Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

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Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

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Act I: The End of Day
1. In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As...


Act II: Rise of the Night Terrors
4. Solo Dolo (Nightmare)
5. Heart of a Lion (Kid Cudi Theme Music)
6. My World (feat. Billy Cravens)


Act III: Taking a Trip
7. Day 'n' Nite (Nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part I)


Act IV: Stuck
10. Alive (Nightmare) [feat. Ratatat]
11. Cudi Zone
12. Make Her Say (feat. Kanye West & Common)
13. Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) [feat. MGMT & Ratatat]


Act V: A New Beginning
14. Hyyer (feat. Chip Tha Ripper)
15. Up Up & Away


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taką pisanke ktoś wkleił na reddita z tej okazji https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/co ... of_day_10/
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Here is my Final High School Research Paper that I did on Kid Cudi in High school, if you're interested.

The Underrated and Overlooked Impact of the Man on the Moon

The first thoughts that may come to mind when reading this paper would be the uncommon contents of the subject at hand. The majority of papers may cover topics of crime, politics, racism, etc. This paper however, is not about a broad topic or seemingly important public issue. This paper is about a person, a person by the name of Scott Mescudi (more commonly known by his stage name Kid Cudi). The primary motivation for writing about such an unusual and uncommon topic is not only to stand out from the majority of other essays but to also challenge myself as a writer. Kid Cudi’s impact on music in general is so unique and original that it deserves to be recognized. Kid Cudi is one of the most important, if not the most important hip-hop artist of the last decade. Everything from his lyrics, his style, his production, has been excessively prominent in hip-hop music for the past 10 years or so, even spread into pop music to a minor degree. The main issue here is that despite all that he has done for the hip-hop genre, he has not received the praise or attention that he so rightfully deserves. In fact, outside of hardcore hip-hop heads, most people, including a large portion of hip-hop fans, have not even bothered to listen to his music or acknowledge his achievements outside of his first few hits. From news articles, to interviews, to his music in general, I have used as many relevant sources as I could find to prove that Kid Cudi’s impact in hip-hop culture is not only real, but nothing short of extraordinary. Many of today’s biggest hip-hop artists such as Kanye West, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and ASAP Rocky, and even R&B artists such as Tinashe and Jhene Aiko, among many others, look up to Kid Cudi as a major influence on their music and even their overall lives.

I. Man on the Moon 0.1: Life before the birth of ​A KID NAMED CUDI
A. The Childhood of Scott Mescudi
B. The Miseducation of Scott Mescudi
C. The Humble Beginnings of Kid Cudi
II. Man on the Moon 0.5: ​A KID NAMED CUDI ​and​ 808s & Heartbreak
A. The Mixtape that Started It All
B. The Man that Gave Him a Chance
C. The Album that Forever Changed the Meaning of Hip-Hop
III. Man on the Moon 1.5: The True Beginning for the Man called Kid Cudi
A. The Journey of the Man on the Moon officially Launches
B. The Rise of the Man on the Moon
C. Man on the Moon II: The Journey Continues in The Legend of Mr. Rager
IV. Man on the Moon: 2.5: The Band called WZRD, The Album on Fire, The Ill-Fated Project
A. The Collaboration that Went Unnoticed
B. The Album that Found its Own Meaning in the Universe.
C. The Project that Lead to the Unfinished Journey of the Man on the Moon
V. Man on the Moon III: The End of the Man on the Moon
A. The Project that Accidentally Committed Suicide
B. The Welcomed Return of Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi
C. The Beginning of a New Era
VI. Man on the Moon IV: Epilogue: The Legacy of the Man on the Moon
A. The Overlooked and Underrated Impact of the Man on theMoon

I. Man on the Moon 0.1: Life before the birth of ​A KID NAMED CUDI

The very early life of Scott Mescudi was not very complicated but still rather troubling. For a short time, he lived in a particularly bad neighborhood. For most of his prepubescent childhood however, lived in a suburban household with his several siblings and two parents. The house and the neighborhood were pretty nice as far as living standards go but like many people, Mescudi’s family were in a bittersweet situation. Despite the nice home and neighborhood, his family couldn’t afford much outside of bills and food apparently. According to an interview, his family couldn’t just buy expensive things like everyone else could and generally struggled to make ends meet. Not only that, but his father had an apparently distant and sporadic relationship with the rest of the family. Issues such as this could have been catalysts for the apparent rocky relationship between his parents. If the family had a chance to be whole again we could never know due to the tragic event that changed Scott’s life forever. The death of his father.

After the death of his father, Scott’s personality and psyche became rapidly warped into a maddenning dive towards depression. Fortunately for him, with the help of his mother, he discovered his love and appreciation for music. While music did become the outlet he needed to express himself in the most productive way possible, that doesn’t necessarily mean that his life automatically took an upswing towards happiness. As a teenager he was very and problematic as a person and in his actions. From smoking, to drinking, to wilding out, Kid Cudi’s teen years were nothing short of eventful. He got expelled from school, had run-ins with the law, dropped out of college after one year, he even tried to join the navy. After a seemingly endless string of nonsensical events, it was only when he left Ohio for New York did he finally begin to realize what he truly wanted out of his very strange life.

Cudi did not immediately encounter success upon his sudden move to New York back in 2004. In fact when he moved there, he only came with what he described as a decent demo and about $500. For the first five months in New York, he couldn’t even get a job. He knew no one there, he didn’t really know the city, he was just guessing basically while he was living with his uncle. Speaking of his uncle, his impatience for Cudi to get on his feet prompted him to kick him out of the house, with him dying only about two years later. According to Cudi, he wouldn’t even be Cudi if it wasn’t for his uncle. Down on his luck and nowhere to go, Cudi worked a series of odd jobs until he found a stable one at a BAPE store. It was at this BAPE store that he met Kanye West, the man that would eventually change his life forever.

II. Man on the Moon 0.5: ​A KID NAMED CUDI ​and​ 808s & Heartbreak

A Kid Named Cudi was Kid Cudi’s first ever professionally released project and the only one released by an independent record label. This album was made by Cudi with collaborations from producers Dot da Genius, Crookers, Emile, The Kickdrums, Nosaj Thing and Kanye’s then manager, Plain Pat. What made this mixtape stand-out from anything else out at the time was it’s sound. The way the album is produced incorporates classic and unique samples with clean production that presents itself in a way that it doesn’t try to emulate or mimic any of it’s inspirations but rather embraces them and merges them with it’s own unique sound. Initially, the mixtape would have gone fairly unnoticed if it wasn’t for it’s lead single, “Day n’ Nite”. “Day n’ Nite” was originally unpopular when it came out but through it’s rapid emergence through night clubs, stoner parties, and Myspace, it quickly became a mainstream hit. Not only that but it’s popularity skyrocketed the song to it’s peak of #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, went on to achieve a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA, and attracted the attention of Kanye West through Plain Pat.

Kanye immediately makes it his mission to meet and take Kid Cudi under his wing as his protege. This union is almost a little too convenient as his previous meeting with him at a BAPE store 2 year prior made the entire experience seem more surreal. Not long after they reunite, Cudi is signed to Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music record label. He is instantly prompted to take part in the production of Kanye’s very own mentor, Jay-Z’s then newest album, The Blueprint 3. Soon after Cudi suddenly gets the opportunity to take part in producing and writing several tracks on Kanye’s then newest album 808s and Heartbreak.

With Kanye’s popularity and Cudi’s style 808’s and Heartbreak made huge shockwaves throughout the music industry when it is released. This album that ventured into territory that music didn’t even know existed. From it’s trippy melodies, deep lyrics, and futuristic synths, this album took Hip-Hop in a new direction that it didn’t even know it wanted to go in. The gangsta, trap, and snap rap sub-genres that took the 2000’s by storm started to look far less appealing and impressive in comparison to Kanye and Cudi’s ambitious project, that arguably started in the infamous Graduation vs. Curtis sales battle. Which put up Kanye’s spiritual and synth heavy masterpiece against 50 Cent’s repetitive and unoriginal gangsta tracks. Kanye’s victory led hip-hop to a place where an album like 808’s and Heartbreak could be accepted. A place where hip-hop could be more than it was at the time.

III. Man on the Moon 1.5: The True Beginning for the Man called Kid Cudi

After the explosive success of 808’s and Heartbreak with it eventually selling nearly 2 million copies and singles Heartless and Love Lockdown achieving monstrous success, an entirely new wave of hip-hop artists emerged. A wave whose origins do not stem from the previously standard gangsta mode but from places of deep emotional and spiritual pain. Some of the time’s and even current artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, B.o.B, Frank Ocean and especially Drake, all received much of their inspiration for making music from this album. Now with a legacy, influence and prospects of becoming hip-hop’s next big thing, Kid Cudi had to redirect his attention to his own project, one that would cement him as a sole inspiration in hip-hop culture, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Cudi’s official debut album was very experimental to say the least with it’s unholy but amazing clash of 70’s esque vibes and futuristic synths and an inventive story spanning five acts but nonetheless proved it was an amazing and revolutionary project

With its debut at #4 with 104,000 units sold in its first week, and the second single,​“Pursuit of Happiness” eventually matching the success of ​“Day n’ Nite” ​ along with the 2x platinum hit “Soundtrack 2 My Life”, ​ It’s safe to say that Kid Cudi has become hip-hop’s next big artist. After the success of the album, Cudi started to become involved in many collaborations with many other artists. Future hip-hop successes such as Travis Scott, Logic, and Lil’ Yachty cited heavy influence from this album. It seemed as if Kid Cudi had nowhere to go but up...until Drake came on to the scene. Fresh off of ​“Degrassi: The Next Generation”, ​ Drake is a Canadian rapper, who was similar in context to Kid Cudi when it came to music. However,unlike Cudi’s unpredictable and weird nature throughout his works, Drake’s approach was a lot closer to a safer, R&B and pop oriented version of Cudi’s music, an approach that posed a serious threat to Cudi’s potential as the next generation’s foremost leader in hip hop music.

Such a threat was far bigger than anyone could expect as Drake’s debut album “Thank Me Later” debuted with an explosive 447,100 copies sold in its first week, destroying the sales of Kid Cudi’s album 4 times over. Despite, this unexpected event, Cudi continues on to the release of the sequel to his first album, “Man on the Moon II, The Legend of Mr. Rager”. His sophomore album takes a darker but far more cohesive departure from his debut album. Whereas the first album covered its issues in a 70’s esque layer of bliss, this album covers them in a far more aware and focused way. With the fame garnered from his first album and now solidified fanbase, Cudi receives the biggest release week of his career. Despite his impressive 169,000 copy debut for his sophomore album, it is nowhere near the total of Drake’s debut album. As a result, Kid Cudi’s potential as the front runner of the new generation of rappers is now anything but dead as from here on out, his popularity experiences a downhill turn whereas Drake had won what used to be Cudi’s destiny to become hip-hop’s next big superstar.

IV. Man on the Moon: 2.5: The Band called WZRD, The Album on Fire, The Ill-Fated Project

After the utterly ridiculous success of Drake’s first two albums completely destroyed the impressiveness of his sales and ultimately solidified Kid Cudi’s commercial peak to be stuck in 2009, Cudi decided that he should venture into far more experimental pursuits than previously expected, including halting the entire process of making Man on the Moon III. He and Dot da Genius decide to form the short-lived alternative rock duo, WZRD. Apparently, Cudi was actually intoxicated during the entirety of the Man on the Moon series because as it turns out, he had writer’s block for 5 months during the creation of the WZRD album. The album itself wasn’t a disaster but it did put an end to Cudi’s 3-project streak of unconventional masterpieces. Unlike his first three projects, this album tried to become something it wasn’t ready for and as a result, wasn’t far beyond average if not at average in terms of overall quality. Whether or not this album could have been successful is not known as his label under-shipped this album with only about 55,000 copies due to their lack of faith in Cudi’s ability to sell records. Motivation for the duo to make more projects most likely wasn’t much as they broke up shortly afterwards.

After the ill-fated rock-centric idea that was the band called WZRD, Cudi decided to move forward with his 3rd solo studio album. Unlike the first two, this album was not a continuation of the Man on the Moon series but rather created with the intention of it having its own identity. The project was subsequently named Indicud. Unlike the first two which were solely about depressing and negative topics, Indicud is a far more positive album that doesn’t try to relate to people with problems but rather actively tries to uplift them to be more overall positive people. The album itself was far more random and strange than its predecessors. Despite the mind blowing production, and melodies, it was not very focused but somehow not very messy at the same time. It manages Cudi’s third best overall debut with over 139,000 copies sold in the first week. While at first it may seem as if Cudi has a chance to rise again, those dreams are shattered when the album takes several years just to barely get a gold certification. Not only that, but was also his last solo outing with the support of Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music, making it even harder for him to achieve success.

The impressive first week of Indicud must have helped increase his interest back in the Man on the Moon series because his fourth album became his latest and sadly final installment in the series. Originally meant to be the prequel to the now shelved Man on the Moon III, this extended play turned album is now the project known as Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon. Unlike his other albums, this album is what was before thought impossible and unexpected of Cudi. This album was average. It is average in its fairly basic production, forgettable upon listen effect, and overall boring, dragged out tone. In fact this album wasn’t even average, it was mediocre at best. Everything about this album was generic and therefore a huge disappointment in regards to everything that Kid Cudi has put out before. Not only that but it became Cudi’s first unsuccessful solo album, despite its top 5 debut with a first weekend of only 84,000 copies sold, which dropped 90 percent in its second weekend, along with zero singles or charted songs, and is the first Cudi album that’s not even close to receiving an actual certification.

V. Man on the Moon III: The End of the Man on the Moon

If you thought that the misery ended here then you haven’t seen anything yet. Cudi’s lowest point in his career came a little over a year after Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon. This would be the infamous rock bottom point of Kid Cudi’s career in which it would be titled as nothing other than Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven. Aside from the fact that Cudi himself said that it was basically a farewell to all the negative things in his life, the album itself……..saying that it was a mess would be an understatement. The album was such a catastrophe of a project that it became universally agreed upon as Cudi’s worst ever project. Not only that but it was also the worst charting album (peaked at #36) and worst performing album (31,000 lifetime sales) of his career. It was at this point that Cudi decided that the journey of the Man on the Moon had come to an end, that he was no longer going to be that deeply tortured person that he was at the beginning of his career. The only good news about this is that this is truly the point in which Cudi had nowhere to go but up.

Despite the atrocities of his previous album, something amazing started to happen throughout hip-hop. There was a sudden influx of artists that were rapping in sing-song. These rappers were not rapping about money and fame mostly, but rather about more serious topics such as drug addiction, love, heartbreak, and depression. These rappers were the ones that were using Cudi’s style from his voice, his trippy production, to his entrancing melodies, to even his willingness to share his innermost thoughts and emotions with the audience. Many of these rappers such as Post Malone, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert and later artists like Trippie Redd and Juice WRLD, among many more, all started to emulate Cudi’s style through their music, making hip-hop a landscape newly crafted from the ideas of Kid Cudi rather than products and imitations from/of Lil’ Wayne’s “Young Money” imprint. Not only that but Cudi’s newest project, Passion, Pain, and Demon Slayin, ended up being his best project since Indicud and his most focused and cohesive project since Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager. Even though it’s opening week was only about 49,000 copies, it performed far better than Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven and provided some hope that he could return to fame. Perhaps the best part about this is how Cudi managed to return to form with the companionship of his then-new found sobriety.

Now back to himself, back on the rise, with his small feuds with mentor Kanye West put behind him, Cudi reunites with West. He even had several collabs with West on his 7th solo album The Life of Pablo, including the 2x platinum hit Father Stretch My Hands Part 1. After the tour for Passion, Pain, and Demon Slayin’, Cudi and Kanye formed the experimental hip-hop group named “Kids See Ghosts”. The album was only 7 songs long and produced in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Even without any promo and a severe disadvantage of only 7 songs in an era where more songs equate to more success, it debuted with Cudi’s best numbers since Indicud with 142,000 units. If that wasn’t impressive enough, it became both Cudi and West’s most acclaimed album in 8 years, with Cudi getting acclaim he hasn’t seen since Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, and West getting the most acclaim he’s had since he released what is widely considered to be one of the top 3 hip-hop albums of the century and one of the best albums in the history of music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. With this newfound success and a sound that stands out from the rest, it’s clear that there is a true chance for Cudi to get the fame and recognition he so richly deserves.

VI. Man on the Moon IV: Epilogue: The Legacy of the Man on the Moon

As delayed as it was, the influence that Kid Cudi had amassed over hip-hop music and even pop culture in general proved to be nothing short of extraordinary. Many of today’s biggest artists such as Post Malone, Juice WRLD, and Travis Scott and many more, helped contribute to the widespread epidemic of euphoric hip-hop music that simulated damaged mindsets through heavy synths and hypnotic melodies. The charts have been filled in many places with many of these artists for the past 3-4 years or so. During his time, he was a unique standout in the music industry and many people noticed. Unfortunately, fate would have it that he was too unique to where his efforts would not be appreciated until much later. In great gratitude to the evolving tastes of the general public, a legacy in the name of Kid Cudi has been cemented. The legacy that started with Scott Mescudi became the ultimate rebirth in what hip-hop music is limited in and what it all actually means. He will forever be known for being one of the few that managed to changed the face of music, by only being himself.

The End, and thank you for reading.
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Re: Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

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nie rozumiem aż takich zachwytów nad tym albumem, serio, dla mnie to są tylko bardzo, bardzo ładne nudy, które dodatkowo mocno się starzeją
doceniam płytkę i nie hejtuję, ale nie mogę zrozumieć aż takiego uwielbienia z jakim to wydawnictwo się spotyka :dunno:
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Re: Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

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Re: Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

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Ale jak to się starzeje. Takie coś to można napisac o Thank Me Later czy coś.


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