This is why, when it's connecting, their collaboration works: it turns two self-centered POVs into a whole. The KeY Wane, Amaire Johnson, and Cam O'bi-produced opener, "Deja Vu," finds the two viewing a shared past through different lenses. This is most evident on "Selfish," where they take turns putting the blame on one another, trading accusations over stringy guitar licks that loop through skipping production. They pen verses in a similar fashion, too, curt and to the point, usually only rendering love interests as incomplete sketches her method is to vilify and his is to write around his subject, but they are usually on the opposite end of the same conclusion: I'm right. singer-songwriter has a mewing voice that nestles just into the casing of her rap counterpart's cadences. But on Twenty88, he is about as human-sounding as he's ever been, thanks in large part to Aiko.Īs a pair, Aiko and Sean complement each other well the former once called Drake her "musical soulmate," but that distinction is probably better suited here. What materialized was an album of sex jams about dysfunctional relationships, which begs the question, what exactly do they think Ex Machina is about? Nonetheless, it makes sense that Sean would see his reflection in the shiny metal alloy of a sci-fi flick since his raps are often mechanically engineered-setup, setup, punchline, repeat. psychological thriller Ex Machina as an inspiration. In an interview about the group's inspiration with Flaunt, Aiko said, "It's a '70s aesthetic, but we're in the future," citing the A.I. Twenty88 is the chosen name of the duo of rapper Big Sean and R&B singer Jhené Aiko.