Indicud
One of hip-hop\'s most popular artists today, Kid Cudi has gone from a buzzworthy blogger\'s darling to mainstream pop sensation in just five years. Debuting in 2008 with his mixtape *A Kid Named Cudi*, he was mentored by Kanye West and Jay-Z, who used him extensively on their smash albums *808s and Heartbreak* and *The Blueprint 3*. If you\'re already down with Cudi\'s ultra-weird style, you\'re gonna love this.
Featuring guest spots from Kendrick Lamar, RZA, and A$AP Rocky as well as Father John Misty and Michael Bolton, Kid Cudi's 70-minute third album Indicud has all the sheen of a cinematic event, but no substance.
Kid Cudi wallowed in loneliness on his 2009 debut, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, and its fame-lamenting 2010 sequel, Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager, but he is starting to show signs of lightening up. Last year the mopey rapper cut loose on a little-noticed record with his rap-rock duo WZRD, and for Indi…
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Saying a Kid Cudi album is weird is like saying water is wet; it's just kind of a given. His new record, Indicud, is almost certainly the on...