On Friday I had the pleasure of seeing him live along with Common. I was only a casual fan of his music at that point, but after the concert I was moved. He's one of the few rappers that actually have great live performances that rival studio recordings.

I think his album Man on the Moon: The End of the Day is excellent, being so different, thought-provoking, and relate-able, but I had been snoozing on his mixtape A Kid Named Cudi for the longest. I finally downloaded the whole thing and listened to it from start to finish and while it has some odd moments it's definitely a good listen.

Watching some of his interviews, he's quite down to earth and his opinions of the music industry/hip hop culture are exactly what we need to bring a more positive and creative segment of the genre back into light.

There's not much discussion around here about him, thoughts?

I didn't like Man on the Moon: The End of the Day as much as I thought I would but I like him though.
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I love his album and he's cute in a quirky/nerdy way too...

he sucks balls

picked up Man on the Moon the other day

love it!

i really love the 'man on the moon' album.
its something different from the usual rap music these days.

ecnirp84 said:

yes....and further proof that hip hop just keeps expanding, and getting better

I want to have his babies.

technol21 said:

Yeah, real positive.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...XydZ9kiX9E

CocoRock said:

JustErin said:

I fail to see what's so swoon worthy, but then again, I ain't tryna have his babies.

CocoRock said:

He's worked with and is a friend of my brothers. He's a super nice dude and very swoon worthy, imo. One video of him making a stupid mistake is not going to make me suddenly not like him.

JustErin said:

I ain't say you should stop liking him. But the story behind that video was the only thing I've heard or seen of his (except for a snippet of some weak song with Kanye and Common). That said, he didn't come off as "positive", which is what I was responding to.