Kid Cudi requires no further hype. His debut "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" hasn't even dropped yet and it already feels ubiquitous. But I'm happy to jump on this man's bandwagon.
Cudi is a protoge of Kanye West and West's new minimalism is a welcome influence here. Cudi's arrangements are really well thought out and uncluttered. Simplicity rules. One of the best examples of this is the song "Pursuit of Happiness," which features MGMT (as well as Ratatat) and manages to sounds as blissful as a MGMT song without any of that group's sonic mess.
Not all that glitters here is gold, and the one-note-ness of Cudi's autobiographical subject matter (Cudi didn't fit in/couldn't get girls, now he made it - so everybody can suck it, literally or figuratively) get's monotonous. But the following four songs here, in particular, are certifiably unstoppable and are some of the best new music I've heard all year.
Kid Cudi "Heart of a Lion"
Kid Cudi "My World (Feat. Billy Cravens)"
Kid Cudi "Sky Might Fall"
Kid Cudi "Pursuit of Happiness (Ft. MGMT and Ratatat)"
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