A Kid Named Cudi (2nd Meditation)

Scott Mescudi was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 30, 1984. He was raised by an African American mother and Mexican/Native American father in the diverse Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in rap music under the pseudonym Kid Cudi.

Following his massively popular first single “Day ‘N Nite”, Cudi has released a great album that does not disappoint. Cudi’s debut album is called “Man on the Moon”, and it’s set up into different “acts” which appeals to the neocortex brain because it causes you to make connections between the songs in each act and the connect the album as a whole. It also appeals to the limbic brain because it is music, but there are different types of music within the album, because some tracks are more serious and heartfelt while some are more upbeat.

There is a sense of emotional transfer from listening to this album. On such tracks as “Man on the Moon”, Cudi pours his heart out and really reveals himself and you feel greatly for him. There is also some sense of individual meaning because music is somewhat subjective unless you have the Kid Cudi standing over your shoulder telling you what each song is about. Kid Cudi also brings in fellow artists such as MGMT, Ratatat, and Wale to be featured on his album, which is almost like a testimonial that the album will be good, which it is. Cudi also brings in fellow rapper Common to do interludes on his album introducing the acts. There was also a personal shift in the promotion of this album. Prior to its release Cudi was all over Twitter making a name for himself (I followed him), since the release of his album he has, however, deleted his Twitter.