Big Sean's Dark Sky Paradise album is due out Feb. 24, and the rapper recently shared the artwork and tracklist for his third studio effort. In addition to Drake, who appears on the lead single "Blessings," the album includes guest spots by Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown, among others. It's currently available for pre-order at iTunes (where you can see the artwork) as a 12-track standard edition or 15-track deluxe LP, HotNewHipHop notes.

Ty Dolla $ign, Jhené Aiko, John Legend, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Ariana Grande round out the list of featured artists for the album. Big Sean promised that a lot of "heart" went into making the record.

Dark Sky Paradise will follow the rapper's 2013 breakout release, Hall of Fame. The album rose to number three on the Billboard 200 and took the top spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts behind songs like "Fire," "Beware" and "Switch Up." 

"Hall of Fame moves along at a steady pace for the most part, but there are instances where Sean can't quite find the proper footing," XXL wrote. "There's no question that Sean's style works well on solo tracks, utilizing his elastic flow and quotable rhymes to his advantage, but at certain points it gets tough to digest on tracks like 'Mona Lisa' or the smoked-out 'Toyota Music.' Even these minor shortcomings don't supersede the fact that the album is filled with radio-friendly cuts." 

Dark Sky Paradise Tracklist
01. Dark Sky (Skyscrapers)
02. Blessings featuring Drake
03. All Your Fault featuring Kanye West
04. IDFWU featuring E-40
05. Pay No Games featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla $ign
06. Paradise (Extended)
07. Win Some, Lose Some
08. Stay Down
09. I Know featuring Jhené Aiko
10. Deep featuring Lil Wayne
11. One Man Can Change the World featuring Kanye West & John Legend
12. Outro
13. Deserve It featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR
14. Research featuring Ariana Grande
15. Platinum & Wood

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