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WZRD – Brake

Charlie Winters — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:20:42 +0000

With the second season of How To Make It In America ending this past Sunday, Kid Cudi can now focus entirely on his upcoming project with producer Dot Da Genius. The collective duo recently announced the group’s sonic movement would go under the title WZRD. Here is the first taste from upcoming project scheduled for a tentative release date of January 31, 2012.

Download audio file (WZRD.mp3)

Kid Cudi: Maniac | Short Film Directed by Shia LeBeouf

Charlie Winters — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:27:15 +0000

A film crew follows two serial killers documenting their exploits. Other than a few drunken brawls – including a most recent altercation in our backyard of Vancouver – Shia LeBeouf his making quite the Hollywood career for himself. The short 10-minute short features Scott Mescudi and Chris Palko through multiple conquests fit for the terrifying nature of the Halloween season.

Directed by Shia LaBeouf
Starring Scott Mescudi & Chris Palko
Music & Score by Scott Mescudi & Dot Da Genius
A Grassy Slope & Ragin4Dayz Production in Association with Dilated Pixels
Executive Produced by Scott Mescudi & Shia LaBeouf
Produced by Jeff Balis, T.J. Sakasegawa, Rhoades Rader

Kid Cudi & Kreayshawn Cover October/November Complex

TTE Team — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:26:51 +0000

Personally not feelin the Kreayshawn side but Complex still owns the cover game.

Kid Cudi x Complex BTS

TTE Team — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:08:18 +0000

We posted the exclusive interview with Complex where he discusses the LP, Wale & the use of Coke. Here is a behind the scenes glimpse of the fantastic cover

Kid Cudi Talks Cocaine & Wale with Complex!!

TTE Team — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:43:53 +0000

Complex. Complex: How heavy did the drug use get?
Kid Cudi: I started doing cocaine to get through interviews, ’cause people wanted to know a lot about my personal life and I wasn’t prepared for a 60 Minutes interview every time. Doing bumps I was able to get through the day, but then I would smoke weed to calm me down—it was the only way I could get through the day without people noticing I was doing it.

Did you ever feel like you had a problem?
Kid Cudi: I never thought it was a problem, but I was definitely high-fiving death a couple of times. It took a lot for me to talk about shit like this on the album. I don’t feel like I need to explain myself to anyone besides the fans. My fans don’t believe shit until they hear me say it. And those are true Kid Cudi fans. I want them to know the story.

…Speaking of Wale, when you hit that fan at your show last December, he came out with a line about it ["Throwin' 'round wallets like the dude that Kid Cudi hit," from "Thank You Freestyle"].
Kid Cudi: It wasn’t a shot, it’s just a simple-ass rhyme by a simple-ass rapper. You can’t let that shit faze you. That’s one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor? Everybody think they Hov. Niggas ain’t got the magic like they think they do; there’s only a couple of wizards in this game. I’m a wizard and I know it.

Are your peers not seeing that?
The last album, I let people dis me, throw out those jabs in their verses and have their little slick remarks. This time around, I’m not fucking around. I have no time to think about other niggas. These other motherfuckers like feeding off another nigga’s energy, so they mention their name. You hear me talk about niggas? I don’t even talk about Kanye, and that’s my homeboy! They talk about Kanye like they’re bosom buddies with this nigga. Talking about “I be in Hawaii”—man, shut the fuck up, why you got to tell everybody everything? Then people like Wale get mad that ‘Ye ain’t give him no beats—’Ye ain’t give you no beats because we ain’t fucking with your raps. It’s not a conspiracy theory. We don’t fuck with you musically, so we’re not going to provide music for you. The shit is a service, it’s a quality of a certain standard. Niggas are just so thirsty it’s ridiculous. I’ve been eating humble pie forever, and people still call me an asshole. These people don’t know my fucking life—now I’m going to give them something to talk about.