earth people
daily dos
tue 10/20/2009
Weeks after the cancellation of the "Fame Kills" tour with Kanye West, Lady Gaga has announced that Kid Cudi will join her on tour.
Run This Town or Make Her Say?
song showdown
thu 8/27/2009
"Life's a game but it's not fair, I break the rules so I don't care, so I keep doin' my own thing, walkin' tall against the rain."
Artist: Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West
Song: Run This Town
Album: The Blueprint 3
Produced by: No I.D.
After "DOA" made Jay-Z relevant again, Jay-Hova has returned to stake his claim as the king of hip hop over distorted guitars and martial drum rolls.
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"She wanna have whatever she like, she can if she bring her friends, and we can have one hell of a night… through the day."
Artist: Kid Cudi featuring Common and Kanye West
Song: Make Her Say
Album: Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Produced by: Kanye West
Kid Cudi flips Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and references T.I's "Whatever You Like" while Common mentions Jamie Foxx's "Blame It." Wait, who's song is this again?
all apologies
daily dos
tue 7/21/2009
Kid Cudi is in the driver's seat in a new video featuring Kanye West and Common, "Make Her Say (Poke Her Face)." (via Concrete Loop)
best video moment: Kid Cudi "Day N Nite"
peep this
wed 5/13/2009
Artist: Kid Cudi
Song: "Day N Nite"
Album: Man on the Moon: The Guardians
Director: So Me (D.A.N.C.E by Justice and The Good Life by Kanye West)
What to watch: Kid Cudi's world becomes animated when he goes out for a stroll, but not everything is what it seems: a liquor store clerk becomes an owl, his beer turns into a frothy milkshake and a barber turns into… a pirate.
Watch this video now on One Nation and mun2 video mixes Morning Breath, L'Creme and Unwind.
Wale vs. Kid Cudi
versus
mon 4/6/2009
| name | Olubowale Victor Akintimehin. | Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi. |
| pronounced | Wah-lay. | Cuh-dee. |
| birthdate | September 21, 1984. | January 30, 1984. |
| reppin' | Washington, D.C. | Cleveland, Ohio. |
| also known as | The Great Rap Hope. | Man On The Moon. |
| style | Hip Hop. | Hip Hop. |
| mentor | Mark Ronson. | Kanye West. |
| affiliated with | Rhymefest and The Roots. | Chip Tha Ripper and Emile. |
| signed to | Mark Ronson's Allido Records. | Kanye West's GOOD Music. |
| recent mixtape | A Mixtape About Nothing. | A Kid Named Cudi. |
| underground hit | Nike Boots. | Day And Night (Crookers Remix). |
| forthcoming album | Attention Defecit. | Man on the Moon: The Guardians. |
| killer collabs | Chillin' with Lady Gaga. | Welcome to Heartbeak with Kanye West. |
| controversy | Accused of falsely reppin' Washington D.C. when he's really from a small town in Maryland. He says he reps D.C.-Virginia-Maryland. | Claimed he was going to retire after his debut album cause of comments made by Wale and 9th Wonder. Then backtracked. |
| the critics | URB Magazine: “Few unsigned rappers have been able to generate the buzz and connections young Wale has garnered. Of course, Wale is signed to a production deal with Ronson's Allido Records… because Wale is a slick fucking rapper." | The BBC: “Like his mentor [Kanye West], the 23-year-old from Cleveland, Ohio - known as Scott Mescudi to his mum - is at the adventurous end of rap and his single, 'Day 'N' Nite,' bridges the gap between dance and urban." |
| down with | Streetwear brand 10.Deep. | Streetwear brand 10.Deep. |
| in his own words | "I can tell you it’s scary being a recording artist right now because there doesn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason to who sells and who doesn’t. I’m just hoping my album can connect all the dots I’ve been putting out over the past few years and I can start my career off on the right foot." - Wale. | "I feel like I’m so distant from what’s going on around me all the time. I’m completely oblivious to the whole Kid Cudi hype. It’s still unbelievable to me how far I’ve come and how big “Day 'n' Nite” has gotten. Sometimes I feel like I came from another world." - Kid Cudi. |
| webprops | 73,119 friends on Official MySpace. | 57,682 friends on Official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Morphing with live animation on Waledance. | Morphing with live animation on Day And Night. |
playaz and playas
daily dos
tue 3/17/2009
Kid Cudi says he's quitting rap for an acting career: "The drama that comes with [rapping] is more overwhelming than the shit I was dealing with when I was piss poor broke." Cudi is set to star in an HBO sitcom produced by actor Mark Wahlberg.
getting hairy
daily dos
fri 3/13/2009
Check out Kid Cudi's rainbow coalition of beauties in a new video, "SuperBoo."
don't kill me
daily dos
mon 2/23/2009
Kid Cudi watches his back in a new video for "Day and Night." (via Hip hop music)
on lock
daily dos
thu 2/19/2009
Kanye West says he was "forced to drop" a new video for "Welcome to Heartbreak" featuring Kid Cudi because "there is another video out there using the same technique."
Kid Cudi
as seen on myspace
fri 12/5/2008
Hip hop hasn't been underground for 20 years, but underground hip hop is still emerging. There's local hustlers and regional scenes and then there's artists who are just "out there". Or, as Kid Cudi describes himself "in my own zone, alone."
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi) has been compared to Chromeo and fellow label mate Kid Sister but it's his association with Kanye West, on whose most recent record he appears, that best gets at his potential. Like Kanye, the 23 year-old Kid Cudi is brave enough to rap romantic over electro and talented enough to pull it off.
Comparing himself to the popular but bizarre 1970s comedian Andy Kaufman, Kid Cudi boasts he wants to bring his listeners along to some "next level shit". He's succeeding. With the pensive Day 'n' Night, Kid Cudi became a national and then international attraction. On his latest, Spazzin' Freestyle, he moves so quickly you hardly notice when a bed of drum & bass suddenly gives way to a syrupy house chorus. It's the kind of song you have to play twice to get but only once to enjoy.
As ambitious as he is organized, he's now simultaneously promoting his forthcoming debut – "[t]his will be the most magnificent album that people will hear for some time" – while making a play for the movies – "I gotta keep it under wraps for now, but it’s a big deal."
see: myspace.com/kidcudi
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