INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: Kanye West and Kid Cudi perform during 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on Apin Indio, California. Kids See Ghosts is unpredictable in its sound and approach, as evidenced by the explosive “Feel The Love," “4th Dimension,” which flips a Christmas song, and the Kurt Cobain-sampling "Cudi Montage" - immediate highlights from the project. He sounded healed and confident, especially in emotional songs like “Reborn” and “Cudi Montage.” Similarly, Kid Cudi also sounds just as revitalized on this project. However, compared to Ye, Kanye's significantly more clever and focused. “Freeee,” for example, is a sequel to “Ghost Town” and certainly outshines its predecessor with the help of Ty Dolla $ign. However, there are many similar sonic themes across the project. The album featured Kanye’s best rapping out of the five Wyoming releases, easily surpassing Ye which was widely considered a disappointment by many. Kids See Ghosts still manages to deliver enough quality music to make a strong impact with a short runtime. Kanye West approached every 2018 project with this idea. The song “4th Dimension” contains a sample of Shirley Ann Lee saying that “you only want two and a half minutes” or “three minutes max” for a good song. Read More: Takashi Murakami Describes Kanye West & Kid Cudi’s Artwork For “Kids See Ghost”
At 7 short songs and a 24-minute runtime, the album lived up to high expectations. The reconciliation between close collaborators is also what made the album so exciting. Kids See Ghosts was an artistic triumph following the lukewarm reception to Kanye's previous album and his pro-Trump rhetoric. 1, the two had publicly exchanged jabs before making up. Following 2015’s Father Stretch My Hands Pt. Kanye West and Kid Cudi have clearly influenced each other and brought the best out of each other on a track, which is what made Kids See Ghosts such a successful effort. Rager. Eventually, Cudi left G.O.O.D Music in 2013. Of course, Ye helped introduce Kid Cudi to the world, having heavily contributed to Kid Cudi’s first two studio albums, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day and 2010’s Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Still, Cudi left an indelible imprint on Ye's catalog, from 808s & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to Yeezus, and The Life Of Pablo. Music’s Cruel Summer compilation to have his own solo track.
He was also the only artist on the G.O.O.D. Music label, releasing his first three albums on the imprint. From 2008-2013, Kid Cudi was one of the flagship artists signed to West’s G.O.O.D. Before Kids See Ghosts came out in 2018, Kanye West and Kid Cudi had developed a close working relationship.
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