Why Speeding Bullet to Heaven Is for the Real Cudi Fans

note: In the process of writing this post i was also deep into the process of losing my mind to Speedin Bullet To Heaven or SBTH as we die hard cudi fans refer to it as. Continuing on..

The genius behind Speeding Bullet to Heaven is apparent upon first listen. The Kid Cudi displayed here is inherently the same cudi from man on the moon, he's always had the rock-star attitude but only now is he bringing it to full fledged sleeze-mode. Everything from the heavy use of grunge metal guitars mixed with intensely loathing lyrics signify's a small shift from the guy who made alternative rock-influenced pop rap to a punk rocker who suffers and STILL maintains the melodies we love. The mood and vocal tone of the album is extremely varying yet provides a cohesive sonic painting of the mindstate cudi had when making this album. Introverted, extroverted, dark, charismatic, loud, soft, punk, folk.. these are all items that can only scratch the surface when trying to describe this album in it's totality. 

Anyone attempting to categorize SBTH is like trying to categorize kid cudi who has always been in his own lane musically and in my opinion the extremely annoying beavis & butthead skits are akin to the voices of the haters and false fans that get confused when they try to label him. All it takes is a few tracks in and you start to think.. ok cudders has officially snapped! he is not mentally stable and could be a danger to himself and those around him; you want to save him from that dark room he's in. Congruently it's not often that you get to see an artist be so candid & express themselves in such a free spirited mode that is jarring lyrically but inspiring with the energy he brings.

I totally disagree with skeptics who waste words giving dissenting opinions on the genre of SBTH because they are fundamentally uncultured and don't understand one thing; kid cudi was never a rapper to begin with. i feel that many listeners of the man on the moon series approached SBTH expecting a similar sound, but have only exposed themselves foolishly when it was something totally unexpected. It is inconceievable (if you've been listening) to label the spectrum of cudi's work simply as rap and if you truly call your self a fan it shows badly (of you) when you can't grow with the music. 

note: look at cudi, how many rappers (aside from young thug) would wear a cut off top like that? this is (actual) rockstar shit.

I can understand how some fans of his earlier work misconstrued kid cudi as a rapper, due to a demo tape called rap hard or even  his debut being made on a primarily hip hop label i.e good music; however if you've been paying attention cudi has bever made anything that sounds close to rap. 

Kid cudi is indefinite, his sound is varying and to put him in a box labeled rapper is a grave mistake as many "fans" are beggining to realize with SBTH. This behavior among a sect of hip hop fans doesn't suprises me because primarily hip hop listeners never leave their nest & attack everything that doesnt fall within a trap or conscious category. 

My theory on these hip hop "fans" of kid cudi is that when he first debued with kanye, on good music they associated him more as part of the hip hop community, but never really understood what they were listening to in the solo work. This theory against hip hop fans can be supported by the controversy surrounding cudi's 2012 release entitled WZRD wich was inherently a rock album; however WZRD wasn't recieved well by critics or "fans" as if a precursor to recent events. Kid cudi aka scott mescudi aka king wzrd has definitely always been a rockstar yet no one cares to remember this & only focus on the surface level collaborations.