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Named after his successful mixtape series, Big Sean’s official debut skillfully balances his underground promise with his big money dreams and winds up an approachable winner with long-lasting appeal. His hook-filled anthem “I Do It” is an instant floor-filler thanks a No I.D./Legendary Traxster co-production, but the reason to return is supreme smart-aleck Sean, who at one point raps in Family Guy-speak, referencing cad character Quagmire and boasting “My cash flow, I giggity-gig it.” On “Dance (A$$),” he’s mixing a MC Hammer sample with a booty beat while quoting Pootie Tang, while “High” finds the crafty prankster trading weed jokes with Wiz Khalifa and Chiddy Bang for a track that runs a clever 4:20. If you’re looking for something more sane and Drake, “Marvin & Chardonnay” makes the bed squeak with some help from executive producer/label owner Kanye West, while the cool, John Legend feature “Memories (Part II)” gives Khalifa, Currensy, Cudi, and the rest of the successful stoner school something to shoot for with its opening couplet “Sometimes I dream bigger than I live/Sometimes I think better when I’m lit.” “So Much More” does what it says, adding brilliant lines like “I swear I’ve been through everything in life but the coffin/You say the sky’s the limit, hi bitch, I’m moonwalkin’” to the usually hackneyed format of the autobiographical track. At 12 cuts long, the album is right between right-sized and “leave them wanting more,” and when it comes to being well-rounded, these different-flavored tracks offer variety without wildly stepping out of Big Sean’s comfort zone. Fun, inventive, swaggering, and smart, Finally Famous is an exciting debut.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Laurence Naber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KeY Wane, Producer - Dwane Weir II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Legendary Traxster, Producer - Anna Ugarte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Samuel Lindley, ComposerLyricist - No-ID, Producer
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Brown, FeaturedArtist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - TERRY LEWIS, ComposerLyricist - Brian Warwick, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Springer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - No I.D., ComposerLyricist - Omar Loya, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Priscilla Renea, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Big Sean, MainArtist - No-ID, Producer - Steve Wyerman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Warwick, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kaye Fox, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Riley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - No-ID, Producer - George "Tre" Ammatuna, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lupe Fiasco, FeaturedArtist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Exile, Producer - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wasalu Jaco, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Lane, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilson Pickett Jr., ComposerLyricist - Big Sean, MainArtist - No-ID, Producer - Laurence Naber, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aleksander Manfredi, ComposerLyricist - Siham Hashi, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mike Dean, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, Keyboards, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rob Kinelski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Wansel, ComposerLyricist - Noah Goldstein, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Riley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Roscoe Dash, FeaturedArtist - "Pop" Wansel, Producer - Chris "Hitchcock" Chorney, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Darhyl "DJ" Camper, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Minyard, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kirk Burrell, ComposerLyricist - Alonzo Miller, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Clark, ComposerLyricist - Marcos Palacios, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rick James, ComposerLyricist - Rob Kinelski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Da Internz, Producer - Mike Riley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Laurence Naber, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesus Garnica Jr., Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chad Hugo, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - Rob Kinelski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Coleman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Riley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Ken "Duro" Ifill, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adrien "Chocolate" Crapanzano, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Stephens, ComposerLyricist - John Legend, FeaturedArtist - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Agel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Riley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - No-ID, Producer - Laurence Naber, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Chidera Anamege, ComposerLyricist - Noah Beresin, ComposerLyricist - Chiddy Bang, FeaturedArtist - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xaphoon Jones, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wiz Khalifa, FeaturedArtist - Cameron Thomaz, ComposerLyricist - Anna Ugarte, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Laurence Naber, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elena Jane Goulding, ComposerLyricist - Finlay Graham Dow Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - James Fauntleroy, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Warwick, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kaye Fox, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The-Dream, FeaturedArtist - Mike Riley, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - No-ID, Producer - Laurence Naber, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christopher Soper, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George "Tre" Ammatuna, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Larry Troutman, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ROGER TROUTMAN, ComposerLyricist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rob Kinelski, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Lewis, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Omar Loya, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - No-ID, Producer
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kirk Burrell, ComposerLyricist - Alonzo Miller, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Clark, ComposerLyricist - Marcos Palacios, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rick James, ComposerLyricist - Rob Kinelski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Da Internz, Producer - Nicki Minaj, FeaturedArtist - Mike Riley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ugarte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Sean, MainArtist - Laurence Naber, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesus Garnica Jr., Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Named after his successful mixtape series, Big Sean’s official debut skillfully balances his underground promise with his big money dreams and winds up an approachable winner with long-lasting appeal. His hook-filled anthem “I Do It” is an instant floor-filler thanks a No I.D./Legendary Traxster co-production, but the reason to return is supreme smart-aleck Sean, who at one point raps in Family Guy-speak, referencing cad character Quagmire and boasting “My cash flow, I giggity-gig it.” On “Dance (A$$),” he’s mixing a MC Hammer sample with a booty beat while quoting Pootie Tang, while “High” finds the crafty prankster trading weed jokes with Wiz Khalifa and Chiddy Bang for a track that runs a clever 4:20. If you’re looking for something more sane and Drake, “Marvin & Chardonnay” makes the bed squeak with some help from executive producer/label owner Kanye West, while the cool, John Legend feature “Memories (Part II)” gives Khalifa, Currensy, Cudi, and the rest of the successful stoner school something to shoot for with its opening couplet “Sometimes I dream bigger than I live/Sometimes I think better when I’m lit.” “So Much More” does what it says, adding brilliant lines like “I swear I’ve been through everything in life but the coffin/You say the sky’s the limit, hi bitch, I’m moonwalkin’” to the usually hackneyed format of the autobiographical track. At 12 cuts long, the album is right between right-sized and “leave them wanting more,” and when it comes to being well-rounded, these different-flavored tracks offer variety without wildly stepping out of Big Sean’s comfort zone. Fun, inventive, swaggering, and smart, Finally Famous is an exciting debut.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Big Sean
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Getting Out Our Dreams Inc. (G.O.O.D.) Music - IDJ
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2011 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
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