This first official release is a soul searcher and may require more patience than your everyday debut. Still, the chilly, complicated Man on the Moon perfects the futuristic bleak-beat hip-hop Kanye purposed a year earlier, and rewards the listener with every tripped-out return.
As Kid Cudi’s profile has grown over the past year and a half, it was still uncertain as to what kind of role he would play; rapper, singer, experimental artist, producer? With Man On The Moon, it’s clear he’s all that he said he was.
What's so impressive about Man on the Moon ... is that it's a complete vision, designed to be listened to as a whole.
Cudi is most comfortable stoned and trapped inside his own head. Alone. And that’s exactly where he spends most of Man On The Moon, a concept album where Cudi’s harmonized, emotionally raw LiveJournal-ing meets interstellar synth drifts.
If Man on the Moon: Ghost in the Machine and its unnamed followup, which will complete the trilogy, follows in their steps, Kid Cudi could find himself crashing back to Earth real soon.
Being misunderstood in the Midwest and lost in the big city will never fail to inspire phenomenal art in twentysomethings, but Cudi too often assumes some sort of higher ground even though his self-pity is flaunted no differently than any other tacky rapper accessory.
grew on me a lot. It is a pretty unique project that has a cool concept that I really briefed over because it was about weed. It is more than that. I come back to this album here and there
There was a huge point in my life where I didn’t listen to that much music. I used to consider myself one of those people who would say that they “didn’t like music” because the only music I listened to was music that my friends occasionally played, music that played in soundtracks for games I played, and music that played on the radio. It wasn’t until late 2018 when I started listening to Eminem and getting into hip-hop, then subsequently branching out to all ... read more
1 | In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem) 3:19 | 81 |
2 | Soundtrack 2 My Life 3:55 | 92 |
3 | Simple As... 2:31 | 77 |
4 | Solo Dolo (Nightmare) 4:26 | 85 |
5 | Heart Of A Lion (Kid Cudi Theme Music) 4:21 | 84 |
6 | My World 4:03 feat. Billy Craven | 81 |
7 | Day 'N' Nite (nightmare) 3:41 | 94 |
8 | Sky Might Fall 3:40 | 87 |
9 | Enter Galactic (Love Connection, Pt. I) 4:20 | 86 |
10 | Alive (Nightmare) 4:06 feat. Ratatat | 86 |
11 | Cudi Zone 4:19 | 88 |
12 | Make Her Say 3:36 feat. Kanye West, Common | 81 |
13 | Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare) 4:55 | 95 |
14 | Hyyerr 3:32 feat. Chip Tha Ripper | 78 |
15 | Up Up & Away 3:47 | 87 |
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