Man On the Moon: The End of Day
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Man On the Moon: The End of Day
Man on the Moon: The End of Day is the debut studio album by American rapper Kid Cudi. It was released on September 15, 2009, by Dream On, GOOD Music and Universal Motown Records. A concept album, narrated by fellow American rapper Common, it follows the release of his first mixtape A Kid Named Cudi (2008). Production for the album took place during 2007 to 2009 and was handled by several record producers, including Cudi, Kanye West, Emile Haynie, Plain Pat, No I.D., Dot da Genius and Jeff Bhasker, among others.
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Pitchfork
Cudi too often assumes some sort of higher ground even though his self-pity is flaunted no differently than any other tacky rapper accessory.
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Genius
A phenomenal album and one of my personal favorites.
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Consequence of Sound
What we actually get is an album that feels half empty and with a disproportionate number of comparatively and relatively weak tracks.
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AV Music
Despite the fat here, that thick layer of open, intense self-loathing is a clever way of unifying Man On The Moon as pure mood piece, a stream-of-consciousness pop voyage that’s more Phil Collins than rap.
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Slant Magazine
The sparse production and Cudi’s dexterous rhyming are too good to ignore. As long as you don’t take them too seriously.
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Sputnik Music
It is a great example of well done collaborative work (especially in hip-hop which thrives off such work), demonstrating the dimensions of a genre that has immeasurable range.
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Pop Matters
Welcome to Kid Cudi's darkest dreams and their much brighter flip side.
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All Music
Perfects the futuristic bleak-beat hip-hop Kanye purposed a year earlier, and rewards the listener with every tripped-out return.
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Los Angeles Times
The one overly consistent element, unfortunately, is Cudi's voice. His unhurried nasal flow is highly recognizable, but doesn't quite convey the sly wit of precursors like Slick Rick and Snoop Dogg.
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Pretty Much Amazing
While it’s not on the same level of game-changing debut that College Dropout was, Man on the Moon is definitely one of the most original and exciting new sounds of this year.
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Nerdy Scoop
Through amazing beats, metaphors laced in with hypnotic hooks about drugs, depression and women, Mescudi has created one of hip hop’s most unique albums.
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Pop Dose
You don’t need to own the whole thing unless you’re particularly fond of synthy dirges and bad lyrics ... but there are a handful of tracks worth cherry-picking.
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The Truth Renaissance
Despite all of the highs (no pun intended) on the album there are a few tracks that disrupt the flow of the concept.
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Hot New Hip Hop
His creativity on Man on the Moon: The End of Day is singular in its brilliance and innovation, and its influence continues to be felt both in hip hop and in popular culture.
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XXL
In true stoner fashion, Cudi delivers an album of uppers and downers that make for some high times.
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Finding Meaning
this album shows considerable range as well as interest in different musical forms and beats.
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billboard
Anything but a traditional hip-hop recording. It's more along the lines of pop fare.
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Entertainment Weekly
Cudi turns out to be that rarest of rap phenomena: a hyped upstart who really does represent a promising new phase in the genre’s evolution.
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Amino
This album means so much to me personally
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Stuff
Kid Cudi's first album is a wasted opportunity. Split into five parts, and featuring guest spots from mentor Kanye West, MGMT, Ratatat and others, it bears all the hallmarks of an overconfident artist badly underperforming.
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NewsOK
Cudi delivers his rhymes in a gruff tone pitched equidistant between rapping and singing, and his sense of sonic adventure maintains the mood.
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USD Student Media
The utter creativity and musical genius of Kid Cudi was showcased in his debut album.
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Beats Per Minute
Cudi’s ambition and work ethic is admirable, but it simply doesn’t translates to a memorable debut.
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SARCASTICDBAG
Kid Cudi has seized the torch from hip-hop's vanguard and his first album turned out to be much more Andre 3000 than "hipster-hop".
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Great White DJ
I didn’t think anyone could give Drake a run for best album of the year, but you have done it and sadly, it is going to be damn near impossible for you to top this first effort.
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Rap Reviews
Know for a fact it's well worth your fifteen dollars
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Random J Pop
This album is a classic. I feel sorry for the guy having dropped an album this tight and as polished as a debut. Because he's going to have a hard time topping it.
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The Graduate
Not a bad album at all.
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Sonink
When Kid Cudi's sleepy delivery is put on top of a high-energy musically dense soundscape, what results is infinitely listenable.
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Overrating the Underrated
To do this album justice, you have to listen to it as a whole, and really get a feel for the shifts and changes that are almost like every toss and turn during sleep.
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Cleveland Scene
It's quite a trip — into new-wave hip-hop and into Kid Cudi's tormented mind.
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The West Review
Kid Cudi’s debut is a good album with many good songs, yet it’s also a great platform for Cudder to improve on, it has all the signs that a future release could be nothing short of world class.
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Blues & Soul
Wrapped up in the guise of a concept album, this collection of songs works well a whole and is ideal for playing at five in the morning after returning home from a heavy night out clubbing.
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Hip Hop Ups
Emotional roller-coasters over A+ bumps equals a sublime effort that must be heard.
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Enter The Shell
Overall, the music/beats/flow makes for a really great album but lyrically, Cudi does not seem to be very focused.
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WEWOREMASKS IS DEAD
It’s this attention to detail and his willingness to experiment with tone and atmosphere that sets Cudi leagues ahead of the rest of his freshman class peers.
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hip hop isn't dead.
The shitty tracks on here are absolutely awful, but the great songs kick the memory of the crappy songs right out of your head.
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