In the midst of a Twitter rant deriding commercialism in Hip Hop over the weekend, Kid Cudi wrote, “rap music is a hustle I respect, but we need more people approaching it like an artform w some peace of mind.”
Cudi, who released what he has called his best work to date in Kid Cudi Presents SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon in March, began a string of Tweets about Hip Hop with a note that “it’s not an impressive field to be in anymore.”
Anyone and everyone can rap now. Its not an impressive field to be in anymore.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
Ima just learn more instruments and plot more symphonies.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
Of course there are guys that are impressive and found success making rap their own, but how many of those types of artist exist? Not many.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
So on the rare occasion I stumble across some new shit thats powerful and has meaning, I become impressed w that artist.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
Because they could dumb down their music, surely connect to a larger audience and make a shit ton of money, but thats not impressive
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
Big whoop u sell a shit ton of records, so have many artist before you. Whatelse u got? What u got for mankind? For the human race?
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
Rap music is a hustle I respect, But we need more people approaching it like an artform w some peace of mind.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
That would be impressive 🙂
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) November 18, 2014
Earlier this month, Kid Cudi guest starred alongside Method Man in the CBS drama “Scorpion.” Cudi, who acted in the HBO series “How To Make It In America” previously, played the part of an electronic music producer and prodigy in “Scorpion.”
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