Big Sean and Jhené Aiko are perfect for each other on 'TWENTY88'

Jhené Aiko and Big Sean are that good-looking hot mess of a couple you know from your local bar. You know, the ones who are always just one shot away from another public blow-up.

At least, that’s the relationship they play out on their collaborative TWENTY88 project, a convincing piece of modern rap-meets-R&B relationship roleplay that’s just about the most compelling thing the Def Jam duo have put their names to yet.

Opening with the woozy synths and backwards tape loops of the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League-produced “Deja Vu,” Big Sean spits about how it’s been three years since he and Jhené were an item. Since then, he says, she’s had a baby with someone else, slept with a string of exes, and gone back to drinking way too heavily — but “the best sex is still you.” He’s a charmer. Read more…