Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
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Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon is the fourth studio album by American rapper Kid Cudi. The album was issued on February 25, 2014, with only few hours' notice, was first released to digital retailers such as iTunes and Google Play, by Wicked Awesome Records and Republic Records. Kid Cudi first revealed information about the project in October 2013, announcing it would be an EP, primarily produced by himself, much like his last effort Indicud (2013). Cudi has stated the album is a prelude to the next installment in his Man on the Moon series and serves as a bridge between Indicud and Man on the Moon III. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi's new Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon represents his catalog in miniature: A vast, serene, often-beautiful vista of sounds—and then this guy, standing right in front of them.
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Hot New Hip Hop
Satellite Flight: Journey to the Mother Moon is Cudi’s most experimental work to date, but he still doesn’t traverse too far away from this loner concept — this project bridges back to a larger story in the upcoming Man on the Moon III.
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Genius
Overall, this project was great, it’s better than both Indicud & WZRD but is it his best work as he claimed? no, it’s just below MOTM1 + MOTM2 for me which is nothing to be ashamed of.
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Rolling Stone
While inconsistent spacedusted instrumentals coat the first half of this self-produced LP, the back half brings high points from the silky Raphael Saadiq guest spot “Balmain Jeans” to the brooding, acoustic “Troubled Boy.” Cudi’s Satellite signal needs some descrambling, but his core cadets likely read him loud and clear.
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NME
Originally meant as an EP, at 10 tracks ‘Satellite Flight’ is a leaner record than ‘Indicud’ and all the better for it. Brave and futuristic, by venturing into space, Mescudi finally steps out of Kanye’s shadow – with not just one small step, but one giant leap.
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Consequence of Sound
Despite several strong sections, including some of Cudi’s best work in years, the album ends up being exactly what he intended it to be — a bridge between two things. A bridge, however, needs to lean on something stable. It can’t stand on its own.
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Sputnik
Dear Kid Cudi, you can’t sing. You haven’t been able to sing. You probably won’t be able to sing well. Let’s move on.
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Pop Matters
Cudi is no stranger to experimentation, but this is left-field even by his standards. Satellite Flight brings back memories of 2012’s WZRD project, and much like WZRD, it’s hit or miss.
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Respect
Satellite Flight is a solid project. Not better than Indicud or his best work to date, but you can sense that Cudi is becoming more comfortable with producing his own music and experimenting with different sounds.
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Hip Hop DX
Kid Cudi continues this ambitious streak on SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon, which serves as his most cohesive album, as well as the furthest he’s navigated away from the boundaries that have been set for Rap artists in its current era.
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All Music
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon is rapper Kid Cudi's fourth studio album, an abstract and ambitious effort that opens with the aptly titled, mostly instrumental, Tangerine Dream-like "Destination: Mother Moon."
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XXL
Kid Cudi regains his powers again with Satellite Flight. It is a dense, short album exhibiting wonderful synths, sharp drums, patent Cudi crooning, mumbles and a dreamy atmosphere. Like all of Cudi’s music, it pushes the envelope and it’s very abstract.
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Exclaim
Satellite Flight: The Journey to the Mother Moon occupies a space between what is and what's coming, but Kid Cudi's admired originality falls short and is almost lacklustre here in comparison to his previous works.
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Fortitude Magazine
Kid Cudi continues his sonic journey across space with his new album ‘Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon’. Cudi persistently pushes even more boundaries with his infamously abstract instrumentals, although some being particularly underwhelming.
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Daily Chiefers
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon is an exquisite album and it’s great to see Cudi back to his spacey-self. The production on this album is purely amazing and this is just the beginning to Cudi’s experimental state. Kid Cudi loves to please his fans while still creating music that he genuinely enjoys.
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The Koalition
The fault in Satellite Flight: Return to Mother Moon is the lack of balance between the conceptual and the well executed. Cudi has always kept the recurring theme that he is a misunderstood and otherworldly artist, but this effort just leaves listeners a little lost in translation.
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Renowned For Sound
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon sees Kid Cudi continue his abstract brand of rap, floating ever further away from the established atmosphere of hip-hop. This latest offering is intense and relatively concise, but has enabled him to display his production skills in creating atmospheric synths and sharp drum beats beneath his distinct vocal styling.
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Peeridium
For those die-hard CuDDer fans who liked WZRD, you’ll more than likely dig this. If you loved Indicud, you’ll find a few tracks that resemble it. If you are new to the Cud-Train; this will most likely be a deal-breaker.
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Nappy Afro
There are a few high points (“Balmain Jeans”, “Satellite Flight”) that show that Cudi’s talent cannot be matched by any other but this time Cudi lacks something his earlier efforts included: direction. It’s quite unclear where he is taking his listeners to on this ride.
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The Communicator
The result is a maddeningly inconsistent work from hip-hop’s most melancholy figure, one littered with both laughably misguided lyrical and vocal decisions as well as the subtle touches of sonic genius that he’s all-too-capable of.
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