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Reviewed: Kid Cudi's "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager"

Kid Cudi’s new album is the sequel to “Man on the Moon: The End of Day.” “The End of Day” is the first of the “Man on the Moon” trilogy. The first album tells a story of a protagonist falling asleep and experiencing a lucid dream. In this dream, this character witnesses Kid Cudi’s visions and his rise to fame. At the end of the album, he wake up and gain the courage to be genuine and candid. Overall, “The End of Day” portrays Kid Cudi’s struggles and fears, and his rise above them. In the beginning of “The Legend of Mr. Rager,” the protagonist starts out on top of the world, but plunges into a trip. In this trip, it becomes dark, which reflects Kid Cudi’s period of heavy drug use. This darkness seems to awaken the demon within him, and transforms into the “rager”. The main character later transforms back to his original self, and learns from his experiences. Overall, “The Legend of Mr. Rager” portrays Kid Cudi’s loneliness, elated highs, and inner maniac. However, through all of Kid Cudi’s music, he evokes a message of embracing our differences and pushing our creativity to the limits. This message is executed flawlessly by him.

Compared to the previous album and mixtapes, “The Legend of Mr. Rager” is completely different. It seems to have a darker sense without being depressive. However, every song is exquisitely melodic and captivating. It is an album that many people can easily vibe to, without being party music. Kid Cudi has a talent to create unique, unparallel talent to create amazing beats and abstract lyrics. He is truly an artist that is insurmountable. Kid Cudi has never been a conformist, thus he expresses his differences like no one else. He is always striving to produce something that has never been done before and that’s exactly what he does with “Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr. Rager.” 

There is not a specific genre that Kid Cudi’s music pertains to. He incorporates multiple genres and almost creates new ones. There is no other artist as original and creative as Kid Cudi. Every set of lyrics flows perfectly with the beats, thus creating a harmonious album. There is no flaw in the sound of the entire album. Every song sounds superbly ingenious. The only downside to this album is the content in his lyrics. It seems to have the repetitive subject of his drug habits on quite a few songs. Those include “Marijuana”, “Ashin’ Kusher”, “Mojo So Dope”, “Wild’n Cuz I’m Young”, and “Don’t Play This Song.” Even though he often talks about his drug habits; Kid Cudi has a deeper message which seems to go unnoticed most of the time. Kid Cudi’s new album has no other faults besides the recurrent lyrics. So if you want to hear a new, expressive, genuine artist, look no further than Kid Cudi. 

Track Listing

Act 1: The World I Am Ruling
1. Scott Mescudi Vs The World feat. Cee-Lo (Producted by Emile)
2. REVOFEV (Producted by Plain Pat)

ACT 2: A Stronger Trip
3. Don’t Play This Song feat. Mary J. Blige (Producted by Emile)
4. We Aite (Wake Your Mind Up) (Producted by Emile)
5. Marijuana (Producted by Dot Da Genius)
6. Mojo So Dope (Producted by Emile)

Act 3: Party On
7. Ashin’ Kusher (Producted by Chuck Inglish)
8. Erase Me feat. Kanye West (Producted by Jim Jonsin)
9. Wild’n Cuz Im Young (Producted by Plain Pat)
10. The Mood (Producted by Emile)

Act 4: The Transformation
11. MANIAC feat. Cage & St. Vincent (Producted by Anthony Killhoffer)
12. Mr. Rager (Producted by Emile)
13. These Worries feat. Mary J. Blige (Producted by Emile)
14. The End feat. GLC, Chip Tha Ripper & Nicole Wray (Produced by Blended Babies)

Act 5: You Live & You Learn
15. All Along (Producted by Emile)
16. GHOST! (Producted by Emile)
17. Trapped In My Mind (Producted by Dot Da Genius)

Buy "MOTM II: The Legend of Mr. Rager" at tinyurl.com/cudimotm2buy.

New Name, New Look (coming soon)

We are going through some major changes here at, what used to be, Cough93.  Starting soon, we will become known at "Stereocentrum." We will mostly post music posts with the occasional YouTube Spotlight and film posts. New posts will becoming soon including a Kid Cudi album review!

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New Song Saturday (11-6-10)

Ninjas and rock music...  Does it get any better?  When you put it to the sounds of Driftless Pony Club, yes.  The alternative rock band from Chicago has some great potential to do some really great things.  Here is the "Legends of Archery" music video by Driftless Pony Club:

Check out Driftless Pony Club at driftlessponyclub.com.

-Joe Coughlin

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Matt & Kim - Sidewalks * Album Review*

Debuting at #3 on the Top 10 iTunes Albums, Matt & Kim's new album, Sidewalks, was a great opening day success. This is the indie/alternative duo's third album since they started the band in 2006.

To be brutally honest, I really liked this album, but it did take some time to get used to some of their new sounds.  It's quite a bit different than their previous two collections, 2006's self-titled album Matt & Kim, and 2009's Grand.  The new album has really toned down the old dace punk sounds they're known for, and have moved onto a new hip-hop based tone.  Sidewalks used a lot more backbeats instead of just drums and synths.  Despite the changes they have made, the same typical Matt & Kim energy and charisma is still there.  Some of the old, raw punk sounds that you could find on Grand are faintly found on, mainly, the last three tracks of the CD: "Wires," a remake of their 2006 song "Silver Tiles," and "Ice Melts."  Many Matt & Kim fans may have a hard time adjusting to Sidewalks.  Overall, the new sounds that they produced are still different from most artists, but I don't feel as though Sidewalks set them above any standards fans had for this album.

-Joe Coughlin

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YouTuber Spotlight (Vol. 1) - freddiew

Today's YouTuber Spotlight is a good one. A member of YouTube since 2006, freddiew is an older member, but his videos are just now really making it mainstream around the web.  With a great mixture of comedy, special effects, and action, Freddie Wong's channel has now grown to over 600,000 subscribers and 70,000,000 video views. Freddie's videos have grown in popularity so much, he has been able to land major actresses such as Shenae Grimes from the popular TV show 90210.
Here is "Gun Size Matters" by freddiew:


Check out Freddie's videos at YouTube.com/freddiew and YouTube.com/freddiew2

-Joe Coughlin

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