You can kind of choose-your-own mood when you listen to his music, to either focus on the lyrics’ full meaning and feel mellow or to just go with the flow and jam out no strings attached style.Īnyway, let’s talk about what you came to this article for: Man On The Moon III: The Chosen, Kid Cudi’s third installment in the album series.
The beauty of a lot of his songs is that you can listen and fully vibe to them without even realizing that they’re about the lonely and depressing moments of Cudi’s life, which adds a nice sort of duality into a lot of his music. He kind of solidified himself as an artist unafraid to deal with the hard stuff and helped to throw away a lot of the stigma that surrounds mental health through good music.
From his first album in 2009, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, the start of the Man On The Moon album series, a big theme was mental health, and he really put all of his thoughts and emotions out there. But does the album work perfectly as a Cudi comeback where he shows the world just how much he’s grown not just as an artist but as a person in the past decade of his life? Yes, yes, and yes.Ĭudi’s music from the start was an outlet for him to express himself on a level that a lot of rappers never really found themselves trying to go for. Is the album full of hits like Day n’ Nite or Erase Me from his last two MOTM albums? Yeah that’s also going to be a no.
The long awaited third album to Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon series is finally here and does not disappoint! Was it what we all expected to see from him? Honestly maybe not. Scroll down to see the full tracklist and album artwork.Here we are. Man On The Moon III: The Chosen by Kid Cudi is available on streaming platforms now. Featuring epic production from the legend Dot Da Genius, Take A Day Trip, and the return of the team that helped start it all: Plain Pat, Emile Haynie, and Mike Dean, fall back into the world and twisted mind of Kid Cudi for the final installment of the Man On The Moon trilogy. In one night, he must face himself again and fight to win back his soul from the evil Mr. He finds himself lost dealing with the same pain he had not felt in years. What he thought was peace turns into a nightmare. After feeling like his world was over, he found hope and overcame the darkness that was plaguing his life.īut happiness isn’t forever. In the last 10 years, Scott Mescudi has been through hell and back. The back of the album artwork also contains a statement summarizing Cudi’s oft-perilous journey to finally completing the Man On The Moon trilogy, struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues along the way. Man On The Moon III is split up into four acts with the first five tracks comprising Act 1: Return 2 Madness tracks six through nine telling Act 2: The Rager, The Menace tracks 10-14 making up Act 3: Heart Of Rose Gold and tracks 15-18 concluding the story with Act 4: Powers. It’s also worth noting that Cudi has once again worked with Dot Da Genius, Plain Pat, and several other artists who helped with the first two volumes of the trilogy. According to Rolling Stone, a spokesperson for Bridgers confirmed that her contribution to the song will be a new recording and not a sample of a previous song. The 18-track offering will host features from Pop Smoke, Skepta, Phoebe Bridgers, and Trippie Redd. Related: Kid Cudi, Eminem Share New Single, “The Adventures Of Moon Man And Slim Shady” Rager the next year took Cudi (real name, Scott Mescudi) to the top of the national stage as he worked with Kanye West, CeeLo Green, and other luminaries. Following it up with 2010’s Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr.
The arrival of Man On The Moon III comes 11 years after the first volume, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day-Cudi’s first major LP-brought the Cleveland-born hip-hop artist to national prominence in 2009. Below, stream the album in its entirety and watch the new video. Along with the album, Cudi has released a video featuring music from the album entitled “Kid Cudi: She Knows This – The Rager, Menace Part 1”. : Man On The Moon III: The Chosen is now live. While his initial teaser merely confirmed the album’s existence, on Monday the rapper announced that the completion of the three-album trilogy will come this Friday (12/11). Back in October, Kid Cudi came out the blue with the announcement fans had been clamoring after for years: the forthcoming release of Man On The Moon III: The Chosen.