News: Big Sean Talks New Album with Complex Mag
Big Sean spoke with Complex Mag’s Damien Scott late last year about his new album, starting a brand new label and more. He also spoke on his relationship with Ariana Grande plus his ex Naya Rivera. Take a look at what Big Sean had to say below.
On the Kendrick Lamar ‘Control’ verse:
‘Looking back on it, it was a different vibe than my album. There’s a lot of negativity on that song, and I don’t fuck with negative shit. People love drama, people love bullshit. I knew when Kendrick did that name-dropping that it was just gonna set it off, and I could see why people gravitated towards that verse for that reason. I respected him for thinking of that. I never wanna shade anybody. I would’ve been a ho-ass nigga if I cut that out of his verse, or if I didn’t put the song out.’
On his new album Dark Sky Paradise:
‘I feel like there is a sound,” he says. “Key Wane is instrumental to that. You know, those songs like ‘Higher’ off the Detroit mixtape, or ‘Nothing Is Stopping You’ or ‘4th Quarter.’
On Naya saying he stole her rolex:
‘First of all, why would I have to steal a Rolex? Second of all, every Rolex that I have, I have receipts for, papers for, certificates of authenticity for. I would never steal a Rolex from anybody. You see that tweet got deleted in like 20 seconds. You can come to that conclusion yourself if you just look at the facts, I felt like it was unnecessary drama ‘cause in my eyes it wasn’t true. I wasn’t surprised by it. Even though I didn’t steal anything, I wasn’t surprised by it.’
On his relationship with Ariana Grande:
‘We started as friends,” I’d never done that. Usually you meet a girl and then start dating. We always saw each other in the studio, and we’d talk about songs we were working on. It was cool to have a girl that I could talk to about my problems. I did that with her. It’s not some fake-ass, inauthentic shit when I say we were friends. This is something special and I appreciate every moment of it. You can’t be afraid, because when you’re afraid you don’t give it your all.’
To read the full article, head over to Complex Mag. Also take a look below as Big Sean takes Complex to his hometown, Detroit.