A day after a disgruntled Kanye West fan leaked a version of his new album, Big Sean has announced the upcoming release of his sixth solo album “Better Me Than You,” dropping August 9 on Def Jam.
The rapper, who acknowledged the leak last night by releasing a snippet of a song produced by Alchemist, dropped a new single called “Yes” tonight in tandem with the album announcement, giving a preview of what to expect from the project.
Unfortunately, drama has already surrounded the project after Sean gave his “On the Radar Freestyle” a few days ago, where he rapped, “I got better things to do than find someone to beef with.” Some social media users claimed that it was a shot at Kendrick Lamar. But soon after, media personality DJ Hed tweeted that he spoke with Sean who told him that the bar was not intended for Lamar, but rather a “different Gemini.”
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That, according to the leaker, was Kanye West, who helped jumpstart Sean’s career back in the day. The two have had recent public issues, with West claiming in 2021 that signing Sean to his G.O.O.D. Music shingle was “the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
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The leaker stated that they unveiled the album because of Sean’s disrespect. But Sean rejected the notion that the leaker put out the 14-track album at West’s bidding. “I know [West] wouldn’t do that, because that’s trash, I know he wouldn’t do no shit like that,” said Sean while live on social media today. “So whoever did that, just know it did fuck me up.”
The leak, obtained by Variety, contains 14 tracks and guest appearances from what appears to be Nas, Charlie Wilson and Brent Faiyaz. The record sounds unfinished, with empty spaces for potential new verses to be slotted. The leaker claimed that the leaked album title was “Feelings & Random Thots,” and suggested that an alternative title would be “Better Me Than You,” which turned out to be the actual title.
