Sure that after such a strong album’s release Kid Cudi’s fans were waiting for the interesting continuation. The magazine Entertainment Weekly entitled Man On The Moon: The End Of Day the best hip-hop album of 2009, while Kid Cudi was honored to be called one of the brightest new performers of the year.
The record was very well received by the experts, who noted the novel and fresh atmosphere. The release of the singer’s debut album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day took place in 2009. Kid Cudi took part in the creation of Heartless from West’s album 808s & Heartbreak (2008) and that composition took the second place in Billboard Hot 100, while the collaboration of Kanye and Kid Cudi proved to be extremely successful: the latter was much discussed in the mass media. Thus in 2008 the mixtape titled A Kid Named Cudi saw the light and it immediately attracted attention of listeners and experienced performers: Kanye West really appreciated the young rapper’s songs and helped him to sign the contract with the sound recording label GOOD Music.
As the result he even moved to New York to start working hard on his professional musical career. Kid Cudi has been interested in music since the school, inspired by the songs of such alternative hip-hop bands as The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest. That experience found its place not only in the singer’s attitude, but also in his creativity. When Kid Cudi was eleven years old, his father died, and that became the life-changing period for the future musician.
Kid Cudi’s father was of Mexican-Native American descent, and his mother was African-American – there is no doubt that the tandem of these cultures had a huge effect upon the young man’s development. Album DescriptionAmerican singer, songwriter, composer and actor Kid Cudi (real name Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) was born in 1984 in Cleveland. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. 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. This first official release is a soul searcher and may require more patience than your everyday debut. If it wasn't for the song, it would be as if Cudi launched his career with his own 808s, and therefore anyone looking for a more gripping kickoff should seek out either of his widely available mixtapes (A Kid Named Cudi or Dat Kid from Cleveland). With its bleeps, the hooky "Day N Nite" belongs, but the follow-up single, "Make Her Say," is a glorious mix of glitz and vulgarity with Kanye and Cudi twisting a Lady GaGa sample from "Poker Face" into "Poke Her Face." While it lightens the mood just before things turn ponderous, it barely fits. Along the way, brilliant samples - like a bit of OMD's esoteric album Dazzle Ships - and innovative sounds from Cudi and special guests Emile, Ratatat, and MGMT slowly shuffle the listener through the man's spliff-fueled exploration of space, a place where the artsy escape ridicule but fall prey to crushing isolation. What follows is Pink Floyd-styled story where the real world pain of "Soundtrack 2 My Life" mutates into sci-fi fantasies from the dark side of the moon. With its narration from Common and a track list broken into five "acts," Man on the Moon: The End of Day is almost as conceptual as its name implies, kicking off with a spaced-out slow roller coated in strings while Cudi states "Welcome, you're in my dream now." You most certainly are. His debut album was deep in the category of "much anticipated" as soon as it was announced, but when the promised game changer finally arrived, it became obvious that Cudi had already changed the game, and maybe debut albums aren't what they used to be. Kid Cudi is a fascinating rapper, claimed by the backpackers for his work with Kanye West on 808s & Heartbreak but equally loved by the mash-up club kids who went ape for his "Day N Nite" single, especially in its nu-disco remix from Crookers.
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