kanye West himself saying that he wanted to sign him. Two years later, West signed Big Sean to GOOD Music. Sean has cited West, Eminem, The Notorious B.I.G., and J Dilla as his influences.
On September 30, 2007, Big Sean released his first official mixtape Finally Famous: The Mixtape. His hit single, "Get'cha Some", produced by WrighTrax, attained media attention and led to articles in The Source and the Detroit Metro Times. He also recorded a music video for "Get'cha Some", which was directed by Hype Williams. Sean released a second mixtape hosted by Mick Boogie on April 16, 2009, called UKNOWBIGSEAN. It featured the songs "Million Dollars", "Get'cha Some" and "Supa Dupa". This mixtape includes 30 tracks. Sean released a third mixtape hosted by Don Cannon on August 31, 2010, called Finally Famous Vol. 3: BIG, which features include major artists like Bun B, Chip tha Ripper, Curren$y, Tyga, Drake, Mike Posner, Chuck Inglish, Asher Roth, Dom Kennedy, and Chiddy Bang. The mixtape includes 20 tracks.
Finally Famous, Sean's debut studio album, was released June 28, 2011, and spawned three hit singles; "My Last", "Marvin & Chardonnay" and "Dance (Ass)". The album featured guest appearances from Lupe Fiasco, John Legend, Pharrell, Kanye West, Roscoe Dash, Wiz Khalifa, Chiddy Bang, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, and included production from No I.D., The Legendary Traxster, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Xaphoon Jones and The Neptunes. When the songs "O.T.T.R." and "Flowers" were leaked in July 2011, speculation began of a new mixtape. Sean confirmed in an interview on June 28, 2011, that a collaborative mixtape between him and "two other guys in hip-hop that are just killing it right now" will be released "in a couple of weeks". Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y were the suspected featured rappers on the mixtape. However, Wiz Khalifa later confirmed that there would be no mixtape, claiming that the songs were created, "just for fun".
In September 2011, Big Sean confirmed in an interview with the Daily Tribune that he'll be working on his second album during the I Am Finally Famous Tour and plans to release the album sometime in 2012. On October 19, 2011, Kanye West announced on his Twitter plans for a Spring 2012 GOOD Music album release. On April 6, 2012, "Mercy", the lead single from the GOOD Music compilation album, Cruel Summer, was released. The song, produced by newly signed in-house producer Lifted, features Big Sean along with Kanye West, Pusha T, and southern rapper 2 Chainz. Big Sean then announced his fourth mixtape would be titled "Detroit" and would serve as a lead-in to his second studio album. He then began promoting the mixtape, releasing short versions of the songs on his YouTube page. On September 5, 2012, Big Sean released the mixtape Detroit which features guest appearances from fellow rappers J. Cole, Juicy J, King Chip, French Montana, Royce da 5'9", Kendrick Lamar, and Tyga.
Big Sean pushed back the release date of his second studio album Hall of Fame which was eventually released on August 27, 2013. The album has skits to give it a "classic feel", and includes features from multiple artists, including Lil Wayne, Miguel, and Nas. The album's production was primarily handled by No I.D., and Key Wane along with additional production from Hit-Boy, Da Internz, Mike Dean, Travis Scott, Xaphoon Jones, and Young Chop among others. Big Sean also stated in an interview that he was in the studio with fellow Detroit native Eminem. Sean went on to say they made a "Detroit classic" but he is unsure if it will be on Hall of Fame because of "timing issues". Hall of Fame spawned five singles, "Guap", "Switch Up" featuring Common, "Beware" featuring Jhené Aiko and Lil Wayne, "Fire", and "Ashley" featuring Miguel.
A month prior to the release of Hall of Fame, Big Sean told Complex that he had already begun work on his third album due to the inspiration from his new relationship. On September 12, 2014, Big Sean announced that he had signed a management deal with Roc Nation. Later that same day he released four new songs titled, "I Don't Fuck with You", "Paradise", "4th Quarter" and "Jit/Juke". Producers for these songs include, Mike Will Made It, DJ Mustard, Kanye West, DJ Dahi, Nate Fox, Da Internz, L&F, and Key Wane. "I Don't Fuck with You" was released to iTunes on September 19, 2014. In an interview with Sway Calloway, Sean confirmed that Lil Wayne will be featured on the album.
In May 2012, Big Sean founded a nonprofit organization called the “Sean Anderson Foundation,” with the aim of helping underserved children and families in Detroit. Alongside direct donations to local institutions, primarily educational institutions, the foundation has created fundraising programs and partnered with other organizations. In 2016, the foundation launched #HealFlintKids to raise money for the Community Foundation of Greater Flint amid the Flint water crisis - the program raised $100,000.
In 2015, the foundation launched Mogul Prep, which partnered high school students with music industry professionals. During the same year, the foundation donated a recording studio for students at Big Sean's alma mater, Cass Technical High School. Beginning in 2018, the foundation has hosted an annual weekend festival, called D.O.N. Weekend, with free events and performances for Detroit residents and usually by Detroit artists. In December 2018, Big Sean in partnership with Ally Financial, Thurgood Marshall College Fund & the Sean Anderson Foundation, created an annual scholarship competition for HBCU students called “Moguls in the Making.”
On March 25, 2016, Big Sean released a track to celebrate his 28th birthday, "Get My Shit Together". Two days later he announced a self-titled album with Jhené Aiko, Twenty88, scheduled to be released on April 1, 2016, exclusively on Tidal. The album was released on April 5, 2016, on Apple Music and Spotify. A week after the exclusive release of Twenty88 on Tidal, Big Sean and Aiko released a 15-minute short film called Out of Love, which is composed of several recordings from the album. Around the same month, upon the wake of the Flint water crisis, Big Sean tweeted to the city's official Twitter account, asking if he could do anything to help, and later on donated $10,000.
On October 31, 2016, Big Sean released "Bounce Back" as the lead single from his fourth studio album, I Decided, which was released on February 3, 2017. "Moves" was released as an instant-great on December 16, 2016. Sean consulted the advice of Jay Z and Rick Rubin while working on the album. Big Sean achieved his second number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart, as I Decided debuted at the top. It earned 151,000 equivalent album units in the week of February 9, according to Nielsen Music. 65,000 of the amount was in pure album sales. As of April 18, 2017, I Decided was certified gold.
Two months after the release of I Decided, Big Sean was offered the official Key to the City of Detroit for his contribution to his own Sean Anderson foundation.
On November 3, 2017, Sean and Metro Boomin released the single "Pull Up N Wreck", featuring 21 Savage. A month later, it was announced that Sean and Metro were to release a collaborative album titled Double or Nothing. The album was released on December 8, 2017, and included features from Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Kash Doll, Young Thug, and Swae Lee, and included the single "Pull Up N Wreck".
On July 24, 2019, Big Sean released his first solo single since 2017 titled "Overtime", produced by Hit-Boy, Key Wane, and the Tucker Brothers. In an interview with Beats 1 Radio, Sean said he was "returning to his roots" with the single ahead of his forthcoming album. On July 26, he released the song "Single Again", which includes background vocals from Jhené Aiko and Ty Dolla Sign. On August 26, he released the single "Bezerk" featuring ASAP Ferg, performing it at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
On March 25 (Big Sean's 32nd birthday), he announced that his new record would be titled Detroit 2. On August 25, he released the album's lead single, "Deep Reverence", featuring late rapper Nipsey Hussle. Detroit 2 was released on September 4, 2020, and features collaborations with Eminem, Jhené Aiko, and Lil Wayne. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, marking his third number-one album.
On September 17, 2020, Big Sean revealed in a Reddit AMA that another Twenty88 album is "in the works". A track attributed to the project appeared on Detroit 2. He has also announced that he plans on launching his own record label. On October 29, 2021, Big Sean announced on Twitter that after 14 years, he has stepped away from Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, saying "That's a forever brotherhood, but business-wise, I had to start getting a bigger cut! I worked my way out that deal." West also claimed during a November 2021 Drink Champs podcast that signing Sean was the 'worst decision' of his entire career.
Starting in 2020, Big Sean has appeared in the Showtime series 'Twenties' in a recurring role as Trsitan, an anti-social media character who learns the value of online connection. In October 2021, Big Sean, in collaboration with rapper and producer Hit-Boy released an EP entitled What You Expect.
In February 2022, Big Sean and singer Queen Naija released a single entitled "Hate Our Love". The song will appear on Naija's upcoming album. In that same month, Big Sean confirmed the Twenty88 album and revealed that the album would include a collaboration with his then-girlfriend, Jhené Aiko. In September 2022, Big Sean re-released Detroit to streaming platforms, in honor of its 10th anniversary.
In 2019, the foundation partnered with Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan, donating a second $100,000 recording studio to the club during that year's D.O.N. Weekend. Since 2012, the foundation has participated in the annual All-Star Giveback on Thanksgiving, where it distributes turkeys, trimming, and canned goods to Detroit residents.
In May 2021, Big Sean, via his Sean Anderson Foundation, released a video series on wellness and mental health. The series was released during Mental Health Awareness Month and featured a conversation between Big Sean and his mother, educator Myra Anderson, about the intersection between wellness and mental health, including topics like meditation, sleep, and emotional freedom techniques.
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Big Sean Lyrics
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Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid (I do it, boy)
Wobble-dy wobble-dy wa wobble wobble
I'm stack stacking my paper my wallet look like a Bible
I got girlies half naked that shit look like the grotto
How your waist anorexic and then your ass is colossal, like woop
Drop that ass make it boomerang
Tippy tow tippy tay you gonna get a tip today
Fuck that you gonna get some dick today
I walk in with my crew and I'm breaking they necks
I'm looking all good I'm making her wet
They pay me respect they pay me in checks
And if she look good she pay me in sex
Bounce that ass its the roundest
You the best you deserve a crown bitch
Right on that (ass)
Stop, now make that motherfucker hammer time like
Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid (I do it, boy)
OK stop drop it drop it
You got everybody in here oh my gosh-ing
Bad bitches I'm your dada white girls go gaga
Sticks out they bust so it they open like yaya's a pinata
Bitch look down tell me what's up
Girl you talk to much shut up
I got that mad dick you know it always nut up
And it got a attitude no wonder why it's stuck up
Pop it then back up yo gymnastics got me ecstatic
Your whole crew look like a pageant
I'm dropping cash tip and some taxes
Girl you got me about to pass out
I'm wondering if cupid gave you ass shots
Because I'm in love with that (ass)
Stop, now make that motherfucker hammer time like
Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid
Whoa, white girls (white girls)
Black girls (black girls)
Tall girls (tall girls)
Fat girls (fat girls)
Shake that ass girl
Shake that ass girl
Shake that ass girl
Shake that ass girl
Short girls (short girls)
Go small girls (small girls)
Go skinny girls (go skinny girls)
Go all girls (all girls)
Shake that ass girl
Shake that ass girl
Shake that ass girl
Shake that ass girl
And I want all of that (ass)
Stop, now make that motherfucker hammer time like
Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid, go stupid (I do it, boy) go stupid
The lyrics to Big Sean's song "Dance (A$$)" are a celebration of the female form, particularly the backside. The chorus is a repetition of the lines "Stop, now make that motherfucker hammer time like/Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid (I do it, boy)," which encourage women to dance provocatively and let loose. The song includes references to Pootie Tang, a comedic character from a 2001 film, and to "stacking paper," or making money. The verses contain humorous wordplay and sexual innuendo, with lines like "How your waist anorexic and then your ass is colossal, like woop" and "And it got a attitude no wonder why it's stuck up."
The lyrics also emphasize the diversity of the women being admired, with lines like "Whoa, white girls (white girls)/Black girls (black girls)/Tall girls (tall girls)/Fat girls (fat girls)." While some may describe the lyrics as objectifying or degrading, others argue that they celebrate women's bodies and encourage them to feel confident and empowered. Ultimately, the meaning of the song may depend on the individual listener's perspective.
Line by Line Meaning
Stop now make that motherfucker hammer time like
Stop that music and make it sound like MC Hammer's song 'U Can't Touch This'
Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid (I do it, boy)
Get crazy and wild as I do it with enthusiasm
Wobble-dy wobble-dy wa wobble wobble
I am dancing and shaking my body in all directions
I'm stack stacking my paper my wallet look like a Bible
I am accumulating wealth and my wallet is so thick that it looks like a holy book
I got girlies half naked that shit look like the grotto
I have many women who are only wearing half of their clothes, resembling a cave or a small island
How your waist anorexic and then your ass is colossal, like woop
Your waist is incredibly slim, but your buttocks are huge, making a sound effect of amazement
Drop that ass make it boomerang
Move your buttocks up and down, creating a boomerang effect
Take my belt off bitch I'm Pootie Tang
I feel confident and powerful like the fictional character Pootie Tang when I take off my belt
Tippy tow tippy tay you gonna get a tip today
I will tip you some money if you tip toe and dance well
Fuck that you gonna get some dick today
Actually, you will get more than a tip today, you will have sex with me instead
I walk in with my crew and I'm breaking they necks
I enter the room with my friends and people turn their heads to look at us
I'm looking all good I'm making her wet
I am attractive and appealing to the opposite sex, making her sexually aroused
They pay me respect they pay me in checks
People admire and respect me so much that they pay me money for it
And if she look good she pay me in sex
If a woman is attractive, she will have sex with me as a way to show appreciation
Bounce that ass its the roundest
Your buttocks are the roundest and I want you to bounce them
You the best you deserve a crown bitch
You are the best in what you do and you deserve to be rewarded like a queen
Right on that (ass)
Go ahead, focus on your buttocks
OK stop drop it drop it
Stop the music again and then drop it to the floor
You got everybody in here oh my gosh-ing
You are impressing everyone in the room with your dance moves and made them say 'oh my gosh'
Bad bitches I'm your dada white girls go gaga
I am the boss of all the bad and attractive women here and white girls are getting crazy for me
Sticks out they bust so it they open like yaya's a pinata
Women's breasts are sticking out of their chest and become open and exposed like a pinata being hit with a stick
Bitch look down tell me what's up
Look down and tell me how your genitals are doing
Girl you talk too much shut up
You are talking too much, so be quiet
I got that mad dick you know it always nut up
I have a big and powerful penis that will always ejaculate with force
And it got a attitude no wonder why it's stuck up
My penis has an attitude and is arrogant because of its superiority
Pop it then back up yo gymnastics got me ecstatic
Move your buttocks up and down and perform some gymnastic tricks, that will make me extremely happy
Your whole crew look like a pageant
All the women in your group look like they are competing in a beauty pageant
I'm dropping cash tip and some taxes
I am giving you a lot of money as a tip and some extra money as taxes
Girl you got me about to pass out
You are making me dizzy and weak with desire
I'm wondering if cupid gave you ass shots
I am amazed at how beautiful and attractive your buttocks are, and wondering if cupid is responsible for it
Because I'm in love with that (ass)
I am falling in love with your buttocks and cannot stop staring at it
Whoa, white girls (white girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of white girls
Black girls (black girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of black girls
Tall girls (tall girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of tall girls
Fat girls (fat girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of fat girls
Shake that ass girl
I want you to shake your buttocks
Short girls (short girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of short girls
Go small girls (small girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of small girls
Go skinny girls (go skinny girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of skinny girls
Go all girls (all girls)
I am impressed by the beauty and attractiveness of all types of girls
And I want all of that (ass)
I want all types of buttocks and cannot resist the attraction to them
Stop, now make that motherfucker hammer time like
Stop the music once again and make it sound like MC Hammer's song 'U Can't Touch This'
Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid, go stupid (I do it, boy) go stupid
Get more wild and crazy with your dance moves, as I do it with joy and enthusiasm
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Alonzo Miller, Ernest Clark, Marcos Palacios, MC Hammer, Rick James, Sean Anderson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@chris20907
the cultural impact this had on middle schoolers will never be matched
@terrispencer4913
😭😂
@stopit9280
Real shit lmao
@TheUlquiorraCifer
As someone who viewed this song in 7th grade but wasn't affected by it, I had to observe that impact first hand.
@bigcloutchasing9936
LMAOOOOOO
@morii7575
@@TheUlquiorraCifer 😭😭👋🏾
@Rickby
I swear when Nicki debuted, music changed forever, she made my childhood so fun and amazing. I’m so glad Wayne gave her a chance
@FriendshipIsMagic6214
Music is always changing. Its not because of one artist. Maybe she changed rap, but not music as a whole.
@brandins
@@FriendshipIsMagic6214 nicki changed music.
@aliyahalese2254
@@FriendshipIsMagic6214 bro nicki created music