Detroit (mixtape)

Detroit
Mixtape by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2012
Recorded2011–12
GenreHip hop
Length61:31
Label
Producer
Big Sean chronology
Finally Famous
(2011)
Detroit
(2012)
Hall of Fame
(2013)

Detroit is the fourth mixtape by American rapper Big Sean. It was released for free download on September 5, 2012, by GOOD 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.[1]

On September 4, 2020, Big Sean released a sequel to the mixtape titled Detroit 2, as his fifth studio album.

On September 5, 2022, Big Sean re-released the mixtape on all streaming platforms.

  1. ^ "Big Sean - Detroit Mixtape on Datpiff.com". Datpiff.com. Retrieved 2012-09-05.