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Big Sean may have delivered his best album yet in Dark Sky Paradise. He's landed at a more polished sound with better beats than his previous offerings. One thing that's remained, though, is his insistent commitment to double entendres (a.k.a. double aunt andres), homophone raps, and puns, some of which just aren't any good. Many rappers are good at playing with words. Sean is, at times, one of the best. But when he misses the mark, he's worse than DeAndre Jordan shooting a free throw. This line from "Mercy" is great: "I gave her that D, cuz that's what I was born and raised in." This line from "High," though, not so much: "Now I'm in the building like two planes, bitch." This happens a bunch on Dark Sky Paradise, so I sat with it and picked out 10 of the most Big Sean lines I could find and made bad jokes about them.
Angel Diaz is a staff writer for Complex Media. Follow him @ADiaz456.
“I'm tryna move in my safe, like the safe was a safehouse”
Song: “Dark Sky (Skyscrapers)"
Sheesh. Can you imagine that? It would be like...living in a safe. How big is Sean's safe? Like safe behind a painting big or like safe in a bank big?
“Credit card used to be EBT, in the D though that's D-EBT”
Song: “Dark Sky (Skyscrapers)"
That's the exact same face I made when I first heard that line. That shit made me reflect on whether that line made me sad or mad.
“I guess when your stars align/You do like the solar system and plan it out”
Song: “Blessings”
I think he meant, make like a banana and split out of my life.
“I'm all ears, in other words here for ya”
Song: “Play No Games”
Is that a double aunt andre? Well, yes. Yes it is.
“Gettin' dressed up for court, that's a law suit”
Song: “Win Some, Lose Some”
"Oh God." *Big Sean voice*
“On my way to see Kim and Ye both tie the knot/Wishin' me and you were no strings attached, but we knots”
Song: “Win Some, Lose Some”
Subliminal at Naya? Going to that wedding must've been tough, especially because the white Batman was there. That must've been some shit. It definitely made Sean think of that line.
“Tryna get that hotel money/But you know them crackers ain't gonna let you get the Ritz”
Song: “Stay Down”
Aim high, Sean. First you get the Howard Johnson, then you get the Hilton. *multiple fire emojis*
“And you know we on a roll like we did good in college”
Song: “I Know”
I think he meant honor roll. Not sure. Still thinking about it. I think this line went over my head tbh.
“Man, I'm going hard all season/These hoes goin' both ways, offense, defense”
Song: “Paradise”
These hoes out here like a young Deion Sanders, dawg. Primetime ain't got nothing on them.
“'Cause there's n****s in the streets getting money under my nose that I must stash”
Song: “Platinum and Wood”
I give up. *throws paper and hands in the air*