in december 2012, sean said that this album will be featuring all types of songs, so that everyone can hear the album at this point to make them being "blown away", including its contributions from his label-mate kanye west, alongside with no i.d. and j. cole. the single "clique" from good music's album "cruel summer", which was rumored to be featured on "hall of fame". starting off the year, the album was included on multiple "most anticipated albums of 2013" lists, including those by mtv, "xxl", who ranked it fourth and "complex" ranked it eleventh.