Who's back?!

After the success of his album Man On The Moon, which came out in the summer of -09, KiD CuDi is back with a new track and video - conveniently called Cudderisback.

Here we go!

So, time to get down to business.

It has been a busy summer, but I don't really see the point in just telling you about it word for word. Where's the fun in that?

Basically, it has all been about Jay-Z. The Jiggaman has released his latest album, Blueprint 3, and all over the world people have been queuing up to praise the record which, according to the main person himself is three times as good as edition one and two.

Just watch this interview and you'll know what I'm talking about:



And I can't really argue, Blueprint 3 is the best album of the year so far, no doubt. The tracks just keep growing the more you listen to them. For example, here's Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)



...and Already Home (feat. Kid Cudi).



What else? We've got a new album from Fabolous called Loso's Way, and as mentioned in the previous post, Clipse is coming out with Til The Casket Drops in a near future and have been spitting out hits to promote the release.

Fabolous - Everything, everyday, everywhere (feat. Keri Hilson)



Clipse - Kinda like a big deal (feat. Kanye West)



Sweden? Don't know where to start there. The scene of electro/drum n' base influenced Hip hop has truly exploded, mostly thanks to My Best Friend Is My Grind. You've got new names such as Cake Boy, Pato Pooh and the list goes on, which are trying to make it big and are on their way to getting there.

Pato Pooh - Follow Me (feat. Adam Tensta)



Cake Boy - How I Roll



Well, that'll be all for now.

Catch you in a bit.

Whoop, whoop!

Track Of The Day! - Bustha Rhymes + KiD CuDi

From Bustha Rhymes's upcoming album B.O.M.B.S (Back On My BullShit) comes this track with Lil' Wayne and Jadakiss.

Respect My Conglomerate



The beat is outstanding on this track. So here's a little bonus TOTD; a freestyle on the same beat from KiD CuDi.

Mixtape! - KiD CuDi

I think I've been writing about this KiD more than any other artist on this blog. But at the moment, it's almost as if the business revolves around him.

With all the retiring talk out of the way, KiD CuDi keeps pumping out new material almost more frequent than we can handle. Following up the massively successful mixtape A KiD named CuDi, comes now the next teaser before the expected debut album this summer. Mixtape no. 2, Dat KiD from Cleveland, contains songs like I Poke Her Face, and features artists like Wale, Kanye West, Common and 88-Keys.

Make your own opinion, is the quality the same as on his first mixtape?

Download Dat KiD from Cleveland here!

Denial, denial, denial!

...and it took about four days before he changed his mind.

KiD CuDi will not be retiring from the music scene. On a gig at a club on Thursday night, CuDi announced that he will keep the mic in his hand, rather than locking it up in the attic. He admits that he wasn't feeling it when he posted the announcement on his blog, but then realized that he needs his fans as much as they need him.

There you go. Never believe a quitting rapper. A Hiphop artist only retires when he Rests In Peace.

Have a look at a clip from the show where he withdraws his retirement, and please enjoy the performance afterwards:

L for Loser!

New day, new video, new artist.

Star in the making Charles Hamilton has released his second single, and here is the visual proof:



'Loser' is Hamilton's follow up to the hit 'Brookyn Girls'. His style can best be compared to other more laid back lyricists like Lupe Fiasco and KiD CuDi, but Hamilton is a bit more cocky.

It's a style that is spreading quick and taking up the battle with "gangsta rap". And for some reason it seems like it is the rappers from northern America that takes on this approach. E.g. Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco from Chicago, and KiD CuDi who is from the same home town as Hamilton, Cleveland, Ohio.

But I like it. So as far as I'm concerned, they can come from Alaska, Greenland or the North Pole, as long as they deliver.

Unexpected!

Quick turns in life, and just as quick in the music business.

He barely just got started in the business, but KiD CuDi seems to be changing his mind as often as you would change your shorts. XXL reports that after the success with 'Day n' nite', which peaked at number 27 on Billboard's Hot 100 list, CuDi has simply decided he doesn't want to be a Hiphop artist any more. His debut album 'Man on the moon: The Guardians' will his first and last contribution to the charts.

Apparantely, people in his surroundings are saying that he has changed after getting the spotlight pointed at him. And this doesn't fly high with CuDi, who decided to quit and focus on his acting career.

First of all: If it's true, it's a shame for a young talent to throw the mic in the trash after just one album.
Second: Is it true? We have heard this sort of announcements before. And they have most often been false.

Been there done that. 50 Cent said that if his album 'Curtis' sold less than Kanye West's album 'Graduation', he would step back and enjoy the retired life with a walker, reading glasses and lots and lots of money. But despite losing the battle, his next album is set to come out later this year. This is just one example. The list is so long I can't be bothered mentioning any more of them.

Why would this be false then? It's simple. PR. KiD CuDi's debut album is highly anticipated, and if it will be the last album he ever makes, and by that the only album, sales will go through the roof. Then, a year or so later, he finds the mic deep down in the bin and everyone will want to hear the mighty comeback of the One Album Man.

New KiD on the block!

I mentioned briefly a few entries ago that Kanye West has changed his style to something no one really know what it is. But whatever he's doing, he always make his music in a clean style, far away from "gangsta rap". On his latest album, '808's and heartbreak', he collaborates with a a new artist signed to his GOOD Music record label. That artist i rapper is KiD CuDi who features Mr West on the track 'Welcome to heartbreak'.

KiD CuDi himself has got his own album in the making, under the name 'Man on the moon: The Guardians'. His first single of the album, which is expected to be released this summer, is 'Day N Night', and now the video for the track has hit the streets.



Just like Kanye, CuDi has got a quite clean appraoch to the rhymes and he tries to tell people about himself in his texts. "People like records they can relate to, even if you can’t relate to something I speak about, you’ll at least understand my mind, I won’t lose anyone", he explains on his website.

For instance these lines from 'Day N Night'

Now look at this
Madness to magnet keeps attracting me, me
I try to run but see I'm not that fast
I think I'm first but surely finish last .. last

And in the end of the day, it's nice to listen to something a bit different and laid back.

KiD CuDi has also got a remix of 'Day N Night'



Which one do you prefer?