“DAD, GET OFF THE PHONE”

surprised no one has spotted this, my first paparazzi encounter. monumental disaster

YES i was trashed

“yo, who am i with right now?” hahahahaha

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i think im 5 ‘11, or 5 ‘10. one of those

i jus wrapped up a ill interview yesterday with my homie joe for complex magazine and it was one of my more open and honest sit downs to date. after the interview i came to some enlightening conclusions

2 things

number 1
i feel like my music has been overshadowed by wut the people call “hype” as of late and it bothers me greatly….im not into the whole media hype and shit, comparisons and doin collabs jus to build up more hype. since my recent fame, people have been gettin caught up with the idea of who iam, my associations, my weed smokin aswell as made up drama and its not about any of that shit for me and shouldnt be for anyone else. it should be about my music. so i almost dont do certain things to keep the love u guys have for me more natural, organic and based off my art.

number 2
i kno the world is mostly based off of competition, it thrives on it. sports, video games, war, etc etc so on and so forth but competition in music shouldnt be. well atleast maniac competition. since the hype dats been givin to me, it changed me into this competitive maniac. ultimately makin me worry more about who my fans will like better “at the end of the day” between me and many other artists. everyone wants be good at suttin they’re passionate about, but me gettin wrapped up into my own hype really did change my focus. i started thinkin about my fellow artists not as comrads but my enemies so to speak in a battle for the fans. for wut everyone calls “that spot”. but in this interview with complex, as i was talkin i figured out everything. rite then and there

there is no spot, those days r gone. u make ur own lane. period. thats wut ive done so i should have nothing to worry about. everything else has been done before, why be a clone for some labels benefit jus cuz a previous swag was successful? there is room in music for ANY AND EVERYONE. ITS ABOUT SELF EXPRESSION. i look at music like the open road, theres room for everyone to roll and get to where they wanna go. and i mean open road like a street, not a race track. music should be the least competitive thing in the world, ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE ARTIST. friendly competition is good, setting goals or wut not, AND pushin urself to be better. it promotes growth when its friendly becuz it transforms into inspiration, however there is a very thin line between maniac competition and friendly competition and i crossed it.

trial and error, im new to this shit so im learning as i go along. im writing this for the fans so u understand where my head is at. so u kno im not caught up in the madness. i have my genuine focus back, the focus i had when i created day n nite.

sidebar: i prolly wrote some of the most intense records durin my maniac phase which u will hear on the album so i guess suttin good came from the dark side after all.

take negative energy and transform it, make it positive, and use it.

cudder fact: i havnt gone to many industry and red carpet events lately to avoid “hype”, im layin low til my album drops. only then will the hype be destroyed and replaced with fact. you decide

have you ever been to heaven at night?

new title
MAN on the MOON: the END of DAY

peaceeeeee

JUS MOVED INTO MY NEW CRIB IN THE CITY AND I DIDNT HAVE INTERNET FOR A BIT SO THATS WHY IVE BEEN OFF THE RADAR, CUDDER APOLOGIZES FOR THE TARDINESS LOL…..U GUYS CANT STAY MAD AT ME ANYWAY SO CUT THE CRAP HAHA

I HAVE A BUNCH TO SAY BUT DONT KNO HOW TO SAY IT…IVE LEARNED HOW POWERFUL THE MEDIA REALLY IS SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I WATCH MY MOUTH A BIT……sike your mind

SOO, I SAW ON THIS SITE THEY COMPARED ME AND WALE’S APPROACH AT ROCKIN THE TRUE BLUE 3′S….KIND OF LIKE A “WHO ROCKED IT BETTER” TYPE THING….WHY???

THE BET NOMINATION IS PRETTY FUCKIN DOPE ID SAY, EVEN THO IM NOT GONNA WIN HAHA. THERES JUST WAYYY TOO MUCH ESTABLISHED AND AMAZING TALENT N THAT CATAGORY, I DONT EVEN HAVE A ALBUM OUT….HOWEVER, THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME, THE FACT IM BEIN RECOGNIZED FOR MY ART BEFORE I EVEN RELEASE MY REAL ALBUM EFFORT IS VERY HUMBLING….THIS IS HISTORY, IM CHANGIN THINGS….ITS GONNA GET A LOT MORE EXCITING FROM HERE ON OUT.

I DO NOT HAVE BEEF WITH ANDRE 3000, PEOPLE LOVE TAKIN MY WORDS AND TWISTING THEM. WELL, THATS THE MEDIAS JOB I GUESS. I SAID HE DENIED MY REQUEST FOR A SONG, PERIOD. HIS MANAGEMENT SAID HES FOCUSED ON HIS PROJECT, LILY WANTS TO FOCUS ON TOURING, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BOTH CASES AND EVEN IF I DIDNT ITS NOTHING TO GET WORKED UP ABOUT. MY ALBUM WILL STILL LIVE UP TO EVERYONES EXPECTATIONS. AS PROMISED

SWINE FLU, SHIT IS SCARY….PAY ATTENTION FOLKS AND STAY INFORMED ON THIS ISSUE…

THOSE PHOTOS THAT WERE RELEASED WERE SHOT BY MY HOMIE AND GOOD MUSIC AFFILIATE NABIL, WHO ALSO DIRECTED THE WELCOME TO HEARTBREAK VIDEO…THEY ARNT PROMO PICS FOR MY ALBUM AT ALL, THEYRE JUS FOR PRESS, MAGAZINES AND BLOGS….SO YALL CAN STOP USING THOSE OLD ASS MO HAWKED KID CUDI PICS I TOOK BACK IN 07 LOL HAHA. THE REAL PROMO FOR THE ALBUM WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS MY TESTIMENT, MY MISSION STATEMENT FOR YOU ALL WHO BELIEVE IN ME, FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO SUPPOSRTS ME…A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME IN INTERVIEWS WHATS MY PURPOSE, WUTS MY ULTIMATE GOAL AND I NEVER COULD GIVE A SOLID ANSWER CUZ I WAS STILL TRYNA FIGURE IT OUT…I KNO WUT I WANNA DO BUT WUT IS MY PURPOSE?

I WAS SMOKIN SOME GRAND DADDY PURP WHEN I REALIZED MY FATE MORE CLEAR THAN EVER

REMEMBER THESE WORDS

I REPRESENT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD AND DECENT IN THE WORLD, IAM THE VOICE OF A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF YOUTH WHO WANT TO JUST BE WHO THEY ARE. YOUNGINS WHO WANT TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS, AND WHO ARE MISUNDERSTOOD. KIDS WITH DREAMS. KIDS WHO THE LAST THING THEY WANNA DO IS HARM ANOTHER HUMAN BEING BUT AT THE SAME TIME STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN PICKIN AND CHOOSIN THEIR BATTLES. I BRING HOPE TO THE UNDERDOGS AND FRUSTRATION TO THE HATERS. IAM A MESSENGER FROM GOD, HE WANTS ME TO SACRIFICE MYSELF AND PUT MY ISSUES OUT THERE SO OTHERS CAN LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES AND IGNORANCE. AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE IS ONLY FAITH, AND IM THE NEW POSTER BOY FOR CHANGE, POSITIVE ENERGY, PEACE AND LOVE. IAM NOT A PERFECT MAN, HOWEVER MY MISSION IS TO BETTER MYSELF THROUGH SONG, ULTIMATELY FINDING INNER PEACE AND WALKING A MORE POSITIVE PATH. IAM YOUR HERO, WHEN YOU ARE WEAK I WILL SPEAK TO YOU, WHEN IAM WEAK U SHALL SPEAK TO ME….THE ARTIST AND FAN BOND IS ESTABLISHED NOW. WE NEED EACH OTHER, I NEED YOU ALL MORE THAN YOU NEED ME. I WILL BE HERE FOREVER EVEN IF IM NOT HERE IN THE PHYSICAL, MY WORDS WILL GUIDE AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRE A MOVEMENT OF PEACE AND LOVE ACROSS THE WORLD…IM NOT HIP HOPS NEXT BIG THING, IM NOT THE BEST NEW ARTIST, IM NOT ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE NEW COOL OR WHATEVER OTHER LABEL U CAN GIVE ME, IAM JUS PLAIN OL “IMPORTANT”. IAM INCOMPARABLE TO ANYONE, SO CUT THE SHIT. I STAND OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE LAUGHIN AT THOSE INSIDE IT AT THE SAME TIME PRAYIN THEY WAKE UP AND JOIN THE REAL….IAM HOPE, AND LIKE LEBRON’S RISE TO HEROIC FEATS, U ARE ALL WITNESSES. YOUVE WATCH ME GROW FROM A KID FROM CLEVELAND OHIO WITH THIS COOL SONG THAT ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE BELIEVED IN, THAT EVERYONE WROTE OFF AS A ONE HIT WONDER, TO BEIN ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT ARTISTS THIS YEAR AND LAST…YOU CAN REMAIN STANDOFFISH IF YOU WANT, BUT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. U KNOW CUDI, BUT YOUR LISTENING TO SCOTT. IM HERE, AND MY VOICE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. YOU HAVNT SEEN, OR HEARD ANYTHING YET. AND LIKE I SAID LAST YEAR, I AINT PLAYIN NOMORE

MY MUSIC IS:
ONE SMALL STEP FOR ME, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR ALL WEIRDKIND.

MOONMAN
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO HEAVEN AT NIGHT?

MY DEFINITION OF WEIRD: ANYBODY WHO IS A LEADER AND FOLLOWS THEIR HEART

DREAM ON G.O.O.D.

I ONLY HAVE 3 FEATURES FOR MY ALBUM WHICH IS MY BIG HOMIE SNOOP, KANYE AND COMMON. THE OTHER 2 ARTISTS I ASKED SO FAR TO BE ON MY ALBUM: LILY ALLEN AND ANDRE 3000, HAVE DECLINED MY REQUEST FOR A COLLAB. IT MADE ME REALIZE THO, DO I REALLY WANNA GO IN ON FEATURES? SURE I LIKE THESE ARTISTS BUT THIS FIRST ALBUM NEEDS TO BE ABOUT WUT I CAN DO. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL THINK ITS A GAME SO I WILL FOREVER FEEL LIKE I HAVE SUTTIN TO PROVE. U GUYS NEED TO HEAR MORE OF ME SO WHEN UR DEBATIN WITH UR FRIENDS ABOUT HOW ILL MAN ON THE MOON IS, THEY CAN BE LIKE “YEA, YOU RIGHT” LOL HAHA….ULTIMATELY, THIS DOES CHANGE THE THEME OF THE ALBUM NOW SO THE SUBTITLE WILL NOT BE CALLED “THE GUARDIANS”….I GOT A COUPLE IDEAS FOR THE NEW SUBTITLE BUT ILL POST IT ON MONDAY

THERE ARE A TONNNNNN OF ARTISTS I WANT TO WORK WITH CUZ AT THE END OF THE DAY IM JUS A DUDE WHO LIKES TO CREATE MUSIC…. SOOOOO, AFTER THE CHIP THE RIP COLLAB, I WILL DO ANOTHER ALBUM WITH ALL NEW SONGS, ALL COLLABS WIT SOME OF THE BEST AND MOST CREATIVE ARTISTS IN MUSIC. AND THEN AFTER THAT IM DOING A COLLAB ALBUM WITH RATATAT, WHICH WILL PROLLY REALLY BE THE BIGGEST ALBUM I WILL EVER CREATE.

FYI. THINKIN ABOUT CHANGIN THE TITLE OF MY DEBUT ALBUM TO “SHUT THE FUCK UP” CUZ THATS WUT ALL THE HATERS WILL NEED TO BE DOIN WHEN IT DROPS

DEAR MY DETROIT FOLKS, I WILL NOT BE HAVIN A SHOW TONITE, PROMOTORS ARE MAKIN FAKE SHOWS AND POSTIN THEM SO WHEN I DONT SHOW UP I LOOK LIKE A ASS….IMA START POSTING EACH AND EVERY SHOW FROM HERE ON OUT TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. IF ITS NOT POSTED ON MY SITE, THEN ITS NOT OFFICIAL.

THE ONLY SHOW I HAVE THIS MONTH IS IN COLUMBUS OHIO FOR OHIO STATE AND THATS MAY 14TH…THERE IS ONE MORE SHOW PENDING THIS MONTH BUT ONCE I FINALIZE THAT ILL POST….I APOLOGIZE IF PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND UPSET BUT ITS NOT MY FAULT, I WOULDNT JUS NOT SHOW UP FOR A SHOW. DATS WACK SHIT, AND U KNO IMA STAND UP NIGGA SO PLEASE DONT FALL FOR THE BULLSHIT ANYMORE. KIDCUDI.COM OR MYSPACE.COM/KIDCUDI WILL HAVE ALL SHOW UPDATES

IF U SEE ANYTHING ON ANY OTHER BLOGS, IDC HOW COOL THE BLOG LOOKS, IF IT ISNT CONFIRMED ON MY BLOG THEN DONT PLAN ON GOING CUZ I WONT BE THERE. FOR THE ASSHOLES HOWEVER WHO MADE UP THIS IMAGINARY DETROIT SHOW, GOOD TRY BITCHES BUT NOT G.O.O.D. ENUFF

FYI: THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENIN FOR SOME MONTHS NOW, SO IF U WENT TO A SHOW AND I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THERE AND I WASNT, THEN UR A VICTIM. I APOLOGIZE GUYS, WONT HAPPEN AGAIN.