Big Sean just can’t catch a break these days, as his recent On The Radar freestyle elicited people’s ire rather than their impressed thoughts on his rapping. Moreover, you probably already heard that a self-proclaimed Kanye West fan, who claimed that he acted on Ye’s orders, recently and allegedly leaked Sean’s entire new album online. “Since he wanna disrespect Ye so much, here’s the album, f**k him and his whole team,” the supposed leaker shared. “Ye told me to leak it.” Even though this could’ve definitely struck a chord with the Detroit rapper, it seems like he took this all in stride and capitalized on the opportunity to preview a new collab with The Alchemist.
“Might as well start droppin, before they leak it all, got damn [crying-laughing emoji]. BIG SEAN x THE ALCHEMIST soon,” he wrote on Twitter in reaction to all this commotion. The minute-long Uncle Al collab snippet in question sounds quite heavenly, and we’re very excited to hear what they’ve got cooking up. Regardless, folks aren’t happy about this leak at all, whether they are huge fans themselves or just feel bad for an artist going through this.
Big Sean Brushes Off Album Leak
Of course, this all stems from Big Sean’s alleged Kanye West disses on his On The Radar freestyle. “I had to switch the home team ’cause they committed treason,” he raps at one point on the track. “N***as looking for engagement like they got their knee bent / I got better things to do than to find someone to beef with… Man, this industry is terrible, I can’t even vouch / I’ve seen grown men get matching tattoos for the clout.“
Meanwhile, if you’re curious about this alleged leak itself, it seems like it’s not all that and that Big Sean will probably have a much different final product, so it might not be worth checking out. “It’s CLEAR this album isn’t finished yet (many open verses, him tryna figure out his flow and cadence on a track) and was not ready for people to hear,” one fan posited on social media. “It’s a high quality bad leak, it’s not even fair to review it.”
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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output.
Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond.
Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C.
His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.
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