BY BRIAN CONOVER
Guest Writer
After blowing up the underground music scene last year with his debut mixed tape, Scott “Kid Cudi”Mescudi didn’t disappoint with his rookie album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Known for his unique style of reciting his lyrics in a mixture of rapping and singing, Cudi emphasizes depression and loneliness over spacey and mesmerizing beats.
Personally, I don’t think there is a bad song on the album. Kid Cudi really sticks out by talking about different things than the typical rapper. While artists like 50 Cent are always rapping about how good they are or how much money they have, Cudi comes at the listener with stories of his tough childhood or his battles with insomnia. Along with the deeper lyrics, Cudi also gets you hooked on his songs with his catchy choruses and smooth synthesizer sounds. One criticism about the album in hip-hop circles is that this is an album filled with more singing than rapping.Although his style is quite unique, I think it still lies under the rap category. This is an album that any rap fan would probably enjoy if he or she gave it a couple listens, though. It’s easy to get these songs stuck in your head, and I think there is no album right now quite like Man on the Moon: The End of Day.
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