As a protege of Kanye West, Detroit rapper Big Sean lacks his mentor's production finesse, motormouth dexterity and balls-out aggression.
In fact, Sean's biggest claim to fame in 2013 is giving a platform for a better rapper - Kendrick Lamar - to deliver the verse of the year on his much talked-about single Control.
But at his first New Zealand show, Sean was a magnetic presence, warming up after a sluggish start for a short-but-sweaty show that proved exactly why he calls himself a "feel good" rapper.
Sean was smiling most of the time, dancing his way through a jungle remix of the opening throb of Mercy, bellowing at the crowd through a megaphone during the shouty southern thud of 10 2 10, and losing his shirt and sunglasses during the gloomy grind of money anthem Mula.
