Kid Cudi, its time to be a Man...

The Moon will illuminate my room and soon I'm consumed by my doom...

I don't know what Kid Cudi was on--thinking when that line dripped from the pen to his pad. I do know this type of dark, child-like view of life is what makes Cudi's music so interesting. Here's a rapper who's not afraid to be soft; he's not afraid to talk about issues that normal people could probably relate to. Not everyone can be a drug dealer, a baller, a hustler, a pimp, a cell-mate, or Big Meech...Larry Hover..whipping work...Hallelu...My bad! I got a little carried away. The single "Day n Night" was a huge sigh of relief in a year where "A-Milli" put Lil Wayne's face on every available poster space. If your ear could weed out all the garbage radio and avoid doing the "Superman" swim at random, you were rewarded with a nice supply of mixtapes from up-n-coming artists such as Asher Roth, Charles Hamilton, Wale, and Kid Cudi. Now 2 years later, fans and media observers have had enough time to figure out just who is the Man on the Moon, and lets just say he's definitely Out THERE!

Blessed with the gift of G.O.O.D Music and having Kanye West as a close friend only assured the world that Cudi was not going to be a here-and-gone artist. Kanye doesn't just cosign and work with anyone, but it seems to be a pattern of Divas surrounding themselves with other Divas. Out of all the endorsements, the television spot on "How to make it in America", the sell out shows, and basically, the f*cking fame, Cudi is still being "consumed by his dome". Its not even remotely understandable, but the signs of such an emotional character wanting to be royally pampered in just about every situation was present in the very beginning.

Flashback to Feb. 16th 2009 when Cudi was definitely feeling electrified (literally) after getting an endorsement from Reebok for an event and being tasered at said event. Yes, tasered!
Google never lies,

Reportedly, Cudi (real name: Scott Mescudi) started the fight at Scottsdale's Canal restaurant, where he was scheduled to perform on Saturday, because he wanted to wear Air Jordans instead of Reeboks at the Reebok-sponsored party.

An observer described the incident in detail,

I saw him yelling at some of the Reebok people about the sound system and someone getting him a drink, and then the next thing I know, he pushes one of the Reebok girls," the source tells us. "Security comes over and tries to escort him out and that really gets him going. As they're walking him through the door, he throws a punch at one of the security guards, a nice shot to the jaw. That's when he got tasered."

Now, its obvious he was set up. Who would get tasered over wanting to wear Air Jordans at an event sponsored by Reebok. The MAN was definitely at work on this one right. We don't need Skooby Doo and the gang to solve this for us. Kelly Bundy could even see that Cudi was merely in an over-embellished-by-the-media altercation. Which is why he felt the need to explain his side of the story on his blog,

i was tasered (shit hurt like a muthafucka), I WAS NOT ARRESTED...

i didnt put my hands on anyone; the muthafucka i was tryna touch, i couldnt reach his fuckin coller to grab him...

its not about me being a tough guy, i dont even like violence and id like to talk suttin out before it gets physical. with that bein said, u kno it had to be suttin really REALLY fucked up for me to want to physically attack anyone...however i dont condone violence and i shouldnt have said anything to the douche, i just have a lot of shit on my mind at this time in my life, i let suttin petty get to me...u always hear the drama but wut about wuts goin on in my life? theres always a method to my madness, remember that when u think or hear suttin about me....

it wasnt over me wearin jordans; i arrived at the event in the most fugliest reeboks ever...

Well there you go. All of us can understand fighting a person over being forced to sport "the most fugliest reeboks ever". How many of you have slapped your own momma for making you wear that "fugly" Easter Sunday outfit, or the fugly-ass shirt for Picture Day--the one in the gold frame near the good china next to the small plastic bag containing your first baby locks and your first set of pubes. WAT F*K'N FANTASY IS THIS FOOL IN!. Pay me to where some fugly sneakers and I'll ask you "How long!" PBP. Nuff Said. How Yer Doin! But no, Cudi has to show his ass and get tasered. I wonder if "The Black Guy Who Tips" was the security guard on duty.

That's incident number 1, and it just gets worse for Cudi from there.
No more than a full month later Cudi is talking about retiring from the rap game. Word on the street was that it really upset him when Andre 3000 refused to be on his album. But we all know that wasn't Cudi's reason,

AFTER THE RELEASE OF MY FIRST LP THIS SUMMER, IAM NOT MAKING ANY MORE SOLO ALBUMS. IAM FALLIN BACK ON BEING A ARTIST. THE DRAMA THAT COMES WITH IT IS MORE OVERWHELMING THAN THE SHIT I WAS DEALING WIT WHEN I WAS PISS POOR BROKE. MY FRIENDS GET MAD AT ME, SAY IVE CHANGED, ONE OF THE ONLY HOMIES I GOT IN THIS GAME, WALE, IS WORRIED ABOUT ME CUZ OF SHIT HE HEARS. LIKE WTF? WHO CAN SAY IM BEIN HOLLYWOOD? IM NOT AROUND ANYONE BUT PLAIN PAT AND EMILE. WHO CAN SAY THAT SHIT? MUTHAFUCKAS TALKIN SHIT HERE AND THERE, SPREADIN RUMORS, MAKIN JOKES, TRYNA JUDGE ME, AND FOR WHAT? DOES MY MUSIC POKE FUN AT OTHERS? DO I TALK SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE N MY MUSIC? I ALREADY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL ONCE, AND GOT EXPELLED CUZ IT WASNT FOR ME. IMA DROP OUT THIS SHIT BEFORE NIGGAZ TRY AND CRUCIFY ME.....
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AGAIN, IAM SORRY, BUT ITS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP ME FROM GOING COMPLETELY INSANE. IM TOO REAL FOR THIS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SHIT. BAK TO THE MOON I GO”

Really, Kid? Too much success can do that to a person. But Cudi hadn't even blown up yet. He was still an artist-to-lookout-for. Sh*t, Saigon had a re-occurring role on Entourage for a while, and his LP still hasn't seen the light of day. You would think he was Eminem status with this emo-blog. Lets be reality Kid. Most artist crucify themselves. The media circus just buys tickets to the show and cheers you on your self-destruction. And that last line "Bak to the moon I go" is just laughable. What is this guy an 11 year old Marvel comic nerdboy? Nobody is feeling those internet tears. Its believed that from that point on Cudi should have been granted his wish instantly in full and completely dropped from the label that had invested some much in this guys fame and stardom. Sadly, emotional black males make for good Vogue, Essence, and Elle covers.

And we all know, no tantrum-honing-artist is completely with out a beef with someone of equal stature. Throw in ittybitty clip from Wale explaining to 9th Wonder his confusion about the character Kid Cudi, and you've got the BET version of the Hills. The beef didn't even make it past the pilot though because it was placed aside for more important worries like "So Far Gone".

Later on that year we finally got to hear the Man on the Moon LP. And the Cudi fans who stuck with him through all those fugly shoe events and Diary of a Wimpy Blog posts were not dissatisfied. The album is somber, sad...HELL.. its basically a diagnosis for Depression in album form-- sing along! The Kid has alot of issues that aren't issues. He must have spent a lot of time with an imaginary friend; he probably knows Bloo, Mac, and Cheese. The album is just full of these timidly laid lines about a pitiful drug habit and a lack of attention growing up. Nobody even thought to question how he hi-jacked the rights from Hanna-Barbera to Schelprock's rhymebook.

Everything seemed to be okay. A couple concert brawls and some minor hints at Cudi being a Coke-head. But hey, what do you expect from a man on the moon. Here we are nearing the end of 2010 patiently waiting for Cudi's second LP "Man on the Moon II". How creative! Its like a Steven Spielberg trilogy in the making. Guess its about time for the Kid to show his ass again. In comes the long awaited twitter beefing--what's fame and fortune with out an occasional twitter beef. Be assured that you are definitely famous when you've got an English twitter alias of yourself spreading pure comedy amongst the new generation of tweeters. Its official, Cudi and Wale are not cool. Now I'm not sure if Wale had any ill feelings towards Cudi when his recorded,

"Maybe it's on me or brother it's on you/ Or maybe it's they fault that we ain't holla since June/F*ck it we on the move/None of us tryna lose/I am outta this world and you are a 'Man on The Moon'."

But it was definitely clear that he felt the spur of the moment twitter-jokes bug while tweeting,

"n*ggas lettin that liquid cocaine get to them.....lets go then," he tweeted Friday (September 17).

"#shoutout to everybody tryn they hardest to go in on me, u can't say nuffn bout me #NT aint already said. I'm wack? Who tol u radio? Oh, ok"

Wale. You know you just can't talk about a Coke-he---another rap artist like that and get away with it scott-free. And it didn't take long for the Kid to fire back, pop-gun trigger happy style like,

"It wasn't a shot, it's just a simple-a** rhyme by a simple-a** rapper. You can't let that sh*t faze you. That's one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor? Everybody think they Hov. N*ggas ain't got the magic like they think they do; there's only a couple of wizards in this game. I'm a wizard and I know it," Cudi said. "The last album, I let people dis me, throw out those jabs in their verses and have their little slick remarks. This time around, I'm not f*cking around. I have no time to think about other n*ggas. These other motherf*ckers like feeding off another n*gga's energy, so they mention their name. You hear me talk about n*ggas? ... N*ggas are just so thirsty it's ridiculous. I've been eating humble pie forever, and people still call me an a**hole. These people don't know my f*cking life--now I'm going to give them something to talk about."

Delusions of Grandeur at its best. That line is one that shows the world he's wack. According to Cudi's rapbook

Hater's shake my hand, but I keep the sanitizer on deck...

Now that sh*t is WACKADOCIOUS! Seriously, wat the hell is Merlin talking about. Rappers are wizards now? Hov has never referred to himself as a wizard. And its funny that Cudi is a wiz and Wale is not considering Wale is the one signed to Roc-nation under the Grand Wiz himself, Hova. How you gon call other "nigguhs.. just..so thirsty" but this Kid was the one getting busted with the "liquid cocaine". Nasa needs to organize an emergency space shuttle launch to bring ole boy back from the Moon, so he can be grounded. Cudi's music speaks or itself, and Thank God for that because if he spoke for it you would have to understand Klingon to get where in the f*k he's coming from.