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Hall of Fame is the upcoming second studio album American hip hop recording artist Big Sean. The album is scheduled to be released on August 27, 2013, through GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. Big Sean has said Hall of Fame will be a far more inspirational and a more conceptually-driven project than his debut album. He intends to teach and make a lasting impact on peoples lives with this album. The album includes skits to give it a "classic feel." The album features guest appearances by Nas, Common, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Juicy J, Nicki Minaj, Miguel and Young Jeezy among others. Production will be handled by Kanye West, No I.D., Hit-Boy, Da Internz, Key Wane and Young Chop among others.

The album was supported by three singles: "Guap" which peaked at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Switch Up" featuring Common and "Beware" featuring Lil Wayne and Jhene Aiko, which peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was included on multiple "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists including ones by MTV, XXL Magazine and Complex Magazine.

Background

On September 27, 2012, Big Sean announced the title of the album as Hall of Fame: Memoirs of a Detroit Player, and announced a release date of December 2012.[1] Sean stated that he picked the title because,

"that's just what I am. You're going to hear times I went through that I feel like situations are really going to be relatable to people."[2] Shortly afterwards, he stated that he, "didn't want to just do another club song,"[3] and that he was, "not going by the label standards. I'm not going by the club standards. This is just what the fuck I want to do. Some people are going to like it. Some people are going to hate it; regardless, I'm just doing me."[4]

Sean has said Hall of Fame will be a far more inspirational and a more conceptually-driven project than his debut album. He went on to say he wanted to teach and make a lasting impact on peoples lives with this album.[5] Soon after in an interview with Power 105 Sean stated he would include skits in the album and every album after to give them a "classic feel." Also indicating that the song "Mula" which features French Montana from the mixtape Detroit could be featured as a deluxe edition track.[6]

Sean has said the album features all types of songs and everyone that has heard it has been "blown away" by it including Kanye West, No I.D., Sway Calloway, J. Cole, Pharrell Williams, Common and Billboard Magazine.[7] The single from GOOD Music album Cruel Summer, "Clique" was originally supposed to be featured on this album.[8][9] On December 19, 2012 Sean said the album was 80% finished.[10] The album included on multiple "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists including MTV, being ranked fourth by XXL Magazine and eleventh by Complex Magazine.[11][12][13]

Guests and production

In regards to features and production, he revealed that Kanye West, Nas, Tyga, Common and Jhene Aiko are confirmed to make appearances as features, while West, No I.D., KeY Wane, Hit-Boy and Young Chop are producers on the album.[3][4][14] He would later confirm features from Miguel, Kid Cudi and other members of the G.O.O.D. Music.[15][16] In an interview with Tim Westwood on November 28, 2012, he announced that Eminem had invited him to come to the studio, along with announcing that he had renamed the album from Hall of Fame: Memoirs of a Detroit Player to just Hall of Fame.[17]

On March 12, 2013 along with revealing a slew of songs on the album Big Sean announced there would be songs featuring Lil Wayne, Juicy J and 2 Chainz on the album. He also revealed that he worked with DJ Camper, DJ Mano, Da Internz and Rio on the album production wise.[17] On April 26, Sean finally had his studio session with Eminem, that also included Royce da 5'9" and Mr. Porter.[18][19] On June 8, 2013, Big Sean talked with MTV News about his studio session with Eminem, promising a potential final product and labeling it a "Detroit classic" but being unsure if it will appear either on Hall of Fame or on Eminem's upcoming eighth studio album.[20] On July 17, in an interview with ThisisMaxTV, Sean announced that Ellie Goulding would be featured on the album. [21] At an August 1, 2013 listening session he revealed additional features from Nicki Minaj, Young Jeezy and Doughboyz Cashout.[22]

Release and promotion

Big Sean released the mixtape Detroit on September 5, 2012, in promotion for the album. The mixtape consists of completely original songs. The mixtape features guest appearances from fellow rappers J. Cole, Juicy J, King Chip, French Montana, Royce da 5'9", Kendrick Lamar, Tyga, Chris Brown, Wale and Wiz Khalifa along with track narrations by Common, Young Jeezy and Snoop Lion. Production derives from Hit-Boy, Da Internz, Lex Luger and KeY Wane[1]

In the months leading up to the release of Hall Of Fame, Big Sean has gone on to release a handful of inspirational video blogs that touch on how he’s gotten to where he’s at in his career and what he plans on doing to further his position in music.[7] His vlogs have featured cameos from Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Pusha T, Common, No I.D., Rita Ora, Trey Songz, Wale, Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, Teyana Taylor, and T-Pain among others.[23] Starting on February 23 Sean began a European tour in promotion of the album that continued until March 13, 2013.[24]

After initially announcing a December 18, 2012, release date for the album, it was revealed that the album would be pushed back to February 2013 due to it not yet being ready.[6][25] However it was yet again pushed back with Sean saying at the beginning of February that the album was almost finished and that the second single would be released this month. He announced an expected release date of June 2013.[16] Then on June 22, he released a video on YouTube where he previewed one of the songs (Nothing Is Stopping You) and announced a release date of August 27, 2013 for the album.[26] On July 26, 2013, Sean revealed the standard and deluxe edition album covers via his Instagram.[27]

Singles

On October 6, 2012, in an interview discussing the album, Sean revealed that the first single would be released within the, "next ten days."[3] He later added that the song, "ain't no turn-up song. I wanted to do something a little bit different. I wanted to do some shit that I really was inspired by, something that strikes an emotional chord in people." Later that day, he tweeted that he decided to hold back on the emotional songs for a bit and would release the single "Guap" instead.[28] On October 25, 2012, the first single, "Guap", was released onto his official website. The song was produced by Key Wane and Young Chop and features ad-libs from Kanye West.[29] The song has since peaked at number 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The second single, "Switch Up", was announced along with its artwork by Big Sean on April 5, 2013 via Twitter, and shorty after was premiered on his official website. The single features fellow rapper Common, while the production was handled by DJ Mano, No I.D. & Rob Kinelski.[30] The song was then released for digital download the following day.[31] The song has since peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

On June 25, 2013, Sean released the third single, "Beware", featuring rapper Lil Wayne and singer Jhene Aiko to iTunes. On July 9, 2013 the song was released to Rhythmic contemporary radio.[32][33] In its first week of release the song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100. It would then reach a peak of number 94 on the chart.

On July 29, a low quality version the song "Fire" leaked online, which resulted in Big Sean releasing the full version in high quality later that day as a promotional single.[34] On August 2, 2013, the music video starring singer Miley Cyrus was released for the song.[35]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Nothing Is Stopping You"Sean Anderson, Dwane Weir IIKey Wane5:03
2."Fire"AndersonDJ Camper4:22
3."10 2 10" Travi$ Scott3:22
4."Toyota Music"  3:23
5."You Don't Know"  3:43
6."Beware" (featuring Lil Wayne & Jhené Aiko)Anderson, Dwayne CarterKey Wane3:55
7."First Chain" (featuring Nas & Kid Cudi)Anderson, Scott Mescudi, Nasir Jones, Dion WilsonNo ID5:29
8."Mona Lisa"Anderson, Marcos Palacios, Ernest ClarkDa Internz3:31
9."Freaky"  0:43
10."MILF" (featuring Nicki Minaj & Juicy J)Anderson, Jordan Houston, Onika Maraj, Palacios, ClarkDa Internz4:22
11."Sierra Leone / Greedy Ho's"Anderson, WilsonNo ID4:45
12."It's Time" (featuring Young Jeezy & Payroll)  4:42
13."World Ablaze" (featuring James Fauntleroy) Key Wane, No ID4:48
14."Ashley" (featuring Miguel) DJ Mano4:20
15."All Figured Out"Anderson, WilsonNo ID4:45
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Mula (Remix)"  5:54
17."Switch Up" (featuring Common)Sean Anderson, Lonnie Lynn, Jr., Emmanuel Nickerson, Ernest Wilson, Rob KinelskiDJ Mano, No I.D. & Rob Kinelski5:08
Note
  • The standard edition track listing was confirmed on August 5, 2013.[36]
  • The deluxe edition track listing was confirmed on August 9, 2013.[37]

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