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Kid Cudi, the Man on the Moon, or even Mr. Rager are a few of the nicknames artist Scott Mescudi is known by. His influence and talent has been appreciated by many since he first emerged as a rapper from Cleveland in 2008. Since then, he's produced countless classics for our generation and has experimented with different sounds for our hearing pleasure. Last week I got the chance to see him perform for the second time at Revention Music Center and he had me leaving the venue an even bigger fan than I already was. The first time I saw Kid Cudi was in 2016 when he performed at the same exact venue and I was a junior in high school. At the time, I was excited to see Kid Cudi but was apprehensive because I didn't enjoy his last two albums. This time, as a freshman in college, I was more than stoked to see him because he was touring for his newest album Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin'. This particular tour resonated with me more because I actually enjoyed his latest album and also because this was his first time touring since he came out of rehab for his depression. I was excited to see how differently he would be from the last time I saw him before he got help. If you've been a Kid Cudi fan since Man On The Moon came out then you know what I mean when I say that Kid Cudi's music helped you through difficult times in life. As a fan, you wouldn't feel so alone because Kid Cudi's songs addressed things that you possibly felt as well so to see him get help for his problems and come…

The self-aggrandizing album proclaimed him to have a godly status. These claims, true or not, launched the musician into a status of celebrity separate from the average definition. West’s top place on Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People” cemented his icon status of today’s generation. Kanye West’s influence and relevance became the most tangible after West’s fourth studio album, 808’s & Heartbreak, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 450,145 copies in its first week. In the…

sense, but the line and execution itself ins’t stellar. Some whole verses even seem senseless in regards to the whole album. “Send it Up” may be the only track that has it’s presence on the album questioned. However, it becomes difficult to nit pick the lyrical choices on this album, which is why it’s lyrics are at times forgiven. Trying to pick apart whether this album’s lyrical prowess is a detriment to the album would be negating the album’s whole intention, to confidently proclaim yourself…

Both of these losses were taken personally with West publically citing his everything from his wealth and success to his narrow-minded pursuits and selfish endeavors as his fatal flaws. Regarded as the black sheep of West’s discography, reception was anything but positive with the album receiving a 7.6, an all time low, from industry leading reviewer Pitchfork. The album was like nothing ever seen before, featuring prominent use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine with stacked synthesizer samples…

The Life of Pablo, which was originally supposed to be called So Help Me God and Swish and many other trial and errors that did not make the cut. The Life of Pablo is Kanye West’s 7th studio album, which was first released only through streaming. Although the album is Kanye Wests’, he had plenty of help with engineering and creating lyrics for the album with others and even Grammy nominee musicians. Some of the musicians who were featured on the gospel-rap album were Kid Cudi; Chance the Rapper,…

The Reunion: A Pastiche of The Visit “A little to the left” said Charlie as he directed Dan on where to place the banner with the words, “Welcome Back Midwestern High School Class of 1995!” Charlie has been planning this reunion for almost a year now. He straightened his name tag which read, “Charlie Johnson: Senior Class President” and had a not so flattering picture of his days with braces in the top corner. He has been anxious about this event for a while now. Rumours have been circulating…

and “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen. They show how people cannot get over the even the littlest differences that people have with the person standing next to them. Works Cited Quindlen, Anna. "A Quilt of a Country." Florida Collections. Ed. Beers, G. Kylene, Martha Clare. Hougen, Carol Jago, Bill McBride, Erik Palmer, and Lydia Stack. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. 1-3. Print. Quindlen, Anna. "A Quilt of a Country." Florida Collections. Ed. Beers, G.…

It is here that Millay establishes that she has experienced love and is directly speaking to somebody who hurt her as a result of her vesting her trust in this person. Instead of hypothetically speaking of the experience of other’s heartbreak, Millay alludes to her own, and how desperately she wanted to swear off love due to the pain she experienced “in a difficult hour” (9) as she was “pinned down”, “moaning”, and “nagged”, (10-11) none of which present a positive connotation of her memory of…

Welcome to the beautiful and distinguished Sinclair family; welcome to American perfection. We Were Liars illustrates a perfect family living the Dream life; private island, grand houses, big family, picnics on the beach and boat rides to the vineyard. The novel indicates abstract concepts of love, loss and youth, and demonstrates topics of tragic heroes, sibling rivalry and political power. Harris Sinclair, the patriarch of the family, is the American ideal. He is the Sinclair family, and…

deepest memories are of sadness, heartbreak and Ilsa, his/former love. Throughout their character arcs, both characters let their memories dictate their actions both emotionally and as motivation and at the end of both men's journeys both characters come to terms with their past. Both characters emerge as heroes and become better men…