Kid Cudi
 

His album, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, dropped today. I'm giving it a listen with an open mind- didn't get into "Day 'N' Nite" when it came out, so I have some catching up to do...

I like ECho and that MIx he did with that weIrdo, Lady GaGa.

Common-- the next Morgan Freeman in the voiceover business.

EDIT: And I'm not saying that because he's black.

EDIT^2: Got through a full spin, and I really like it. Damn, how lonely can one guy be? Reminds me of Lupe's mainstream debut- some catchy singles, solid front-to-back, repeat listening value.

I bought it today.
It's a damned amazing album.
I love it.

I listened to it, then read a review that the New York Times did. They were really spot on.

Check out the review here

One part I thought was particularly accurate:

Those of you who've heard it probably understand the predicament.

Just putting this on my iPod then I'll give it a proper listen. Not heard much from this album so it'll all hopefully be new, unless he's recycled a lot of stuff from this mixtape earlier int he year, then I might have heard some of it. Hoping it's as good as I'm expecting.

It's been a disappointing year for hip hop in my opinion, aside from a few good releases. Hopefully Cudi and Wale can turn things around, and Dizzee Rascal if any of y'all are familiar with him in the USA.

^

I'm excited for the Wale, and I plan on checking out the Dizzee Rascal album. his last one was pretty good.

Wale got pushed back to weeks, so it comes out the week after Tech N9ne's new release.

Wow, after one listen I'm speechless. Breath of fresh air. Much needed.

A whiff of 808's, which is great with me (I liked it) and lots of great spacey beats and layed back rhymes. Great sound overall in my opinion, I even really like the Poker Face sample produced by Kanye. I'll give it another listen later.

Definitely up there with the best hip hop releases this year, although I may be a little biased after only listening once. I'm just listening to Q-Tip's long-delayed Kamaal The Abstract album now, and it's also amazing! Just after starting to lose faith with hip hop recently, along come these two great new albums in the same day.

This is the first place I have heard postive things, I took a listen to the snippets and wasn't impressed......Might have to reconsider.

I have listened to this album repeatedly over the last couple of days and the stand out tracks for me are....

Cudi zone, pursuit of happiness, sky might fall and soundtrack to my life.

This album is great to just listen to in a dark room and space out because of the production from Ratatat.

Kid Cudi can't rap, sing, or write lyrics, and Common's narration is corny, but I like everything else about the album.

I like the idea of Kid Cudi's album being great and will have to have another listen. It was not bad and much better than Jay-Z's BP3 but didn't really get into any of it. I think he'll have better down the road.

Loving him. This song is on my mind so much:

his new album is mint

+1 :d

I pretty much love this album. Some really catchy, calm stuff on here. Pursuit of Happiness with MGMT and Ratatat is my favorite, I can listen to that song for hours. Soundtrack 2 My Life and Alive are also great songs.

One of my favorite albums this year so far along with Blueprint 3 and Swoon.

I downloaded this but haven't gave it a listen yet. Guess i better check it out. Did not know Ratata had anything to do with this album or I would've listened sooner

Far from being a good rapper but still quite a strong entertainer, will probably be very successful. It's good to hear a mainstream rapper who doesn't make music about their millions of green, their super ho's and their guns and spinning rims ect.

What do you think about Kid Cudi??
 

I like him but not as much as I use to..I really liked his mixtapes they were really dope. I don't think he should of whent commercial though.

well I really like Day and Night. What else should I look for?

Why don't you think he should have gone commercial?

He's simply amazing, from A kid Named Cudi, to A man on the moon, and all his freestyles.

really surprised i liked this. even Make Her Say surprised me.

I cant stand Kid cudi. Day and night killed it for me.

Kid Cudi is like one of the coolest rappers. I'm glad he's doing his own thing. He's not worried about sounding like everyone else, he's the man because he's himself.

P.S. Everyone hating on day night, you know he wrote that song 2 years before it ever released. Check the Crooker remix of Day and Night

I like Kid Cudi, but I deteste Day 'N' Night. It's too chirpy and annoying :(

Kid Cudi dropped my favorite album of 2009. It was so good. I actually think the singles are the weakest songs on the album. My favorites are "Soundtrack To My Life" "Enter Galactic" "Heart of a Lion" and "Hyyer."

Can't wait for new material!

So. Not gonna lie, I thought I was going to hate it, but I kind of absolutely love it.

who is cudi dating now a days?

lmao...


despite that... i think his best track is Soundtrack 2 my life. Deff. like him alot more than alot of other mainstream artists.

what so funny about that, he rapped about dating amanda bynes in cudderisback

It's funny, because who he's dating is irrelevant.

well if hes dating someone famous and not a civilian it really says something about how big hes gotten

If you're famous, you're still a civilian. And, no, it doesn't. There are famous people that date people no one has ever heard of.

Come on, someone must love this song, it's so 90's background music:

Well, that was one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

Why? Seems pretty irrelevant to me.

Now my question is DRAKE or KID CUDI. Who has the best all around skills. ?

Nevermind. My mistake, and I feel pretty dickish for that one. I just read page 4 where the guy said Cudi rapped about dating Amanda Bynes, and then I read Kirby's post saying, "It's funny, because who he's dating is irrelevant." Seemed like he was criticizing Cudi for rapping about whoever he was in a relationship with, not telling the guy why his previous question (which I'd not read) was funny.

My bad, Kirby.

Kid Cudi..... all-around, I'm a huge fan. I have loved everything I've heard so far, and Man on the Moon has been one of my most-played albums since I decided to give a listen months and months ago. I think he's very talented, clever, and refreshingly different than some other mainstream artists who I sometimes feel can easily be mixed up. To me, he stands apart. Favorite track off of Man on the Moon is probably Enter Galatic....I just love that song. Relating-wise, I can relate to a lot of what is mentioned in Soundtrack 2 My Life.....it's actually what first caught my attention when I accidentally came across the track on youtube, and then led to me downloading the entire album for a listen. I didn't realize he was the same dude with "Day N' Nite" either, heh.....which happens to be my least favorite track of his.

But yes, I am very interested in seeing where he goes from here. He has my attention.