Big Sean: "This Has Been A Great Year For Detroit"

Christmas came early for Shady Records fans when Eminem not only released a bunch of the label's biggest hits on Shady XV back in November, but tapped some of the biggest rappers from his hometown to lend their voices to the double-album. "Detroit vs. Everybody" is one of Shady XV's strongest tracks, and for Big Sean, being a part of that collaboration was so much more than a simple trip to the studio to rhyme about "the D."

"'Detroit vs. Everybody' is a mentality more than anything," he says. "It's a clothing line. It's a song now. But it really is a mentality. People from the D like me or whoever, they carry that around on their shoulders. It's because it's a place where we gotta boss up and make it happen. You either make it happen or you don't in the D...I'm really proud that we were able to come together."