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Reacting to 'Man on the Moon' by Kid Cudi (Patreon)

Published:
2022-02-04 21:36:39
Edited:
2022-02-04 21:40:20
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Content

0:04:00 - In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)

0:08:25 - Soundtrack 2 My Life

0:17:15 - Simple As...

0:22:05 - Solo Dolo (NIghtmare)

0:28:40 - Heart of a Lion (Kid Cudi Theme Music)

0:36:30 - My World

0:44:40 - Day 'n' Nite (nightmare)

0:51:05 - Sky Might Fall

0:56:25 - Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part 1)

1:04:05 - Alive (Nightmare)

1:12:50 - Cudi Zone

1:21:00 - Make Her Say

1:27:05 - Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)

1:35:30 - Hyyerr

1:42:20 - Up Up & Away

1:48:50 - Man on the Moon

1:54:225 - T.G.I.F.

1:58:15 - Is There Any Love

2:02:25 - Closing Thoughts

Files

Man on the Moon FULL COMPRESSED.mp4

Comments

Jeremy Hebert

This album legitimately saved so many peoples lives its insane. No rap hip hop artist was ever this transparent with their mental health through an entire album like this. Cudi is truly one if a kind.

Anonymous

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TEmp41IbU-E&feature=share - Soundtrack 2 My Life https://youtube.com/watch?v=VrDfSZ_6f4U&feature=share - Day ‘N’ Nite https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xt22KvnRSL4&feature=share - Make Her Say https://youtube.com/watch?v=7xzU9Qqdqww&feature=share - Pursuit of Happiness here are all of the official music videos!! :)

Razer Droid

I'll say, doing NO research before first listen is actually better. You can and should do all that ole diggin' after, when you wanna go in-depth. But the experience of seeing an artist you already like grow in your eyes is amazing and unique. Keep going in blind, Bob! You rock.

Anonymous

I KNOW you're gonna love this!

Anonymous

I hate to be the guy who comments 10 minutes into the video, but just listening and watching you experience Soundtrack 2 My Life, brought me right back to being in high school and feeling so lonely and helpless. Knowing I had cool friends and experience cool things, having the cool clothes, but still feeling sad and alone. This whole album kept me afloat and brought me peace. Knowing someone out there was feeling something I was as well. Made me cry just now 😅 I’ll keep watching 🎥🍿

Tyler Scott

Hyped for this and 808s and im sure theyll both up your and our anticipation for when you get to Kids See Ghosts 🙌

Boyan Konov

This is pretty much Cudis best album for me. An almost perfect projects with no skippable songs that captures the feelings of a young man struggling with life with such nuance and depth. Most people say it was the first project that pushed the emo-rap genre forward but that was the Mood Muzik series by Joe Budden. And while Budden may have been the first nobody has reached the peaks that Cudi did on this

Anonymous

Do you only listen to the instrumental while the song is playing? Cause I notice in all your videos that you focus on lyrics only when you pause the song and kinda go back and read the lyrics. That's not good way listen to HipHop imo, because by doing that you can miss all of the flow and different patterns in the rhyme scheme on top of the beat.

Anonymous

I love this album. When it came out I was an awkward loner in high school, and it finally felt like someone could relate to me. Also, he seemed like such a cool dude. The music was so good and everyone liked it too. It can't be understated what he did for depressed teens/young adults when this came out.

Anonymous

The narration at the end of up up and away is unfortunately accurate in how Cudi spirals out of control in his personal life. It’s weird because my favorite Cudi album is man on the moon 2, and in his documentary he talks about that was the darkest time in his life, and how someone’s pain can produce the art that becomes the soundtrack to my life, no pun intended. Man on the moon 2 is much darker in theme and in tone.

Anonymous

Also, as something for your week with this album, I would check out a few tracks from his first mixtape that was released just before this one called "A Kid Named Cudi". You can see how his more playful and lighthearted ideas on that project are more refined and fleshed out emotionally on Man on the Moon.

Anonymous

As for additional stuff to check out - he has a song called “Love” that’s on YouTube. Sample clearance issues prevented it from making it onto any albums. One of his very best songs, and one of my all-time favourite choruses. Highly recommend checking it out Bob. Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0BNwyrEDiA

Jaden Ijurco

Never been a massive Cudi fan, and never actually listened to this album all the way through myself - but this reaction was fantastic! One of your best Bob, loving the content keep it up

Anonymous

I have to respectfully disagree that this album is not about mental health. Most of these songs cudi is speaking about his struggles with mental health i.e. not fitting in or always feeling pain he doesnt show or even just that when things are all good his minds still messed up ans hes not happy unless he's smoking weed. This album also came way before this current era where people think mental health is important and I think it was important for alot of the youth just for someone important to finally acknowledge some of the feelings they also had. This is a subject that was basicly never talked about it rap/hip hop or even in the black community as a whole. Just my thoughts. Also heart of a lion has to be my favorite track very inspirational the message of never giving up winning out in the end and it just sounds amazing.

I once saw Sweeney do 50 slow handstand push-ups

The reason, I think “Day N Night” and “Pursuit of Happiness” are so popular was because they were ANTHEMS for High school parties. And it makes sense even the “popular kids” that would go to parties still shared the same insecurities as loners. I remember going to a party and everyone was singing along to those songs. Great times. I found myself as a medium of the two sides. I stayed alone a lot and loved it but I also liked to go to random parties on occasion and just have a good time. It’s amazing how Kid Cudi could reach a whole spectrum of people.

Anonymous

This and motm2 basically made a new wave of weed/stoner rappers at the time hahah This was direct influence for rodeo by Travis Scott when he has TI narrating in songs like common in this one

CRASH

Regarding the ending of the album… Keep in mind this is my interpretation. Cudi is basically saying “yeah I’m a drug addict but they’re gonna judge me anyway and I feel pretty good right now so ima keep doing me” The narrator mentions this being a new challenge he must confront because Cudi has no intention of seeking sobriety. He has embraced his drug addled life which leads into his next album man on the moon 2 which is a much darker album.

CRASH

Here is Lissie covering pursuit of happiness https://youtu.be/lmsbHGEB6UU Excellent excellent cover I also recommend you listen to his mixtape at least once before you do your additional thoughts. Some GEMS in there

Anonymous

your reactions always bring me back to the first time i heard the album and man, this album is so special. ill join in with a lot of other comments ive seen and say that this album saved my life, and was there at a time no one else/nothing else was. watching you listen just really reinforced just how special this project is, so thank you for that bob, your quickly becoming one of my favorite content creators

Anonymous

I just went and listened to Black Friday Cole's verse.. I think I c why he didn't like it.. lmaoo

Yarden

Just a note on why songs like "Day 'N' Night" and "Pursuit of Happiness" have so many more plays (This applies to "No Role Modelz" as well) is that it's mostly due to radio. These were the tracks that big radio stations picked up back when these albums came out, usually because they were good for listening to in the club, had catchy choruses, and are just more accessible to a casual listener. So now a days with streaming, you have a lot of people who grew up listening to these songs on the radio throwing them in playlists, or spotify itself throwing these songs in playlists because of the "nostalgia factor". So while Kid Cudi fans or people who listen to the full album in depth may find more substantive and experimental songs better, the casual listener (who may have never even listened to the full album) really accounts for a bulk of the streams. A great example of this (whenever you get around to this album) is on Kanye's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" where a lot of die hard Kanye fans will say that "Runaway" is one of the best Kanye songs ever, but "POWER" and "All of the Lights" overshadow it in streams because those songs were on the radio, in the clubs, on commercials, etc.

Brock Asher

It’s amazing to hear that you treat your son the way you do. Too many parents want their children to be exact way they want them to be with 0 flaws. Keep it up👍

FuzzyDunlop

The work that you are putting in by listening to, and analyzing Kid Cudi's arc..it's going to make Kids See Ghosts so much better. The payoff is always sweeter when you put the time in, and you are.

FuzzyDunlop

Also, I don't view this as a linear story as much as a cyclical one. Maybe not cyclical, exactly. But at least, all these parts of him continue to exist, all these thoughts and temperaments are living in the same space perpetually.

FuzzyDunlop
>>77231242

Typed this comment as you were saying "I wonder if this is a cyclical album"

FuzzyDunlop

At this point Cudi had the youth in the palm of his hands, his career could've went the route of Drake easily..he has pop music on deck, in his back pocket. But he went the route of expression, his discography is so (trying not to use the word "interesting") diverse let's say. Highs and lows, and I think he was always looking for a way to successfully merge punk/grunge with HipHop...I'll say no more.

Anonymous

I think you're right to not do research before. Better to have a raw reaction. Learn more for additional thoughts. The narrator on this album is Common. He has a great record called Be, produced by Kanye. It's Late Registration era Kanye, so it has a warm soulful feel. Scott has had some serious problems with depression and drug addiction in his life. I think the album represents how he wants to deal with them. It's all part of life and it will be overcome. That's comforting; and maybe crafting that story can make it a reality. Maybe the album expresses what he wants not what is.

SAM-WISE GAMGEE

I want that hard and heavy shit. That's why you need to react to Run the Jewels. Soundtrack to the apocalypse :D On the subject of this album though. You were looking for a story, but this is a book of Cudi's vices. He invites us into his headspace at the time which was filled with vices. The music oozes the substances he was on while creating the music. So when you hear him "gaining strength" from drug use instead of the inevitable collapse ... that's because the collapse was 3 albums later. This is just a snapshot in time and that's what makes it relatable to so many people. It's not offering advice or offering any warning. It's just documenting Cudi's present state of being.

Anonymous

why you gotta spend so much time on the lyrics, just absorb the sound first man

bobthepoppop
>>77207092

Yeah, I agree with this strategy as well. I'm enjoying this improved format of hearing an album blind and then watching videos, live shows, documentaries, etc

bobthepoppop
>>77211561

I don't really understand your question... I'm a lyrical person, that's what I focus on first (usually) while also hearing the music that is supporting it. Sometimes that flips if it seems like the music is the centerpiece.

bobthepoppop
>>77212884

I'm listening to the album today with that frame of mind in place, being an awkward loner in high school, and it's a totally different experience. It feels like a healing salve on the mind/heart/soul

Anonymous

I think the section you highlighted in Cudi zone is actually just talking about the day he dies.

Anonymous
>>77240923

For certain albums it’s better for him to just sink in the music but for most the lyrics are really important to focus on.

bobthepoppop
>>77219491

I think my initial reaction was slightly off simply because I was expecting more of a lyrical experience (for whatever reason, probably my own bias of loving lyrics). So when I finished the album, I felt slightly... disappointed(?) that I didn't have an intense lyrical experience. But as I listen to it again and really let the sound soak in, I'm hearing more of what makes this album so powerful. The lyrics expressing those feelings are there, but it's that in combination with the incredible sound that makes it such an uplifting experience. It really does feel like a soundtrack for that kind of struggle, and I'm understanding that a lot more on additional listens.

bobthepoppop
>>77222693

I almost said that during my reaction lol... reminds me of Rodeo with the narrator.

bobthepoppop
>>77240923

It's who I am. I love lyrics, and I'm always drawn to them first. I'm enjoying the sound a lot though, more so on my additional listens

Anonymous
>>77240923

I learn things about these songs I didn't realize before because you focus more on the lyrics than I do. You quickly gain a better understanding of these artists than even a lot of fans because of that. I love how you break them down and explain the narrative arch. If you didn't then we'd just be watching someone listen to music.

Jakob Roloff
>>77231800

I don't think Cudi as a person was meant to be a megastar like Drake. It must be so draining mentally.

Anonymous

I'm trying to watch this video on my TV, but I can't figure out how to "like" it or open it in the app so I can cast it. Any ideas? (Turning the Tables videos play fine for some reason, I'm on Android btw.) Edit: Nvm, I got it working by liking the video in the browser and installing the Vimeo app on my Apple TV.

joe

His depression continues up to 2016. However I think he puts these uplifting songs because without it he wouldn't be here. Also, he wants to uplift others who feel like him. Be mindful of him having self harming thoughts in the next album. I like MOTM 2 more so enjoy.

joe

Oh also you should listen to Love by Cudi. Its not on any album or streaming platform but its one of his best songs. Any fan will tell you this.

Anonymous

keep in mind that this is just one album and people deal with these issues for years until they can fix addiction depression etc.

Anonymous

I always looked at the theme as a person with depression finding a mental space where he can exist. A balance between walking his own path but not letting his vices rule his life. Like a journey to center.

Anonymous
>>77255423

Ah man MOTM2 could've been a good reaction. Ah well it's up to you. I'm just greedy. XD

Anonymous

Cant wait for the kids see ghosts reaction

Gerardo Rojas

New Patron watching this reaction, great reaction! I love your mind! Not sure if anyone already mentioned, I didn't see it in the comments here, but Lady Gaga does have a more folksyish / bluesyish kind of album that I love. There is some Pop in it but it's mostly turned down. The album is called Joanne, and I absolutely love it. Check that out 🙂.