Beware (Big Sean song)

"Beware" was officially premiered through SoundCloud on June 24, 2013, after announcing the track a day earlier. The track was released for digital download on June 25, 2013, as the album's third single, through GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. Both Key Wane and Mike Dean produced the beat which helps utilize the piece's tone. The beat was described as "poppy" and "head-bobbing" by James Shotwell, writer for Spin Media's Under the Gun Review. He also said that it blends well with the three vocalists. "Beware" contains an interpolation of "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. ==Critical reception==

Upon release "Beware" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. David Turner of Spin magazine praised the song and Big Sean for abounding the norm of hip-hop and moving away from "glossy resilience," Turner continued to commend Sean's choice to focus on "relationship tensions." A reviewer from the BoomBox praised Sean's choice to include Jhene Aiko as a feature and praised her on the "infectious chorus" from Aiko, the reviewer also praised Sean's choice to make a "radio friendly" song as well as praising Lil Wayne's verse. ==Music video==

The music video was directed by Matthew Williams from Kanye West creative company DONDA and premiered on August 16, 2013, on Vevo. The described "trippy" music video was named one of "The 15 Best Hip-Hop Videos Of The Summer" by XXL. During an interview with Rap Up TV Sean described the concept behind the music video stating he wanted to have a video that was cohesive with the single's artwork, as well as the album's other artworks and videos, Sean continued to say; “It's been great working with DONDA because they're somebody who is really trying to elevate artistry, elevate artists, put them on a new level of creativity,” I think they've done that for me, from the ‘Beware’ video to the ‘Fire’ video. I'm proud of the video. It took a while to get done, but the end result is good. It's cool to put out great videos that I can really be proud of.” == Charts ==

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