Big Sean did an exclusive interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio and talked about his new song “No Favors,” featuring Eminem, off his upcoming album “I Decided,” which drops on 3rd of February.
“In the song, there’s a voice comes in and it’s like out of body experience because it doesn’t sound like who it is at first and first time I heard I was like ‘who is this?! this guy is gonna be a megastar!’ and it tours out he already is. [It’s Eminem]” – Zane Lowe
“Eminem was the only person I heard that could be on that song. It reminded me of why I am such an Eminem fan. It reminded me of why I fell in love with Eminem’s work. He’s unique. He’s special. When I first heard him, I feel like he was bringing new flows to the game. When he did this verse, it brought that feeling right back to me like, ‘Wow. This is a brand new energy.’” – Big Sean
“You sent the track with your verse on it. So Eminem took inspiration from your verse and he did that verse. I’m gonna say it. You can’t. F**k it, so I will. If Eminem wasn’t inspired he wouldn’t have done it. If he was not inspired to take it that far he wouldn’t done a verse the way it was. And beat’s great but no beats can make a man or anyone rap like that. Male or female. No beats gonna do that.” – Zane Lowe
“When I heard the verse I played it back over and over and over again and I was just sitting in the studio in shock. All the things he said were so necessary for the album…That’s what I was happy about. I’m glad that he addressed things, conceptually, that necessarily weren’t addressed. Super thoughtful. You’re gonna have to get back and listen to the verse few more times.” – Big Sean
“Before anything. I was like, ‘You’re one of the only people I want on this album.’ I was telling him the story of the album, what it meant to me, and he honestly told me, ‘I want to be a part of it, but I don’t know if I’m gonna have time.’ That was what I got back when I was talking to him. I was like, ‘Damn. I don’t know if he’s gonna come through with it.’ Then, randomly, out of nowhere, I got the Eminem verse.” – Big Sean
“You can just imagine, waking up and seeing a call from [Eminem’s manager] Paul Rosenberg, talking to him, him saying he did the verse. I go in the studio and I hear that verse…We heard this and we lost our minds, man. I’m just happy that if I did inspire it in any way, if I helped bring that out, I’m just happy that happened. I don’t want to take any credit for how good his verse is. Let’s be clear. That’s all Eminem. He did good. I remember talking to him on the phone. He was talking about what it meant and one of the things he said was, ‘I’m just happy to be a part of it and happy you like it.’ Eminem, man. Definitely, I appreciate that. That’s major for me.” – – Big Sean
“‘No more favors’ it’s like so low, odd, wired and strange [Highlighting Eminem’s new flow]” – Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe also calls Eminem’s verse “Madness” on twitter. Listen to the full interview and check the tweet below:
MADNESS https://t.co/tZ2nBnEk0c
— Zane Lowe (@zanelowe) January 18, 2017
