Starting on February 23, 2013, Sean began a European tour in promotion of the album, which continued until March 13, 2013. In August 2013, Big Sean told the album was primarily produced by No I. At the beginning of February, Sean stated the album was almost finished, and the second single would be released in the same month. However, said that the album lacks any classic material. Kyle Anderson of positively compared the album to the late 90's releases by and said that Big Sean easily outshines all the featured artists on the album. David Drake of named the album an example of a.
Archived from on August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on August 31, 2013. The album features from , , , , , , , , and , while the production on the album was primarily handled by , , , , Mano and , among others. . After hearing it, it's clear that Sean is ready to earn his place. Rappers including Lupe Fiasco, , , , , , , The Mad Rapper, and , among others released their responses or diss songs, within the following week.
The album also charted internationally, peaking at number 56 on the and number 10 on the. Archived from on January 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. After initially announcing a December 18, 2012, release date for the album, it was revealed the album would be pushed back to February 2013, because it was not ready yet. Some people are going to hate it; regardless, I'm just doing me. Hall of Fame received generally positive reviews from critics.
Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Most of Sean's content still teems with predictable material risking leaving listeners disinterested. On April 26, 2013, Sean then finally had some studio session with Eminem, which included and. On August 14, 2013, the song was sent to radio as one of the album's. At , which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an score of 72, based on 14 reviews.
He even went on by saying the fact that he wants to teach, while making his lasting impact on peoples' lives with this second album. He then announced the final from , and other members of. However, the album's release date was yet again delayed. Before hearing Hall of Fame, the title sounded pretentious. It was released on August 27, 2013, by and. Title Writer s Producer s Length 1. Some people are going to like it.
Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. The song was produced by and. Before the album's release, Big Sean released a handful of his inspirational , which gets in touch on how far he has gotten to where he's at throughout his career and what he plans on doing to further his position in music. On November 28, 2012, in an interview with , Sean revealed that he had to invited to come to the studio, along with him announcing that he had renamed the album from Hall of Fame: Memoirs of a Detroit Player to just titled Hall of Fame. Production was provided by , , and.
He revealed the expected release date of June 2013. The mixtape consisted of previously unreleased songs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. That was a 17% decline in sales from his debut studio album , which also debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and sold 87,000 copies in its first week. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. In July 2013, Sean revealed would be featured on the album.
During the recording sessions on the album, Sean revealed , , , and were going to be appearing as featured artists, while West, , , and will provide production on the album. In the following month, during a listening session, he revealed additional guest appearances on the album from , and Doughboyz Cashout. As of February 2015, the album has sold 155,000 copies according to. The mood is so consistently upbeat and agreeable that nearly everything works, especially the tracks that pair Sean with a strong singer. However, he explained Eminem was too busy working on his album to get on Hall of Fame. On September 28, 2013, Sean released a 23-minute documentary covering the development and making of the album, which began 269 days before the project's release. The mixtape features guest appearances from fellow rappers , , , , , , , , and , along with track narrations by , and.