His brand of celebrity is so unobtrusive that the worst Ariana Grande could muster was that he wasn’t a match, on kiss-off anthem and the biggest single of the year (plus she subsequently wrote “so cute, so sweet (could still get it)” in the accompanying music video).

His propensity to lean on past-their-sell-by-date punchlines is an obvious flaw, but it’s part of that is the era of rap (e.g., early-to-mid 2000s mixtape culture) that reared him into existence; we’re not sitting here combing through 2 Chainz, or even Blueface, lyrical blunders.

After a smattering of missteps — his last solo album ( I Decided ), the lackluster Metro Boomin-produced project ( All or Nothing ), and uneven collab with Jhene Aiko ( TWENTY88 ) — Big Sean could use a reworking, sure, but he’s done nothing to earn Rap Twitter’s constant vitriol.

It’s a method that holds steady; look no further than the way people lose their minds at a DaBaby or Megan Thee Stallion freestyle, or why Logic fans think he’s the chosen one.

For three-plus minutes, Sean leans into a sparse, Hit-Boy, Key Wane, and The Tucker Brothers beat, that switches halfway through into an epic surge.

For a certain consumer low on jadedness and high on life, the Kawhi laugh punchline and Hot Girl Summer reference should hit the ear beautifully.