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Jhene Aiko Breaks Silence On Big Sean Engagement Rumors

November 15, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Jhene Aiko and Big Sean are one of the most low key celebrity couples of their generation. Both have amassed incredible success in the music industry, while at the same maintaining a private life with their son. It’s an ideal set up. That said, Aiko and Sean are still prone to gossip. The former was recently seen stepping out with a ring on her finger, which led to widespread speculation about her romantic status. It was suspected that Big Sean had proposed to the singer. Jhene Aiko decided to hop on Twitter to clarify what was going on, though.

A fan posted a TikTok of Jhene Aiko and Big Sean out on the town. A ring can clearly be spotted on her hand, which delighted fans. “Bullying works,” the fan wrote above the TikTok. The singer commented in a matter of minutes, however, to clarify the backstory of the ring. “The ring is from my stylist,” she stated. “It only fit on that finger. The more you know.” Jhene Aiko and Big Sean have been dating for eight years, which has led many fans to question why they aren’t already married. Sean actually spoke on the matter during the promotion of his last album, Better Me Than You.

Jhene Aiko And Big Sean Have Dated For 8 Years

Jhene Aiko clears up rumors of getting engaged to Big Sean after being spotted with a ring on

"the ring is from my stylist, it only fit on that finger" pic.twitter.com/BKS1UpqmKd

— SOUND | Victor Baez (@itsavibe) November 16, 2024

The rapper gave fans a glimpse into his personal life during Charlamagne tha God’s Out of Context podcast. Big Sean was asked whether he and Jhene Aiko had secretly tied the knot under fans’ noses, but he made it clear that no such conspiracy exists. “[No] secret industry marriage,” Sean explained to fans. He did, however, provide some context as to the current state of his relationship with Aiko. “It’s a little personal, you know what I mean,” he admitted. “But just like to be real with you, just like any people who have dealt with love, we’ve had our ups and downs, you know what I’m saying? And I think it’s still finding the right navigation through it all.”

He assured the fans that he wants to marry Jhene Aiko, but that he’s not ready to take that step in his life. “I don’t like putting our personal business out there like that,” he added. “But there’s a lot of work that needs to be done.” Big Sean is, however, ready to collaborate with the mother of his child again. He told Complex that he wants to reunite with Jhene Aiko for a second TWENTY88 album. The first album dropped in 2016, and was warmly received by fans and critics.

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Big Sean Drops Official Video for “It Is What It Is” Featuring Gunna

October 16, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Multi-platinum artist and GRAMMY-nominated rapper Big Sean has released the highly anticipated music video for “It Is What It Is,” featuring Gunna. The track is from Sean’s critically acclaimed sixth studio album Better Me Than You (Def Jam Recordings).

Directed by Diego Cruz, the video features Big Sean and Gunna performing against various urban landscapes in Los Angeles, delivering bold lyrics like, “Face all on the front page, I don’t give a f—- about no backlash / I’ve been backstabbed and laughed at / We gon’ see who gets the f—-’ last laugh.”

“It Is What It Is” is the seventh track on Better Me Than You, an album that takes listeners on a 21-track journey through themes of self-exploration, responsibility, and personal growth. The project showcases Big Sean’s lyrical depth while embracing the complexity and joy of the human experience.

Better Me Than You has received critical acclaim for its raw honesty and introspective storytelling, and the new video adds a visual dimension to the album’s standout track, blending striking visuals with Sean and Gunna’s commanding performances.

The video is now available on all major platforms, adding another layer to the buzz surrounding Better Me Than You and its ongoing impact on fans and the music scene.

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Big Sean & Gunna Encapsulate Humble Beginnings To Perfection In “It Is What It Is” Visual

October 15, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The goal for Big Sean’s latest album Better Me Than You in our eyes was to promote maturity and personal growth. Overall, the project mostly succeeded in that regard outside of a few detours in the tracklist. In terms of the quality, Sean Don definitely had some flashes of pure genius, but too many times did he revert back to some things that hold him back. Some of those drawbacks included sleepier performances and some awkward singing. All in all, though, we are happy to see the Detroit native back in action and there are still a few tracks that we go back to. One of those is Big Sean’s first-ever collaboration with Gunna, “It Is What It Is.” This seems to be a favorite for most that checked out this tape and it’s easy to see why.

Sean and Gunna absolutely glide over Turbo’s Latin-esque trap blend. The topic at hand is substantial enough to keep your interest as the successful MCs remember their journeys to fame and flex on the doubters. Both drop some gems, with one being, “No time to wait, I’ma hit in this Scat, hope they payin’ attention / They try turn their back on the realest / Ain’t work, what the word on me now when you fearless?” It’s pretty evident that this track has tremendous replay value and Sean recognizes that as the visual for “It Is What It Is” is here now. Given that him and Gunna are rapping with that blue-collar mentality, them choosing a decrepit-looking freight train station was a smart move. It’s a lowkey video, but it really needs nothing more. Check it out with the link below.

“It Is What It Is” Music Video – Big Sean & Gunna

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Big Sean And Gunna Declare That ‘It Is What It Is’ In Their Fatalistic New Video

October 15, 2024 by newhiphopnews

In Big Sean‘s new video for “It Is What It Is,” Sean teams up with Gunna to dispel any doubts in their rap credentials. The treatment is relatively straightforward, consisting mostly of performance shots of the two rappers leaning against an SUV. They also flex in a train yard, while Sean delivers his verse hanging out the window of the SUV.

Big Sean and Gunna are both on the comeback trail after career setbacks; while Gunna infamously drew criticism for accepting a plea deal from the Georgia District Attorney’s office, Sean has dealt with hits to his own reputation from skeptics who don’t believe he lives up to his billing as one of rap’s upper echelon entertainers.

The Uproxx cover star aimed to shoot down such rumors with his new album, Better Me Than You, on which “It Is What It Is” appears, alongside “Who You Are (Superstar),” “On Up,” and “Yes.”

Meanwhile, Gunna is fresh off the release of his own bounce back album, One Of Wun, and its supporting tour, the Bittersweet Tour, both of which are helping him find his way back into rap fans’ good graces.

You can watch Big Sean’s “It Is What It Is” video featuring Gunna above.

‘Amazon Music Live’ Is Returning With Big Sean, Halsey, And J Balvin

October 9, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Amazon Music has announced the artists for season three of Amazon Music Live. Uproxx cover star Big Sean, Halsey, and J Balvin will headline to perform their new music and sit down for interviews with host Liza Koshy. Amazon Music Live returns on October 24, streaming live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch directly after Thursday Night Football on Prime Video. Big Sean will appear on the second episode on October 24, Halsey will perform on the Halloween episode (October 31), and Balvin will take on the November 7 episode. The October 24 episode will kick off the season with Jelly Roll. There’s also a pre-show, Amazon Music Tonight!, which airs at 8 p.m. PT with host Will Neff ahead of each stream.

Big Sean’s latest release is Better Me Than You, which features the singles “Who You Are (Superstar),” “Yes,” and “On Up.” Meanwhile, Halsey is promoting her new album, The Great Impersonator, with “Ego,” “Lonely Is The Muse,” and “Lucky,” and J Balvin is fresh off the release of his own new album Rayo. His singles are “Doblexxo” with Feid and “Gaga” with SAIKO.

For more information about the third season of Amazon Music Live, you can check out the official website.

Big Sean Deserves Respect On His Name

October 9, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Big Sean Cites Eminem Collab As A “Full Circle Moment” For His Career

September 12, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Big Sean is a humble guy. He brags a lot in his raps, but he’s generally considered to be one of the coolest rappers of his generation when it comes to personability. He’s deferential to the people who inspired him, even when they aren’t reciprocating (i.e. Kanye West). Sean has always held Eminem in high regard, especially given their shared hometown of Detroit. Big Sean and Em collaborated on the single “Tobey” earlier this year, and the former made it clear that it was a huge deal for him.

Big Sean talked about the collaboration on the VMA’s red carpet. Eminem performed at the event, and Sean Don took the time to give the Detroit legend his flowers. “I’m happy to be a part of that album as well. For sure, for sure,” he told Billboard. Sean also revealed that The Slim Shady LP was the first album he ever bought. He idolized Eminem, and felt that working on The Death of Slim Shady was a nice bit of symmetry for him personally. “It was the first album I bought from Costco with my birthday money,” the rapper recalled. “That was way back. To be on The Death of Slim Shady was a full-circle moment.”

Big Sean Claims The Slim Shady LP Was His First CD

A lot has changed in the 25 years since The Slim Shady LP dropped. Sean has had a stellar career, one that Eminem himself has praised. Em cited Big Sean, alongside J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar, as the artists who inspire him to keep rapping in 2022. “What I hyper-focus on is people like Kendrick Lamar, Joyner Lucas, J. Cole and Big Sean,” he told People Magazine. “Watching them and how the f*ck they’re doing their sh*t. Because they’re also focused on being the best rappers.”

Big Sean also talked about the reception to his own album at the VMAs. Better Me Than You has not performed as well as the rapper’s previous releases. Well, that’s putting it mildly. It garnered the lowest selling first week sales of his entire career, at just 22K. Despite this disappointing stat, Big Sean remains steadfast in the album’s quality. “Its a fire a*s album,” he told VMA reporters. “Slightly being a little slept on to me but you know the fans is locked in.”

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USHER Gives Big Sean His Blessing To Sample His Work In Wholesome Resurfaced Clip

September 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Did you expect Big Sean to be sampling an USHER song at any point? To be honest, we didn’t. But he did just that on his new album, Better Me Than You. It occurs on the album’s attempt at a catchy hit with “Who You Are (Superstar)”, which is track five. It’s not such an obvious sample, but when you play the songs back-to-back, you can hear it a little more clearly. That USHER track we are referring to is “Superstar” off of one of the singer’s most successful records to date, Confessions.

However, instead of just getting clearance through other means, Sean decided to go right to the source to get his blessing. The Neighborhood Watch reshared the clip of USHER and the Detroit MC vibing to the demo from the latter’s IG account that centers around his website. With there currently being a lot of bitterness between artists in the industry, it’s nice to see two respective stars giving each other love like this. USHER was all in for Sean’s sample flip, as you can see in the video below.

Big Sean & USHER Need To Link Up Now

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Sean gave some extra context to the post, revealing that “Who You Are (Superstar)” had been in the works for a little bit. “This was like a year ago when the song was just the demo. I had to make sure it was appropriate to sample such a classic ”, he said. Hopefully with this now out there, maybe we could get a collaboration between them?

What are your thoughts on USHER giving Big Sean approval to sample his work for the latter’s Better Me Than You? Were you aware that Sean utilized a song from the R&B legend? Is it crazy to think that USHER is that far into his career where others are sampling his music? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Big Sean and USHER. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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Big Sean Receives Unfortunate Final Sales Results For “Better Me Than You”

September 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

There was a lot of potential for Better Me Than You, the sixth studio album from Big Sean. For the most part, the lead singles were extremely promising to very good. Then, when you get into the themes and ideas promised, they are mature, fairly thought-provoking, and motivating. Furthermore, the features list had a lot to offer. Gunna, Charlie Wilson, Thundercat, Kodak Black, Bryson Tiller, and The Alchemist are just a few that make a pretty star-studded cast. On the surface, there’s a lot to like. However, when you get into the album and perhaps listen to it a couple of times, you probably caught some inconsistencies.

For us, those included too many instances of Sean sounding half asleep on the mic. Also, with the tracklist sitting at 21 songs, there was too much fluff and some of them sounded out of place. The Cash Cobain song was the biggest offender of this. We feel these are the reasons why Big Sean was only able to sell 22,000 copies (courtesy of DJ Akademiks) of his newest effort in its first week. Also not helping him was the fact that he was pretty inactive after the release of Detroit 2. Even though he’s major artist of the 2010s, he doesn’t have the same luxury of a Travis Scott to wait that long in between releases.

Haters Of Big Sean Don’t Want To Hear Anymore Big Three Talk

Big Sean ‘Better Me Than You’ sells 22K first week.

— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) September 7, 2024

The final results were pretty on par with the 24,000 units prediction, and with this being official, this is now his lowest first week of his career. Prior, Sean had never debuted lower than three on the charts. Now, he will be lucky to be in the top 20-25. Throughout his time in the genre, there have been a lot of people that are highly critical of the Detroit MC. Now, with these numbers confirmed, they are coming out in droves. “I don’t wanna hear no more talk from him about “Big 3” or anything among those lines”, one X user states. “Damn what’s that upcoming j cole album called? Yeah this is that”, another jokes. Sean has been teasing a couple of other tapes recently, so he’s got more chances to reassert himself.

What are your thoughts on Big Sean only moving 22,000 copies of Better Me Than You in its first week? What do you think was the biggest reason for this precipitous fall-off from past releases? Is Sean out of his prime, or will this turn out to be a fluke? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Big Sean. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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Big Sean Reveals Plans To Reunite With Jhene Aiko For New TWENTY88 Album

September 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Big Sean is on a creative roll. The rapper has finally dropped his anticipated comeback album, Better Me Than You, and he has even more music on the way. He previously alluded to new music during an IG Live session, but he confirmed it during a recent interview with Complex. Not only is Sean working on another full length project, but he’s doing so with the mother of his child, Jhene Aiko. The two artists have a long history of working together, and they’ve may be considering a sequel to their 2016 joint album.

Big Sean has not slowed down one bit since the release of the aforementioned Better Me Than You. If anything, the rapper has hit the gas and decided to put even more work in. He told Complex that he has plans to reunite TWENTY88 for a new album in the near future. “I’ve been looking at [the album] as a living, breathing being because I decided to put it out this week,” he told the outlet. “I was going to keep holding onto it.”

Big Sean Has Been Working With Alchemist For Years

Big Sean’s recording process has been somewhat scattered. Still, he told the outlet that he wants to make sure they end up in the right place. For example, he pointed to a Nicki Minaj collab as a track that would fit better on a TWENTY88 album. “One of the Twenty88 songs,” the rapper noted. “I was like, ‘Oh, it kind of fits better on the album,’ but it wasn’t all the way done yet.” The album sales for Better Me Than You have not been spectacular. That said, we’re excited to see what Sean has in store regardless.

Big Sean also has plans for a joint album with The Alchemist. They worked together on a standout cut for Larry June’s The Great Escape, and Alc produced the song “Together Forever” on the new Sean album. Fans may have anticipated more Alchemist beats on Better Me Than You, but it seems Big Sean was saving them. “That’s part of a side quest I’m doing with Alchemist that me and him been locked in on,” the rapper revealed. “So, excited about that.” He then confirmed that a full length album between him and The Alchemist is in the works. “That’s a project that me and Alchemist are working on together,” he explained. “So that’s why that part is not on the album.”

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