here it is for all of you. download this right now. it may be the best mixtape of 2009. or at least the most anticipated. i'm listening to it right now for the first time, so the verdict is still out.
it's not the album which is still pending for march 09, but it's close. definitely more hip than kanye's new synth fest.... but maybe that's because mr west is too full of himself, and cudi knows how to use a keyboard.
postscript.....just remember you got it here first.
I haven't had the time to actually compile this for you guys but here's what I'll be blasting as I leave Missoula on Friday:
"Glock Nines (Ratatat Remix) - Beanie Sigel & Jay-Z "Skip Town" - Aesop Rock "Collapsing At Your Doorstep" - Air France "Asleep" - Album Leaf "Maybe You Can Owe Me" - Architecture in Helsinki "Since I Left You" - The Avalanches "Haterz Everywhere" - Wes Fif & B.o.B "Race-In" - Battles "No Sleep Til' Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys "The Golden Age" - Beck "Black Grease" - The Black Angels "Dirty Hands" - The Black Lips "Insomniac Olympics" - Blockhead "North By Northwest" - Blue Scholars "Terrapin" - Bonobo "Roads Must Roll" - Boom Bip "The Plan (Live Version)" - Built To Spill "Rudie Can't Fail" - The Clash "Hello New World" - Clipse "Black Panther" - Crystal Castles "Close To Me" - The Cure "Far Away" - Cut Copy "Rollin' and Scratchin'" - Daft Punk "11h30" - Danger "Fa-Fa-Fa" - Datarock "Changes"/"Oh! You Pretty Things"/"Eight Line Poem"/"Queen Bitch" - David Bowie "If We Don't Make It (We'll Fake It)" - Death From Above 1979 "Summer's Gonna Hurt You" - Diplo "Song 2" - DJ Krush "We Are Rockstars" - Does It Offend You, Yeah? "Chalo" - Esau Mwamwaya "Glass Danse" - The Faint "Twenty Three"/"Parks"/"Leila Came Around and We Watched a Video"/"Everything Is Alright"/"You Could Ruin My Day"/"Hilarious Movie of the '90s (Koushik remix)" - Four Tet "Five Four Child Voice" - Fridge "Sweet Love For Planet Earth"/"Bright Tomorrow" - Fuck Buttons "Ankle Injuries" - Fujiya & Miyagi "Easier"/"Lullabye"/"Knife" - Grizzly Bear "No Regrets"/"Keep Your Eyes Ahead" - The Helio Sequence "Milkshake"/"The Pulse"/"Lovely Allen (Live on dublab)" - Holy Fuck "Look After Me"/"The Warning" - Hot Chip "Iron Clad Lou"/"Pinch & Roll"/"Stars" - Hum "Desert Sea (Live)" - Jawbox "Love Will Tear Us Apart"/"Disorder" - Joy Division "Stress (Live verson)"/"One Minute to Midnight (Promo mix)"/"Phantom Part III (Pragmatic mix)" - Justice "Day 'n' Nite"/"Dat New New"/"The Prayer"/"Man on the Moon" - Kid Cudi "Goodnight Bad Morning" - The Kills "Sex On Fire" - Kings of Leon "Heartbeats" - The Knife "All Of My Friends" - LCD Soundsystem "Let the Beat Build" - Lil Wayne "So Low, So High"/"Liquid Sugar" - Maps "Good Fucking Bye" - Matt Skiba Everything by Megasoid "Shadows" - Midnight Juggernauts "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset"/"Custom Concern (BBC Sessions version)" - Modest Mouse "Sine Waves"/"You Don't Know Jesus"/"Acid Food"/"Auto Rock" - Mogwai "Great Escape" - No Kids "Our Life is not a Movie or Maybe" - Okkervil River "Goblin City (Holy Ghost! remix)" - Panthers "Up Against the Wall" - Peter, Bjorn and John "High and Dry"/"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"/"How to Disappear Completely"/"The National Anthem"/"Reckoner"/"15 Steps" - Radiohead "Ghostwriter" - RJD2 "I Wonder" - Rodriguez "Divine" - Sebastian Tellier "Svefn-G-Englar"/"Staralfur"/"Se Lest"/"Sæglopur" - Sigur Ros "Sleep Deprivation" - Simian Mobile Disco "Paper Tiger" - Spoon "That Dress Looks Nice On You (Cinematographer Remix)" - Sufjan Stevens "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)"/"(Nothing But) Flowers" - Talking Heads "I Won't Be Found"/"The Gardener"/"This Wind" - The Tallest Man On Earth "Fahrenheit Fair Enough"/"Map of What is Effortless"/"Nothing's Worth Losing That" - Telefon Tel Aviv "Breathe (Extended Mix)" - Telepopmusik "A Pillar of Salt"/"An Ear For Baby" - The Thermals "The Eraser (XXXchange remix)"/"Black Swan"/"And It Rained All Night" - Thom Yorke "Bursting With Tears, I Commit To Destroying You" - Timeout Drawer Everything by TV On The Radio "Int'l Players' Anthem (I Choose You)" - UGK (RIP Pimp C)
There it is. It's been fun Missoula but you're like an inappreciative girlfriend. The "Players' Anthem" says it all. Between packing and cleaning I had the time to upload this Kid Cudi track "Man On The Moon (The Anthem)", whether it appears on his upcoming LP Man On The Moon is up in the air. Enjoy. And again, good fucking bye Missoula!
I've been anticipating the release of Kid Cudi's full length LP since the release of the "Day N Nite" single on Fools Gold. Anyways, here's the most recent release that I assume will be on the upcoming LP. A little slower and more serious than his other two tracks but it samples Band of Horses. In a time of auto-tune, often pre-packaged, cookie-cutter rap it's nice to catch wind of something a bit more honest(?). Pick it up over here at my favorite music blog, Gorilla vs. Bear.
PS. As soon as Ben retrieves his iMac from storage we'll finish our remix of Cudi's "Dat New New" and have the first Cinematographer/First Folio collaboration.
