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You can call Kid Cudi a lot of things…

Certainly, he’s a Grammy Award winning, gold-selling rapper, an in-demand producer, songwriter,
acclaimed actor, a leader of the urban alternative movement and an “artist” in the truest sense of the
word.

Cudi’s ready to unveil his latest masterpiece, his epic third solo album—Indicud[G.O.O.D. Music/
Republic Records]. Over the course of the album, Cudi expands his hip hop galaxy through ethereal

production, iridescent soundscapes, and airtight rhyming. Born in a nexus somewhere between Dr. Dre’s
2001 and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Indicud is a trip all its own…

It’s been quite the ride for Cudi since he landed into our collective consciousness with the now
legendary 2008 mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi. The Ohio native, born Scott Mescudi, moved up to New
York City after high school teaming up with 10.Deep to drop the inaugural mixtape as a free download,
and the internet was suddenly buzzing.

Backpackers and bloggers immediately jumped on the bandwagon as Kanye West proclaimed
fandom online. West signed Cudi to G.O.O.D. Music and enlisted him for songwriting on “Heartless”
and “Paranoid” from808s & Heartbreak and a cameo on “Welcome to Heartbreak”. However, everything
changed with the official release of his official debut single “Day ‘n’ Nite”.

The track would go on to surpass sales of two million digital downloads, and its spacey sonic fireworks
cemented Cudi and producer Dot Da Genius as hip hop trailblazers. “The lonely stoner” created an
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