Big Sean & Metro Boomin' Explain What Drew Them To Work With Each Other

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Big Sean & Metro Boomin' chop it up about their collaborative album.

At the wee hours of the morning, the world was graced with Metro Boomin and Big Sean's most recent effort, Double Or Nothing. The two gave fans about a week to prepare for the drop and built the hype up within that time. Since the album dropped this morning, they've revealed plans to do a mini-tour of sorts with free, surprise shows lined up. Now, fans can get more insight to the project's creation with a new video of both artists interviewing each other. 

After an interviewer was allegedly an hour late for an interview with Big Sean and Metro Boomin', both artists got tired of waiting and decided to interview each other on the projects inception. During the 11 minute clip, the two talk share some pretty interesting information pertaining to Double Or Nothing. The two of them speak on their respect for each other on a musical level. Metro believes that Big Sean is still underrated, despite his success.

"I feel like as a rapper, n*ggas be sleepin' on you," Metro told Sean, "I feel like on what you really be sayin', and how you be rappin' and the flows, n*ggas underestimate you in certain ways. And I feel like n*ggas do the exact same thing with me... I just feel like this album would be the perfect opportunity and platform to not even really shut it down, but just demand the respect."

Big Sean also reveals that working with Metro was a whole different vibe in comparison to working with other people in general. From the recording process to finding inspiration, Sean says Metro helped him find creativity in a new way.

"One of the things working with you I feel like on this was it taught me to just not think about this shit too much, like just go in," Sean said, "A lot of the times when we set the studio up, you would be making the beat and I had a mic right next to you... This is some of my best work, and I'm just speakin' on the musical side."

Sean later reveals that Metro brought him to "Magic City" strip club to find inspiration during a recording session.

During the conversation, they also reveal their favorite songs, their favorite features and go into even more detail about the recording process.

Watch the interview below: 


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Big Sean & Metro Boomin' Explain What Drew Them To Work With Each Other
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Aron A.
Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.
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