Detroit (mixtape)

On August 20, 2012, Big Sean first announced the mixtape via Twitter and a YouTube video, titled "Big Sean Mixtape Announcement 2012".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bctk-2UA_7w |title= Big Sean Mixtape Announcement 2012 on YouTube|publisher=YouTube.com |access-date=2012-08-20}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BigSean/status/237701655045492740 |title= Big Sean tweet on Twitter|publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=2012-09-16}} The title of the mixtape pays homage to Sean's hometown of Detroit.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-50-best-albums-of-2012/big-sean-detroit|title = The 50 Best Albums of 2012|website = Complex Networks}} It also won Best Mixtape at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/470689/kendrick-lamar-drake-win-big-at-2013-bet-hip-hop-awards-plus-the-full-winners-list|title=Kendrick Lamar & Drake Win Big at 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards—Plus, the Full Winners List!|date=16 October 2013}} The mixtape arrived on streaming platforms in 2022 for its 10th anniversary.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/big-sean-10th-anniversary-detroit-mixtape-new-song-more-thoughts-1234586913/|title=Big Sean Marks 10th Anniversary of 'Detroit' With 'More Thoughts'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 5, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/backwoodsaltar/big-sean-detroit-mixtape-streaming|title=Big Sean's 'Detroit' Mixtape Arrives on Streaming on 10th Anniversary|website=Complex|date=September 5, 2022}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Higher

| extra1 = KeY Wane

| writer1 = {{hlist|Sean Anderson|Dwane Weir II|Kanye West|Reggie Williams|Tauheed Epps|Terrence Thornton|John Stephens|Winston Riley|James Thomas|Anthony Khan|Denzie Hugh Beagle|Herbert Turner|Malik Jones|Stephan Taft|Wilbert Williams|Willie Hansbro|Michael Dean}}

| length1 = 3:50

| title2 = 24 Karats of Gold

| note2 = featuring J. Cole

| writer2 = {{hlist|Anderson|Jermaine Cole|Weir II|Aaron O'Bryant|Kurt Walker|David Franklin Reeves}}

| extra2 = KeY Wane

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Story by Common

| note3 = performed by Common

| writer3 = {{hlist|Anderson|Lonnie Lynn|James Poyser}}

| extra3 =

| length3 = 1:30

| title4 = How It Feel

| writer4 = {{hlist|Anderson|Emmanuel Nickerson|Alexander Izquierdo|Paul Politi|Barry White}}

| extra4 = Mano

| length4 = 3:39

| title5 = Woke Up

| note5 = featuring Say It Ain't Tone, Earlly Mac, Mike Posner and James Fauntleroy

| writer5 = {{hlist|Anderson|Tyree Pittman|Weir II|Brian Parker|Mike Posner|James Fauntleroy|Earl Taylor|Hansbro}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

• Young Chop
• KeY Wane
• BPTheProducer

}}

| length5 = 4:44

| title6 = Experimental

| note6 = featuring Juicy J and King Chip

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anderson|Jordan Houston|Charles Worth|Rami Eadeh|Desmond Peterson}}

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

• Ramii Beatz
• Benny Wond3r

}}

| length6 = 4:34

| title7 = Mula

| note7 = featuring French Montana

| writer7 = {{hlist|Anderson|Karim Kharbouch|Pittman|Izquierdo}}

| extra7 = Young Chop

| length7 = 4:06

| title8 = Story by Young Jeezy

| note8 = performed by Young Jeezy

| writer8 = {{hlist|Anderson|Jay Jenkins|Poyser}}

| extra8 =

| length8 = 1:51

| title9 = 100

| note9 = featuring Royce da 5'9" and Kendrick Lamar

| writer9 = {{hlist|Anderson|Ryan Montgomery|Kendrick Duckworth|Donald Cannon|Fauntleroy|Jean-Michel Jarre}}

| extra9 = Don Cannon

| length9 = 5:36

| title10 = Sellin' Dreams

| note10 = featuring Chris Brown

| writer10 = {{hlist|Anderson|Chris Brown|Ernest Clark|Marcos Palacios|Izquierdo}}

| extra10 = Da Internz

| length10 = 3:06

| title11 = I'm Gonna Be

| note11 = featuring Jhené Aiko

| writer11 = {{hlist|Anderson|Jhené Chilombo|Weir II}}

| extra11 = KeY Wane

| length11 = 3:05

| title12 = FFOE

| extra12 = Lex Luger

| writer12 = {{hlist|Anderson|Lexus Lewis|Izquierdo|Jonathan Smith|Stefan Gordy|Skyler Gordy|Eric DeLaTorre}}

| length12 = 4:10

| title13 = Do What I Gotta Do

| note13 = featuring Tyga

| writer13 =

| extra13 = {{flatlist|

• Mano
• The Olympicks
• Rob Kinelski

}}

| length13 = 2:35

| title14 = Story by Snoop Lion

| note14 = performed by Snoop Lion

| writer14 = {{hlist|Anderson|Calvin Broadus, Jr.|Poyser}}

| extra14 =

| length14 = 1:31

| title15 = RWT

| writer15 = {{hlist|Anderson|Joshua Luellen|Weir II|Izquierdo}}

| extra15 = {{flatlist|

• Southside
• KeY Wane

}}

| length15 = 2:19

| title16 = Once Bitten, Twice Shy

| writer16 = {{hlist|Anderson|Chauncey Hollis|Marques Hutchison}}

| extra16 = {{flatlist|

• Hit-Boy
• M3rge

}}

| length16 = 4:46

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title17 = Life Should Go On

| note17 = featuring Wale

| writer17 = {{hlist|Anderson|Olubowale Akintimehin|Weir II|Izquierdo|Roger Nichols|Paul Williams}}

| extra17 = KeY Wane

| length17 = 3:06

| title18 = All I Know

| note18 = featuring Wiz Khalifa

| writer18 = {{hlist|Anderson|Cameron Thomaz|Nickerson|Gordon Moakes|Matthew Chee Hung Tong|Russell Lissack|Rowland Kelechukwu}}

| extra18 = Mano

| length18 = 3:21

| total_length = 67:58

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Detroit streaming version

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 67:58

| title3 = More Thoughts (2019)

| writer3 = {{hlist|Anderson|Weir II|Amaire Johnson|Lawrence Lamont Jenkins|Esperanza Spalding}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|KeY Wane|Johnson|Lawrence Lamont}}

| length3 = 2:53

}}

;Notes

• On the original release, "Life Should Go On" and "All I Know" are put together on one track but are separated in the table.
• "Higher" contains a sample from "Mercy", written by Kanye West, Sean Anderson, Terrence Thornton, Tauheed Epps, Michael Williams II, Ross Birchard, Mike Dean, Anthony Khan, Stepan Taft, James Thomas, Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley and Reggie Williams, as performed by Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz; and samples from "Prelude", written and performed by John Legend.
• "Do What I Gotta Do" does not appear in the streaming version.
• "24K of Gold" interpolates lyrics from "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" by Nas.
• "How It Feel" contains a slight change in lyrics on the streaming version.
• "More Thoughts (2019)" contains a sample from "Fall In", written and performed by Esperanza Spalding.

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