MOTM 10.0

I expected this one to be in that pitchfork article tbh this is prob one of the most glaring pitchfork mistakes of the past decade or two

every artist cudi has influenced is better than him

yb better at changing hip hop forever

do you feel like aknc represented him better?

Lmfaooo it’s funny you ask this because I always lowkey felt it did

That was my intro to Cudi. At the time I was fw him for the potential he showed. The mixtape format allowed some freedom. That old mixtape structure made it so artists didn’t have the pressure of having a big single and big name feats/producers. Didn’t have to be as cohesive/neatly packaged as an album

With AKNC the larger than life, “Cudi saved my life” aspect of his perception didn’t exist yet. He was just a cool artist bridging the gap between all these different worlds. Over time his sound became more musical and expansive but I never felt like there was an exponential leap in the QUALITY of his music

MOTM series has a lot of his best/most important records. He made a smooth transition into being more than just a rapper which is cool but it added a layer to his music that I became indifferent towards. He started singing more and placing more emphasis on the “alternative”/indie pop element of his sound. I respect it but it doesn’t mean much to me if the music isn’t that much better

My initial perception of him was a rap artist with some cool outside the box ideas like Kanye. He sang sometimes, rapped about cool nigga s***, blended street wear with rock fashion effortlessly. He was able to exist in all these different worlds at once without forcing too much of any element. Over time I started to notice he was one of the artists white kids listened to when they were going into their rap phase lol his fan base started changing as a result of his visibility and I feel his music changed evolved into something that served more of those fans. This attracted the “I don’t like rap but this guy is DIFFERENT” element to his perception. That stoner s*** too lmao it started to feel like he just wanted to serve those fans

MOTM had some pop, melodic elements that I wasn’t sold on at the time. The production was cool but felt too synthetic at times. Like it was pushing for a spaced out/futuristic style. AKNC was a blend of a bunch of styles that formed something that FELT new. Rapping on Outkast and NERD classics then doing Paul Simon remakes. It’s almost like he stopped rapping altogether so that removes the Down and Out, Save My Soul element to his music

Maybe I’m biased though lol at the time that tape was so cool to me. MOTM still classic to me and it def grew on me over time but I understand why someone wouldn’t think it was all that great

It was 808s, to be fair, this came out a year after 808s and the disruption had already occurred. The division between reactions to 808s had been a conversation for a year so it’s influence definitely spread

The plain pat production on welcome to heartbreak and paranoid are why it sonically has a cudi vibe, cudi didn’t produce any of the songs.

that’s irrelevant. soulja boy music mid and he still changed hip hop forever

Great insight

AKNC is my personal favorite (MOTM1 close second) album by him. I wish he continued that sound

he’s right

no one was doing the emo rap thing before ye & cudi, now everyone does it

Yea me too

Obv glad his career turned out how it did but damn I wish we could’ve got 09 Cudi rap project with traces of his indie pop s***

Exec prod by Ye too smh would’ve been crazy

I'm not disagree, he's right, this album saved so many lives and we have a whole wave of rappers acting depressed and weird but what he said is pretentious af

Mid on the Moon

His only good albums are Demon Slayer, MOTM 3 and KSG

Man on the Moon is way better than a 4.1 but going back and changing scores you gave out because you were on the wrong side of history is mad corny

MOTM1 is perfection and peak Cudi

I can't skip a single song on this album. MOTM is the gold standard of psychedelic influenced pop rap. Travis is the only person that has came close w/ Rodeo and Astro imo.

had never seen this before. Nine inch nails fragile originally getting 2.0 was always biggest p4k offender for me but this might be worse

they could have given it a normal score like 7.8 or more like 8.4.
not sure why they were so offended back then. it doesnt make any sense to me. the impact was big when it came out and it was clear that he changed what kanye started and that there would be a lot more to it

you didn't even read the tweet and then said cudi sounds super insecure

u cant be dumb and then get upset when ppl tell u ur dumb