Man on the Moon

I can already hear what you're saying, another over-hyped hipster rapper.  Well, you are pretty much right, Kid Cudi's new album "Man on the Moon : The End of Day" is pretty much a recycling of everything he did really well on his mixtape "A Kid Named Cudi."   This is not to say that I don't like this album, his slow yet forceful rapping style is different than what you hear everyday.  Common narrates through the different "acts" of the album, each with a different theme.  Where Cudi really takes off is the end of the album, acts 4 & 5.  He keeps it interesting in these last acts with collaborations with Ratatat and MGMT providing big beats and hooks for singles.  His label GOOD, run by Kanye, even insisted on putting the over two year old hit single Day N Night.  With that being said my two favorite tracks are "Up, Up and Away," his second stoner anthem, and "Alive"