Track Listing

1. In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As...
4. Solo Dolo (nightmare)
5. Heart Of A Lion (KiD CuDi Theme Music)
6. My World Feat. Billy Cravens
7. Day N Nite (nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part 1)
10. Alive (nightmare) Feat. RATATAT
11. CuDi Zone
12. Make Her Say Feat. Kanye West & Common
13. Pursuit of Happiness (nightmare)Feat. MGMT & RATATAT
14. Hyyerr Feat. Chip Tha Rhipper
15. Up Up & Away (The Wake & Bake Song)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #706 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
"Kid Cudi is at the vanguard of a game-changing new generation of artists," said Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone. "He crosses musical boundaries with an appeal that goes beyond genre, format, race, language, and culture. Cudi lives easily in the hip-hop, indie rock, pop, and R&B worlds - a diversity that shows in his innovative music and his all-embracing persona. He is a born storyteller who brings a positive, life-affirming message to his brilliant lyrical flow and compelling music. There are no clichés in what Cudi does. He is a breath of fresh air - a dynamic and important new voice, not only in the next phase of hip-hop, but as a groundbreaking trendsetter who represents the future. I am thrilled to welcome Kid Cudi into the Universal Motown family." KID CUDI released his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, in July, 2008 as a free download sponsored by New York streetwear company 10 Deep, leading to an introduction and signing to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint, and in turn, to Cudi's co-writing of four tracks on the platinum Kanye West album 808s & Heartbreak, including the Top 5 single, "Heartless" and stepping out in a featured vocal on "Welcome to Heartbreak." He followed this up with his first Official single; "DAY N NITE" "day 'n' nite" dominated with #1 rankings at multiple radio formats.

Customer Reviews

An Instant Classic!
This album is so innovative that it almost seems before its time. Every track is perfect, and not only that, but the album is also expertly put together from start to finish (with Common's narrating). This genius album will no doubt get nominated for and win multiple Grammys, top most best of the year lists, and earn a spot on most best of the 2000's lists. If I could sum up the album in one word, it would be: FUTURISTIC!

This album = Dark Side of the Moon for hip hop music
I picked this album up on a whim because of its $3.99 first day release price, and I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not a fan of main stream hip hop, more the alternative stuff (the Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, etc.) but the production and overall story concept of this album was pretty interesting. The beats are sparse with a lot of spacey sounds but a lot of them are really catchy (hear "Alive"), and the interludes with Common are interesting because they narrate the story of a stoner, and all the songs fit into different acts within the album. This is the first hip hop album in a long time that is more enjoyable when you listen to the whole album in entirety, it's a steal at $3.99.

Kid Cudi gets in the way.
This album is definitely not the same old, same old mainstream hip hop and definitely worth a listen. The production on this album is really nice. The beats stand out and the lyrical content is interesting. However Kid Cudi's vocals where underwhelming for me. The whole time I found myself wishing it was someone else I was listening to. I would characterize his style as somewhere in between rapping and singing and except on choruses, it diminished my enjoyment of the album. Maybe over time his vocal style will grow on me or maybe I just don't like his voice.