His homeboy Oliver used to hit me up when I’d go to Toronto, like, “Yo, you gotta fuck with Drake.” Imagine if I would’ve let Drake remix “Day ’N’ Nite” when he wanted to back in ’07. He was one of my earliest supporters that’s why I fuck with Drake on another level than just being a new artist. Their connection is a loose one, but it exists.ĭrake had been wanting to do an official “Day ’N’ Nite” remix early on. Cudi might’ve released his project first, but Drake completely took the position as hip-hop’s new sensitive soul. It took him from being a rapper in Toronto to the next big rap star.ĭrake knew of Cudi, he was a fan, and even wanted to remix “Day N Night.” Cudi leaned harder on experimenting with EDM and fusing hip-hop with other sounds while Drake relied heavily on R&B. Drake made a mixtape that was intimate and emotional, the results were spellbinding. The same can be said for So Far Gone Drake needed 808’s as a point of reference to build an album that blended personal singing, introspective rapping, and production that set a cathartic mood.
Kanye didn’t birth Cudi, but he nourished him for success. Even with the success of “Day N Nite,” Cudi needed a solid foundation to build such an experimental album that took rap into a different stratosphere. Cudi has admitted that Man On The Moon wouldn’t have been possible without the success of 808’s & Heartbreak. I see Cudi as the seed and Kanye as the caretaker who allowed the seed to blossom. I would never say Cudi is the sole reason that 808’s came to fruition, there’s a range of influences, a melting pot of artists that Ye drew from, but to dismiss Cudi’s impact on the album would do him a complete disservice. Cudi went on to get credit for co-writing “ Heartless,” “Welcome To Heartbreak,” “Paranoid” and “ Robocop,” but in an interview with Complex Cudi admitted he couldn’t talk specific numbers. “Day & Night,” “ Man On The Moon (The Anthem),” “ Heaven At Nite,” the songs aren’t closely related to the music found on 808’s & Heartbreak but they’re distant relatives. Cudi’s melodies, his singing and rapping, and his ability to create production that felt more like a fusion of genres than traditional hip-hop are what Kanye gravitated toward.
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In the interview, Kanye gave Cudi full credit for helping shape 808’s & Heartbreak's brooding, stark sound. Rolling Stone wrote a story in 2009, titled “ Kid Cudi - Hip-Hop’s Sensitive Soul.” The story was written around the time of Man On The Moon’s release.
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