Kid Cudi has been in the music business for almost 5 years now, and with this 3rd studio album we have a brand new Cudi for the masses. I have been a fan of Cudi since he dropped his debut album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" back in 09 and I have been constantly on the lookout for any type of music this guy has been dishing out ever since. WZRD is a duo consisting of Kid Cudi and his long-time producer Dot da Genius and with this long relevancy still intact, they decided to drop an LP composed of different sounds of rock music. Needless to say, this is nothing similar to the "usual" Kid Cudi , this is comepletely its own monster and I have to say it is pretty darn good stuff.
Kid Cudi exploring rock music is nothing new, he has attempted to fuse rock with his sound on Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, albeit this is sonically his musical home genre (unlike Lil Wayne's horrendous Rebirth album) Cudi seems almost right at home when he is singing on this album. The album's sound is diverse ranging from hard rock cuts like "High Off Life" to more accoustic rock such as "Efflictim". The production provided by Dot da Genius is pretty well done, although almost every track has distorted backdrops (but that is probably intentional). Kid Cudi has been synonymous with Marijuana, his past 2 albums have been inspired by the great pot leaf which has pushed Cudi to new limits and ideas for the past 3 years. When news got out that he has now become sober, there has been speculation by Cudi fans alike if he can make the same calibur of music throughout an entire album without any drugs in his system. The answer sadly is NO, it is not the same Kid Cudi from the last 2 albums whatsoever.
While I have nothing against sober Cudi, you can tell some of the creativity has been altered. Kid Cudi even said himself that without drugs in his system he had writers block for a good 6 monthes. BUT, in retrospect this is a more mature Cudder with no profanity filled with more positive messages in his lyrics. The sound of Cudi's voice has never sounded better, and the production on this album only compliements Cudi's unique singing voice. Songs like "Teleport 2 Me, Jamie" and "Love Hard" are perfect examples of his wonderful unique melodic tone. The only bad thing I can't get over is that none of the material on WZRD eclipses Kid Cudi's earlier work from the Man on the Moon series. Obviosly this is a WZRD album not a Kid Cudi album (per se), but as a fan I can't say this album is as innovative as his past 2 albums. What this album has to offer is a great fusion of rock songs, not every song is a hit but it is definitely worth a listen.
Top Tracks:
1) Teleport 2 Me, Jamie feat. Desire
2) Love Hard
3) Live & Learn
4) Brake
5) The Dream Time Machine feat. Empire of the Sun
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