Big Sean @BigSean, @therealjuicyj & @TheDoctorLuke Cover The Source's 'Power 30' Issue [Video/Pics]

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The Source is rolling out two covers for it's 16th annual Power 30 Issue (August/September), Big Sean nabs one cover while Juicy J and Dr. Luke will be on the other.

Check out an excerpt from Sean's cover story, as well as a behind the scenes look at his photo shoot and pics.

“I don’t know, man. I don’t know how the public looks at me…But then I really don’t care anymore, too much, what people say because it’s kind of like I’m trying to prove a point to myself more than anything.” On the delay of his sophomore album, he had this to say about what it’s like to be among hip-hop heavyweights. “Even though I got signed to Def Jam, they were like, ‘you got to give us a reason to put your album out.’ I had to give them incentive to put my album out over a Rick Ross album, or a Rihanna album. I had to show them that I could do something for ‘em.”

Its an aspect of one’s career that you wouldn’t expect out of someone as overtly confident as Big Sean. From interrupting Kanye‘s departure from Hot 102.7 in Michigan one fateful afternoon, to rapping his way to a record deal, to the rapid fire flows he lends to his counterparts’ albums, it seems apparent that Big Sean is on a fast track to legendary. In his opinion, he’s got a long way to go. With platinum plaques, Grammy nominations, a superstar girlfriend and the catalog to back up his braggadocios raps, to some,Hall of Fame may be premature, but he prefers to see it as a foreshadowing.

“I’m still young but, you know, it’s crazy going from the level I went from to the level I was at. Say you found somebody freestyling on the street right now. And they’re a kid. Then, in a matter of a few years, he’s on songs with Jay-Z. That’s a long way. It takes a lot of improving and getting better at making things happen.”