Finally Famous (Big Sean album)

Finally Famous
Studio album by Big Sean
Released	June 28, 2011
Recorded	2010–11 Paramount Recording Studio 4220 Studios (Hollywood, California) The Loft (Detroit, Michigan) Boogie Down Chinatown Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) CRC Studio (Chicago, Illinois) Legend Studios Manhattan Sound Recording Studios The Mercer The Record Plant Studios (New York, New York) Westlake Studios (West Hollywood, California)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	50:40
Label	GOOD Music Def Jam
Producer	Kanye West (also exec.) Boi-1da Xaphoon Jones The Neptunes No I.D. The Legendary Traxster WrighTrax Mike Dean Exile Filthy Rockwell Pop Wansel Key Wane Da Internz Kevin Randolph
Big Sean chronology
Finally Famous (2011) Detroit (2012)
Singles from Finally Famous
"My Last" Released: March 1, 2011 "Marvin & Chardonnay" Released: July 12, 2011 "Dance (A$$)" Released: September 20, 2011

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(69/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	(C)
Consequence of Sound
HipHopDX
The New York Times	(favorable)
Now
Pitchfork Media	(6.1/10.0)
RapReviews	(6.5/10)
Rolling Stone
XXL	(XL)

Finally Famous is the debut studio album by American rapper Big Sean. It was released on June 28, 2011, by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place from 2010 to 2011, with Kanye West serving as the only executive producer on the album. The record serves as Big Sean's first studio release, under the whole Finally Famous series, following these mixtapes such as Finally Famous Vol. 1: The Mixtape (2007), Finally Famous Vol. 2: UKNOWBIGSEAN (2009) and Finally Famous Vol. 3: BIG (2010).

The album was supported by three singles: "My Last" featuring Chris Brown, "Marvin & Chardonnay" featuring West and Roscoe Dash, and "Dance (A$$)".

The commercial debut single, titled "My Last" was released on March 1, 2011. The song features guest vocals from American recording artist Chris Brown, while the production was handled by No I.D. The song debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also topped the Billboard's Top Rap Songs, becoming his first number-one hit on the chart in the United States.

"Marvin & Chardonnay" featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash, was sent to radio on July 12, 2011 as the album's second single. The song was produced by Pop Wansel. The song peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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