Detroit rapper Big Sean has officially announced his highly anticipated new album, ‘Better Me Than You’, set to drop on August 9, 2024. The announcement comes after months of speculation and teases from the artiste on social media.
Sean took to Instagram to reveal the album cover, a striking image of the rapper standing atop a Detroit skyscraper, overlooking his hometown. The post was accompanied by a caption that read, “BETTER ME THAN YOU 🌍 Album Aug 9th.”
‘Better Me Than You’ will be Big Sean’s sixth studio album and his first full-length project since 2020’s ‘Detroit 2’. The album’s title suggests themes of personal growth and self-improvement, topics Sean has increasingly explored in his music and public persona.
This comes on the heels of an alleged leak of the album by a Kanye West stan. The rapper dropped an On the Radar freestyle on July 16, which seemed harmless enough. Then fans started picking apart the bars, and theorizing that Sean could be targeting another rapper. Kendrick Lamar’s name was brought up, then debunked. Then Kanye West was mentioned, after DJHed claimed Sean was targeting a Gemini rapper. The possibility of a West diss proved to be enough to disrupt Big Sean’s entire album rollout.
"I got better things to do than find someone to beef with, or else I'm off the deep end"pic.twitter.com/EAOF8BLuVp
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) July 17, 2024
On July 17, a user named bigseandon811 posted an album’s worth of new material from Big Sean. Along with the file was a message clarifying why they chose to stomp on the rapper’s rollout. To the surprise of no one, it was Kanye West related. “Since he wanna disrespect Ye so much, here’s the album,” the user wrote. “F*ck him and his whole team.” Other users questioned whether the audio recordings were legit, but bigseandon811 provided some additional information. They clarified that “Precision,” Sean’s lead single, was on the album but not in the leaked files.
Someone leaked Big Sean's upcoming album in its entirety after he allegedly dissed Kanye in his new OTR freestyle 😬
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) July 17, 2024
The leaker claims Ye told him to leak it… pic.twitter.com/RpxAFRSfNG
To further strengthen the case for the leak being real, the user listed some of Big Sean’s features. “This was the album as of couple months ago,” they explained. “Features Nas, Dream, Jhene and some other people.” They even provided an alternative album titled: Better Me Than You. The files and the message was taken down, but not before several fans downloaded the album for themselves.
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