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Kid Cudi’s Road to the Moon

pat-djtreats-kidcudiMoonmen (no MTV). Photo by Lauren Coleman

All eyes are on KiD CuDi. The New York rep by way of Cleveland, OH stormed through the city, like most out-of-towners do, in search of getting out his dreams. Today he does so, with the release of his debut album, Man On the Moon – The End of Day.

I had no choice but to notice Scott Mescudi in the summer of 2007. Underneath his mahogany-tint aviator sunglasses, he was the only person present who seemed blinded (hence the stunna shades, get it?) by the towering office of Complex magazine. There’s no denying, at the time even I took my surroundings for granted. Being on a first name basis with the mogul-next-door, Marc Ecko; so did my company on that eventful night. We gathered in the spacious room filled with unreleased footwear, clothing that had been tagged for photoshoots featuring prominent actors and musicians, all privy to the plateau on which Cudi now stands. Read below as I take you through a brief timeline of KiD CuDi’s ascension.
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Hip-Hop’s Visual Swagger—Synesthesia

seeingsoundscollageMade you look.

Listening previews, of new music is a song that the press knows all the words to. Up until Kanye West’s premiere of his pivotal third album Graduation, when record companies gave an “exclusive,” they never skimped on predictability—an oasis of free beverages (mostly libations), uninformed liner notes, and the obligatory appearance by the artist. Yet on August 27th, 2007 at New York’s New World Stages Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Records billed West’s event as an “experience.” [Ed. Note: New World Stages was formerly a discount movie theater known as Loews Cineplex Entertainment Worldwide Plaza from 1994 to 2001. It screened films as cheap as $2.]
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