“I realize there are no answers to rid me of this cancer,” he says. “Embers” starts out slightly slower, with a more negative tone. Things slightly change pace in the album’s title track “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven,” as Cudi seems to reassure himself that everything will be okay: “When I crash, when I crash / Or if I land, no matter the case / I’m all smiles.” “Fuchsia Butterflies” starts off decent, with a more upbeat tempo and catchy chorus.
“I need to escape forever, forever,” he says. “Wedding Tux” and “Angered Kids” are unimpressionable, and “Red Sabbath” follows, leaving listeners depressed. It’s a pattern of one mediocre track followed by three to four unbearable ones. However, all hope is lost when Cudi decided to end the track with a Muppet-like dialogue about hallucinogens that seems to be straight out of a “Sesame Street” episode, narration and all.īy the time the 12th track rolls around, I’m beginning to wonder if Cudi himself knew he only had produced a few successful tracks, and decided to disperse them evenly throughout the album. “Handle with Care” is less painful to bear, as it is less aggressive and seems to carry a little more of a melody. “The Nothing” is a track that seems to be just that. Cudi raps softer and more soothingly, “Only crazy makes sense, its starting to make sense.”Īnother confusing and sleepy track quickly follows this one. “Adventures,” the sixth track, seems promising at the intro of the song, with a more low-key guitar presence. “Return of the rage, return of the rage / A warriors’s curse, a warrior’s pain / I got the rage forcing through my veins,” he screams. “Fade 2 Red” is clearly a taste of when Cudi’s emotions turn from sad and dreary to confused and overwhelming as he confronts his demons. You get the sense that the album was created in part from Cudi’s own repeated mumblings and reassurances. The next several tracks all seem to resemble each other and are linked by Cudi’s chant-like lyrics.
Only later on is it discovered that “Confused!” is one of the only redeeming tracks on the two-disk release. The first track, “Edge of the Earth / Post Mortem Boredom,” gives a slower intro that later picks up a bit with track two, “Confused!,” that seems to reference his original sound with more of a guitar-based rhythm. Cudi has even gone as far as to publicly dedicate the album as a ballad for anyone who has ever struggled with mental illness. It is the first deliberate glimpse into Cudi’s struggle with mental illness. Despite its underwhelming sound, however, this album does have hidden value. The album lacks a unifying theme, as its tracks range from repetitive and sleepy to chaotic and sporadic.
“Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” is overall a disappointing addition to his collection. Despite releasing several good tracks mixed within these albums, none have risen to be a part of his most popular.
#Kid cudi albums 2015 series
With the expected release of the third installment of Cudi’s “Man on the Moon” album series set sometime next year, the three albums that Cudi has released since “Man on the Moon, Vol. To say that the release of Kid Cudi’s newest album “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” was heavily anticipated would be a generous overstatement. Kid Cudi released his new album “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” on Friday.
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