![]() ![]() Cudi’s borderline cacophonous vocals are one thing. Kid Cudi does a good job at making the production at least sound expensive, but the commitment to the outer space concept gets tiring after the grating computerized sounds of “Copernicus Landing” runs its course.Īgain, Cudi's catalogue doesn’t come stacked with greatness, but he’s rarely sounded as cold and unlikeable as he does in the second half of Satellite Flight. ![]() It’s not like the beats are necessarily the saving grace for Satellite Flight either. Cudi sounds close to death as he moans lyrics like “Come get in my space whip,” and then “Let me taste it” two tracks later, with a wasted effort from Raphael Saadiq on “Balmain Jeans?” That’s hard on the ears. ![]() There’s a sense he’s feigning some type of alienation in his performances, but songs don't get the replay button on the playlist for their conceptual merits, they have to actually sound good. He’s far from being as compelling a vocalist as he is a persona. The strings on “Satellite Flight” are good, but here’s another case of Cudi bringing his own project down. The album is awash with emotionless electronics and perhaps its best track succeeds off simple thrills: a simple guitar riff that builds into euphoric peaks. The WZRD-produced “Going to the Ceremony,” which comes up next, is Satellite Flight’s most thrilling track. Brooding effects and an elastic synth welcomes syncopated percussive stomps on the album’s intro. Cudi tries a little bit of everything here while flirting with unfamiliar territory. This is particularly damning on Satellite Flight, as it’s intended to be atmospheric and immersive. He can get his props for taking chance, but basic things like the inability to sing still weigh him down. As Cudder travels further away from the upper end of the Billboard charts, his constant lack of dedication to musicality continuously makes itself more apparent. He does end the project with the refrain “No one wants a troubled boy” on the fittingly titled “Troubled Boy.” The experimentation and the element of surprise surrounding the release doesn’t hide Cudi’s consistent weaknesses. Satellite Flight: Journey to the Mother Moon is Cudi’s most experimental work to date, but he still doesn’t traverse too far away from this loner concept - this project bridges back to a larger story in the upcoming Man on the Moon III. “I’m really excited because it is my best work,” Cudi said in an interview with MTV News. To prevent us from forgetting him during the wait for his upcoming album Man on the Moon III, which is set to be released in 2015, Cudi dropped Satellite Flight without warning on Monday. ![]()
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