Detroit (mixtape)
Detroit is the fourth mixtape by American rapper Big Sean. It was released for free download on September 5, 2012, by G.O.O.D. Music. "Detroit" features guest appearances from these fellow rappers such as J. Cole, Juicy J, King Chip, French Montana, Royce da 5'9", Kendrick Lamar and Tyga - along with track narrations by Common, Young Jeezy and Snoop Lion. Wale and Wiz Khalifa are also featured in the bonus tracks. American singers including Chris Brown, Jhené Aiko, James Fauntleroy and Mike Posner also make guest appearances on the mixtape. Production is by Hit-Boy, Da Internz, 808 Mafia 's own producers Lex Luger and Southside and KeY Wane, among others. The mixtape primarily consisted of these completed original songs. "Detroit" caused the mixtape site DatPiff to crash upon the mixtape's eventual release. It was viewed 1.5 million times on the day of release and was downloaded close to 700,000—with 500,000 downloads within three hours. "Detroit" has been downloaded over a million times. On September 4, 2020, Big Sean released a sequel to the mixtape titled Detroit 2, as his fifth studio album. Background. On August 20, 2012, Big Sean first announced the mixtape via Twitter and  a YouTube video, titled "Big Sean Mixtape Announcement 2012". Big Sean released three song previews in the shape of short music videos as promotion before the mixtape release; "How It Feel" on August 21, "24 Karats of Gold" on August 28 and "RWT" on September 4. Sean paid for the expenses of the videos himself. The title of the mixtape pays homage to Sean's hometown of Detroit. Reception and accolades. "Detroit" received widespread critical acclaim from music critics and fans, who hailed it as Sean's best work. The mixtape was named the 26th best album of 2012 by  Complex magazine. It also won Best Mixtape at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards.