

The production on Dark Sky Paradise is outstanding, with Kanye West, DJ Mustard, Travi$ Scott, and Mike WilLL Made-It (who included thunder in "Paradise (Extended)" because Dark Sky Paradise isn’t complete without thunder) delivering amazing tracks for Big Sean to work over, and work he does.

This is Big Sean’s coming out party, if an artist who has been on nine platinum-selling singles can still have one (the upbeat "IDFWU" doesn't match the tone of Dark Sky Paradise it may have just become too big to keep off the album.) It’s a gloomy, ominous album in the same vein of Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, or more recently Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, with a party song thrown in. Executive produced by Kanye West (who also executive produced his first two albums) Dark Sky Paradise is Big Sean’s coming out party, if an artist who has been on nine platinum-selling singles can still have one. Now we’re in round three after the success of his first single "I Don’t Fuck With You", Big Sean will release his third album Dark Sky Paradise on Tuesday, and it’s his best work yet.ĭark Sky Paradise is a potent mix of angst-filled raps and Big Sean’s patented high-velocity flow. The Detroit rapper is widely respected by his peers and the hip-hop community for his lyrical ability, first displayed on his Finally Famous mixtape trilogy, and song-stealing verses on hits including Drake’s "All Me" and GOOD Music’s "Clique." But while his first two albums Finally Famous and Hall of Fame had a few standout singles ("Beware," "Dance (A$$)," and "Ashley") they didn’t fare well commercially.
