Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
| Kid Cudi
Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager is the second studio album by American rapper Kid Cudi. It was released on November 9, 2010, by GOOD Music and Universal Motown Records. It serves as a sequel to his debut studio album Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009). Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at various recording studios and was handled by long-time collaborators Emile Haynie and Plain Pat. It also featured contributions from Anthony Kilhoffer, Blended Babies, Chuck Inglish, Dot da Genius, Jim Jonsin, and Rami Beatz, among others. The album was supported by two singles: "Erase Me" and "Mr. Rager". -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
After the two-dimensional art-school-kid clichés of Man on the Moon, kiD CuDi partially makes good on his promise to loosen up his music.
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Spin
Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, the sequel to The End of Day, is a revelation, boldly reshaping Cudi’s sound — with vivid production by Emile, Plain Pat, the Cool Kids’ Chuck Inglish, Jim Jonsin, Diplo, and others.
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Rolling Stone
His second album features dramatic, breathtakingly stark production by Emile and Plain Pat (“Wild’n Cuz I’m Young,” riddled with sonar-style beeps, kills), but where Cudi fancies himself a deep downer, too often he’s kind of a bore.
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NME
A hopping mad journey into the unknown, as hip-hop's young adventurer hacks his way to sonic pastures new.
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The A.V. Club
It’s difficult to work up much sympathy for Kid Cudi. He mumbles his lazy rhymes and hooks (“Hey, my mojo so dope, bitch / my mojo so dope”) with the kind of would-be insouciance that just makes him sound entitled and smug.
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BBC
Part I at least felt like a whole body of work. Hard work yes, but rewarding. This just feels like a never-ending chore.
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Hip Hop DX
Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager, an album that delves deep into Kid Cudi’s psyche as he attempts to unmask his altered state, better known as Mr. Rager.
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Slant Magazine
The sequel actually finds Cudi burrowing deeper into the black hole of spacey psychedelia, fusing the clinical, synthetic hip-hop of 808s & Heartbreak with rock sounds derived from Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Zappa.
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Pretty Much Amazing
Musically, it's equally likable to its predecessor, providing that familiar downtempo Cudi vocalization, spaced out beats, and ample references to marijuana.
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All Music
It’s actually the outcome of the alt-rap star’s breakthrough debut as it deals with fame, and Cudi’s admittedly unwise way of handling it, liquid cocaine.
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We Got This Covered
His fresh blend of dark undertones mixed with his own special ingredient of ingenuity make ‘Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager’ a entirely fresh start.
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All Hip Hop
With his new project, Cudi keeps the same formula; he ties together different melodies that are laced by lyrics that set the mood for the entire album.
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Consequence of Sound
with a few simple and appealing beats, some well-timed cameos, a dash of humor, and a handful of semi-inventive rhymes with emotional substance, he actually made an album that flies (more or less) high.
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Pop Matters
Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager seems mainly about carrying on the mood of the first album, keeping listeners in the same state of mind. This sequel at times plays less like continuation than repetition.
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Sputnik Music
The rise and the fall and the rise of Scott Mescudi, as told by Kid Cudi.
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Impose Magazine
After several listens to Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager I’m of the impression that CuDi could achieve iconic status if he doesn’t trip on his own dang wing-tips.
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Hip Hop NC
In this album, Cudi spends more time reflecting on his coke addiction and touches on the troubles of this past year as Mr. Rager, the name attached to his personality after fame.
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Jimmy Ness
On his sophomore effort Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr Rager, he lets his personal life impact his music with a genre-bending album that’s moody, dark and brilliant.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager, a dark and twisted place marked by melancholy melodies and hazy electronic beats.
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The San Diego Union Tribune
Kid Cudi makes the listener work awful hard to consume his music. There's a way to be introspective yet welcoming to a listening audience, but that magical mix has escaped this relative newcomer.
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The Early Registration
This album was so much more than just a collection of songs deemed good enough for an LP; they combine to form a narrative and expertly portray a musicians’ struggle with fame and reality.
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The Washington Post
"Mr. Rager" is smarter, more diverse and more ambitious than its predecessor, though it's claustrophobic and often joyless.
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Mezzic
The sheer fascination at this inner struggle coupled with celebrity, sincerely presented through cracks fully drawn theatrical curtains, make this sequel worth delving and revisiting.
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Stop The Breaks
the tracks are now crafted with a little more pop appeal; catchier hooks, livelier production and just more fun to listen to overall.
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WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
The diversity and invention of the sounds are breathtaking—there’s hardly a genre that the artist leaves untouched—but so is the consistency of the moods they evoke.
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Exclaim
sounds self-involved, the theme spent and amateur ("Erase Me").
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The Line of Best Fit
here the listener is delving deeper into the neurotic, endorphine-famished mind of Scott Mescudi - a vast emotional and overtly melancholic wasteland where solitary and anti-social thoughts are present.
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The Young Folks
In “Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager“, Cudi is back and better than ever.
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Complex
The album is more focused, cohesive, and frankly, disturbing than his debut—and we wouldn't have it any other way.
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The Needle Drop
Kid Cudi's latest album has plenty of great production and a strong narrative running throughout. Like Janelle Monae's the ArchAndroid, it's extremely conceptual and blends hip hop with numerous generes.
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