While at first I yearned for the varied contributions of early-career mainstays like Dot da Genius, Plain Pat, and Emile, I’ve come to see the Cudi-helmed production as one of the album’s strongest assets. Today, on the album’s second anniversary, my opinion on it has evolved considerably. Of course, the album was still undeniably Cudi, but its unfamiliar production, lengthy instrumental tracks, and general left-field approach had many longtime fans questioning whether Scott had lost his touch. While Cudi had taken great pains to explicitly state that this would be the case, its significant departure in style still caught many fans-myself included-off guard. The project, expected to be a “return to form” of sorts for the Cleveland rapper after his much-maligned side project WZRD, was nothing like the Man on the Moon albums that had come before it. As a longtime Kid Cudi fan, I’ll admit that the first time I heard Indicud I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it.
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