[Hip-Hop] Kid Cudi – All In (prod. Mike Will Made It)

Kid Cudi
All In

It’s been a tumultuous last couple years for Kid Cudi‘s followers. While some fans, such as myself (an admitted Cudder Stan), rocked out (all puns intended) to his latest material, the majority seemed to absolutely hate it. Like, really really hate it. To the point where comment sections on any new Cudi were pretty much exclusively riddled with “I WANT THE OLD CUDI” or “SPEEDIN BULLET 2 THE TRASH CAN”–I won’t lie I laughed out loud at the latter.

Anyways, recently it appears Cudi has linked back up with Kanye, making a brief but extremely impactful appearance on TLOP, and the rest of his old, beloved crew. A few weeks ago, we got “The Frequency,” a collab with Plain Pat, executive producer of Cudi’s debut mixtape, and it received glowing reviews even from those who despised his new direction. Just a few minutes ago we get yet another new tune from the man on the moon and it’s likely to reignite the fandom that seemed to be dwindling for many.

Produced by 808-master Mike Will Made It, “All In” has booming percussion but doesn’t losing site of Cudi’s spaced out sound. Cudi delivers some seriously amazing vocals reminiscing on past regrets and pouring his heart out as he always does. Even though some may see this as just a return to the Cudi of the past, it’s actually more of a step forward for him. For those who actually did take the time to listen to his more recent projects, you’ll recognize how much they cultivated him as a vocalist.

Kid Cudi returns at an interesting time when artists like Future and Young Thug have developed a crooning of their own. Even though Cudi’s style is completely different, it seems like it might just be the perfect time for him to re-emerge as a superstar.

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Lollapalooza 2015: Our Top Takeaways [Event Review]

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As with any music festival, after Lollapalooza is over, it always takes us a few days to digest everything and snap back to reality. For locals, the festival serves as a three day escape within our own city. For outsiders, it provides them with a completely unique way to experience Chicago. The magic of Lollapalooza is simply unmatched, and despite a weather scare on the final day, Lollapalooza 2015 turned out to be just as memorable as years past. On the next few pages we’ve broken down some of our lasting impressions from Lolla.

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[NEW] Kid Cudi – Confused

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Confused

After a few weeks of teasing on social media, Kid Cudi‘s returns late at night with the first single from his forthcoming album, Speedin Bullet to Heaven. As promised, “Confused” features all live instrumentation carrying a distinct grunge vibe bringing to mind his cover of Nirvana‘s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night,” one of the strongest tracks from his WZRD album. However, it feels like Cudi’s improved in adopting the style with more polished instrumentation than ever (he plays all the guitar and bass himself) resulting in an interesting combination that falls somewhere between 90s rock, psychedelia and Cudi’s one-of-a-kind vocals. As its name suggest, the release is a song about inner turmoil, conflict and torment. It’s Cudi at his most vulnerable, which for loyal fans at least, always feels like his best. It’ll be interesting to see how the general public responds but we’re definitely digging this.

Although there’s no set release date for the album, it seems highly likely that it’s just around the corner. While you wait, give this a late night or early morning listen and let us know what you think.

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[NEW] Kid Cudi – Love

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Kid Cudi has been showcasing his versatile talents outside of music recently–from starring in acclaimed Sundance films to joining the cast of Comedy Bang Bang. Even with a budding acting career, though, he recently announced  that he’ll be working on the long anticipated next chapter in the Man on the Moon series with the same team of collaborators who helped created his classic debut. This morning, Cudder took to Soundcloud to sneak release a new loosie titled “love.” Keeping the throwback vibes alive, Dot Da Genius, the producer behind “Day and Night” among other hits, adds to Cudi’s own production featuring a Ratatat sample making the perfect backdrop for his signature swooning, uplifting vocals. The chorus on this one erupts into stadium-worthy proportions and the layering of Ratatat guitar riffs add to that epic sound. Hopefully we’ll hear MOTM3 sooner rather than later but this should do a great job holding fans over until then.

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Sunday Night Soul [Vol. 21]

Greetings ninjas, and welcome to Sunday Night Soul Volume 21. By now you all should know the drill, but if you’re new around here I’ll break things down for you. This is the place to come to make the brutal transition from the weekend to Monday morning slightly less painful. With so much great music dropping this week, we’re hoping we can help you forget about tomorrow’s stresses for a brief moment, and focus on relaxing as you slide into bed for the night.

There’s plenty to enjoy in our latest collection, but we’ll give you a brief breakdown of some of tonight’s standouts, which includes an eclectic group of performers like Melodiesinfonie, The Masks, Love Mansuy, Jesse Boykins III, Raheem Bakaré, Sway Clarke II, LO & /_\drian Daniel, Dae Zhen, Is It Tomorrow, J-Louis & HAAN808denitia and sene, K, Dreamers Delight, Elaksi & abstract youthEvil Needle, Kruisemode, WE SINK, Wet Paint, IAMNOBODI, MARKAI, and Sable. As you can see that’s a pretty substantial list of gifted artists, but we’re only scratching the surface of what tonight’s lineup has to offer. So why not just dig right in and find what other surprises we have in store for you this evening?

’Ariana Grande – Right There Unplugged’
’RοβLαω – Missing You // (Jordan Rakei Remix)’
’Blooms – Lust’
’Moses Sumney – Man On The Moon’
’Melodiesinfonie – Spread The Love Feat. Marlene Winkler’
’Mom Tudie x Tom Misch – Waiting On You’
’Tom Misch & Carmody – Release You’
’Klo. – Make Me Wonder’
’SZA – Sweet November’
’LYLA – Getaway’
’Hollie Cook – Twice’
’Jackie Boyz – Do Not Disturb’
’The Masks – Midnight Starring Cameron’
’Flunk – Queen of the Underground (DRIVE Remix)’
’PENN ALEXANDER – Simplethings (prod. x King Henry)’
’Love Mansuy – Super Sad’
’Jarell Perry – Blow’
’LO feat. Adrian Daniel – Fkkking High’
’AU8UST – Volcano (Prod. by CRNVL)’
’Jesse Boykins III – Live In Me (prod. by Machinedrum)’
’Tynethys – TFZ (Prod. By Friendzone)’
’Trey Songz – Smart Phones’
’Raheem Bakaré – Portrait Of Love’
’Christon Gray – Vanish feat. Swoope’
’GOTHAM CITY – Back To Love (Produced by Bryan Michael Cox)’
’COLUMBUS SHORT – GAVE YA’
’Dontae Peeps – Irresistable (produced by TyRo)’
’BOOTS – Ride Ride Ride’
’Gabriel Alexander x Logan Chapman
Off My Mind {Prod. By Logan Chapman}’
’James Fauntleroy – Year Round’
’How To Dress Well – Repeat Pleasure’
’Tiffany Evans – Give Me Wings’
’Marsha Ambrosius – Run’
’Daniel Wilson – Please Dream Again’
’Sway Clarke II – SECRET GARDEN’
’Dae Zhen – ’94’
’J LOUIS x HAAN808 – Waves FEATURING Vanessa Elisha’
’O S L O – Mourners (ft. Monika Cefis)’
’Kruisemode – Closer feat. Mike Knight’
’Kissed Killed – r i t u a l s’
’Is It Tomorrow – And Me’
’denitia and sene – divided.’
’LO feat. Adrian Daniel – Perfectly Numb’
’K – Rituals’
’Plue Starfox – B R A N D Y
’Mahaut Mondino – Forbiden Kiss (Slowed Not Slopped By Krampf)’
’Weeknd x ROSS – Vain『Slowed n Throwed』’
’Kid Cudi – Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now (Childish Major Remix) FEATURING CURTIS WILLIAMS’
’K – They Say’
’Zuper – Perfect Melody’
’Telescope Thieves – perfect.Bae’
’Zikomo – Time’
’Temptations – Cloud Nine (FKJ Remix)’
’Iman Omari – Addicted (Flip)’
’Dreamers Delight – Sunday (Forthcoming on Play It Louder Vol.2)’
’Elaksi x aywy. – Nobody Else’
’JMSN – Do U Remember the Time ( Evil Needle Remix )’
’Kruisemode – Closer feat. Mike Knight (WE SINK Remix)’
’Daktyl – Do Without (Feki Remix)’
’Pharrell Williams – Lost Queen (WET PAINT Remix)’
’Jeremih and Aaliyah – Birthday Sex on a Boat (Le Youth Edit)’
’Duncan Gerow – Fabolous & Tamia + Fanatic = So Into You’
’SevnthWonder – Hear U Callin”
’D’Angelo – Brown Sugar (IAMNOBODI Remix)’
’Bruno Mars – Treasure (T AARONmusic REMIX)’
’Trey Songz – Smart Phones (Swish Remix)’
’Tinashe
2 On ( Ft. Schoolboy Q) (MARKAI Remix)’
’Justin Timberlake – My Luv (Sable Edit)’
’Nikes – Spaceship’
’RKCB – Comatose (AARMAXX Remix)’
’Mila J – Smoke, Drink, Break Up (DTWICE DE BEL AIR Edit)’
’Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones – I Got U (Kav Verhouzer Resouled Mix)’
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[Mashup] Big Boi – Part Time Hater (Feat. Kid Cudi & Stevie Wonder)

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Part Time Hater (ft. Kid Cudi & Stevie Wonder)

Believe it or not, we’ve finally made it to the ninth and final installment of Big Boi‘s “Mashup Mondays” series. We’ve seen some pretty ambitious efforts so far, yet each single track leaves us even more amazed than the week before. This time Big Boi and DJ Dungeoneze team up to blend together the Kid Cudi-assisted “She Hates Me” with Stevie Wonder‘s “Part-Time Lover” to create the cleverly titled “Part Time Hater.” The previously morose single comes off as far more upbeat after its recent facelift, embedding more optimism in the song’s lyrics, which is reflected in the “glass half full” shown in the track’s artwork. If anything, the tune is worth a listen simply for the fact that you’ll never hear Cudi singing quite like this ever again.

There’s no accompanying video this time, but feel free to download the track above, and check out several other standouts from the series as well.

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[NEW] Kid Cudi – Hero (Feat. Skylar Grey)

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Hero (feat. Skylar Grey) [NFS Soundtrack]

The man on the moon has been keeping busy lately. Aside from an impromptu album release just a few weeks ago, Kid Cudi will be in the upcoming video game-based Need for Speed film with Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and recently anded the role of Ari Gold’s assistant in HBO’s Entourage film. Naturally, Cudder also was given a song on the NFS soundtrack which surfaced earlier this evening.

“Hero” features some accompaniment from Skylar Grey, but certainly falls in line with the cinematic feel of Cudi’s music as of late. Over atmospheric and building production, the Cleveland emcee delivers his unique, dark lyricism in a way that only he knows how. Grey’s vocals come in a bit later and actually work surprisingly well in a unique collaboration. Enjoy this one above and grab a free download through the Google Play store.

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