But what makes "Twenty88" such a compelling listen is the startling honesty and rawness it captures - even if it's just fantasy.Big Sean gave his queen, Jhené Aiko, a big shoutout on her 32nd birthday.īig Sean and Jhene Aiko have both been through a rough patch in their relationship, so seeing them at this level, makes us all happy. Sean and Aiko make for a convincing couple. "I need you to tell me every emotion like now or never," he responds, "Only two times I ever needed you was now and forever." "I don't mean to sound hysterical, but baby if you left it would be a historical disaster," she sings. "What's the difference between real love and fake love … You can feel the difference / And even though it changes over time / It stays consistent, I ain't gonna lie though, It takes persistence," Sean tenderly raps before Aiko offers a jab: "Don't act like just a couple weeks ago you wasn't … out here, disrespecting me."īy the time the pair get to the overly sweet "London Bridge," you're hoping for a reconciliation - even if it's short-lived. The tumult of their union comes to a head on "Talk Show," a smartly written back and forth that sees the lovers opening up about their relationship on a late night show. The bickering always leads to makeup sex, as detailed on the steamy, explicitly intimate "Push It." This is a self-destructive couple that fights and drinks too much but can't seem to keep their hands off each other. "Can't believe I stayed faithful to someone so ungrateful, don't you know there's a line for my love," Aiko quips on "Selfish" after her lover berates her for not being available for those late night texts - "No pics, no calls, no sexting, how could you be so selfish," they shout at each other throughout the chorus. It's exhausting, but it paints such a vividly accurate portrayal of tempestuous love it's hard not to fall for both characters. Their union is mostly one of conflict, with the two consistently challenging one another before falling into warm reconciliations and exploding again.
"I know you been working way too hard and hardly get to play, fell off in the sheets it felt like we ain't even skip a day," Sean raps of reuniting with his former flame on the woozy opener, "Deja Vu," before picking apart her past. The image is likely surprising to those who got their introduction to the 27-year-old Detroit native only through "IDFWU," a corrosive kiss-off anthem with an unprintable title. Hours before Big Sean performed for a sold-out crowd at Staples Center, he was alone on his tour bus in deep meditation.
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