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"Man On The Moon" Breakdown:
(rts appreciated)
(rts appreciated)
In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem): The album opener is a slow, calm, and melodious tune in which Kid Cudi welcomes us to his dreams. As we enter his dream world, we soon learn that it’s a happy place — in his dreams, everything is all right and Cudi is at perfect peace. The song
sonically reflects Cudi’s inner peace: it’s so placid, the comfort of his dream-like state is almost palpable. We are inclined to join Cudi in dreaming before fellow G.O.O.D. Music rapper Common wakes us up, giving a narrated introduction to the concept album. This is the
beginning of the story of the Man on the Moon and our trip through Cudder’s mind. This is the beginning of Act I: The End of Day.
Soundtrack 2 My Life: And, this is kinda like the opening scene of the story and, it’s kinda like he's waking up in the dream now. And, you know, it’s kinda giving you a brief rundown, like a prelude to what’s about to happen in the story. Kinda like, you know, an introduction.
Simple As...: You know, there is a really big chunk of powerful deep songs on the album. So, he (I assume) wanted to have something fun. And this joint, you know, they came with the beat, it sounds like the last song they recorded for the album.
Solo Dolo (Nightmare): “Solo Dolo” focuses primarily on Cudi’s lonely feelings in the world and how he escapes reality through his dreams, which is one of the primary themes of the album. Cudi would go on to produce a Part II to “Solo Dolo” for his 2013 album Indicud, with a fea.
Heart of a Lion (Kid Cudi Theme Music): “Heart of a Lion” is an inspirational anthem. Hate it or love it, Cudi will see you in hell…or will he? It is produced by Free School, and is the fifth track on Man on the Moon: The End of Day.
My World: “My World” marks the end of Act II: Rise of the Night Terrors, the second act in the five-act long album. It’s the sixth song on the Man on the Moon: The End of Day. A collaboration with Billy Craven aka Jeff Bhasker, “My World” is produced by both Jeff Bhasker.
Day ‘N’ Nite (Nightmare): Cudi’s first-ever single, released in 2008, and to date his biggest track. It reached #3 on the US Billboard Charts and has sold over 5 million copies in the US. The track serves as Cudi’s justification for this “beef” with his deceased uncle, and the
way he deals with the pain of their unresolved issues. The drugs help him “run,” but it’s the madness of the industry and making it that caused the problems in the first place. The track was remixed heavily, most notably by Crookers, and 3 separate music videos were shot, one for
the original song and two for the Crookers remix. The track first appeared on Cudi’s mixtape A Kid Named Cudi and then as “Day ‘N’ Nite (Nightmare)” on his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day.
Sky Might Fall: The lonely stoner is faced with many nightmares and fears. This song explains how Kid Cudi is able to deal with them and continue on with his search for inner peace
Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part I): In the 9th track of Man on the Moon: The End of Day, Cudi takes a break from the low tempo songs that had riddled the first half of the album with this upbeat, feel-good-Esque track revolving around him convincing his girl.
Alive (Nightmare): The main focus of this song revolves around how Cudi truly finds himself during the night and seems to turn into a truer version of himself; the beast. This could be a metaphor for a more simplistic and instinctual version of himself that comes out at night.
Cudi Zone: "This joint is called “Cudi Zone”, it’s produced by Emile. And he made this beat in like five, ten minutes. Yeah, and then, we had this, it’s probably one of the earlier recordings on the album, like one of the first three joints we recorded." -Kid Cudi
Produced by Kanye West, “Make Her Say” was originally to be titled “I Poke Her Face,” but record execs weren’t comfortable with such a lewd title. Odd, considering the entire song is about how excellent fellatio is. The song extensively samples an acoustic version of Lady Gaga
Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare): In his collaboration with MGMT and Ratatat, Kid Cudi discusses the lowlights of fame and fortune as well as the problems that haunted him following his father’s death. It is the first track in the “nightmare” section of the album, as it leaves.
Hyyerr: "This song is called “Hyyerr”, produced by Crada. And, featuring Chip tha Ripper, who’s also from my hometown of Cleveland. And, you know, he’s an amazing artist, he actually sent me the song, and he had his verse and he had the hook, too, so that’s him on the hook." -cud
Up Up & Away: "You wake up, sunny, grab that blunt, smoke it, and get your day started. You’re hopeful for a new day, you’re in a positive vibe, you know, and, through it all you understand, it’s like, “whatever, they gonna judge me anyway”, all this time I was sitting here" -cud
Man on the Moon (The Anthem): The song is primarily about Kid Cudi being different not only in his music, but a different person in life. Kid Cudi’s ‘Man on the Moon’ reference is simply an exaggeration on him being such a different person that he’s out of this world.
Hence he is that ‘Man on the Moon.’ Sampling Nosaj Thing’s “Aquarium,” the somber instrumental gives the song a palpably solitary feel.
T.G.I.F.:
Thank God I’m Fresh
Thank God I’m Fresh
Is There Any Love?: Famous for being featured in the 2011 Danny McBride movie “30 Minutes or Less”, this song is from Kid Cudi’s 2008 Mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi. It samples “Is There Any Love” by Trevor Dandy.
thank yall for reading, I kinda lacked on it tho, I'm going live in 15 on twitch if you wanna catch me there, and i love yall always <3
