Kid Cudi‘s Man On The Moon collection becomes a trilogy Friday (Dec. 12) with the release of the long-awaited Man On The Moon 3: The Chosen album.
Today, via Twitter, Cudi made the announcement with the release of the album’s cover and tracklist. Sticking to his signature art design from the two previous predecessors, Cudi enlists the creative mind of Logic-famed artist Sam Spratt. “U fuckin’ crushed it,” Cudi tweeted Spratt following the artist revealing the cover on his Twitter.
See the official tweet below.
https://t.co/vWnTzN1C7T pic.twitter.com/GSqY7wLeiU
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 7, 2020
Man On The Moon 3 will also reprise its Acts, narrating, cinematic formulaic approach with appears by Trippie Redd, Skepta, Phoebe Bridges, and the late-Pop Smoke. The album is executive produced by familiar Cudi collaborators Dot Da Genius and Dennis Cummings. The album’s synopsis is as followed:
“In the past decade, Scott Mescudi has faced tremendous challenges. Despite feeling like his world was falling apart, he found hope and conquered the darkness that consumed his life.”
But happiness doesn’t last. What he believed was peace turned into a nightmare. He finds himself lost, dealing with pain he hadn’t felt in years. In one night, he must confront himself and fight to reclaim his soul from the evil Mr. Rager. Experience epic production from Dot Da Genius, Take A Day Trip, and the original team – Plain Pat, Emile Hayne, and Mike Dean – as you journey back into Kid Cudi’s world and mind for the final installment of the man on the moon trilogy.
The original Man On The Moon debuted in 2009 and transformed Kid Cudi into one of this generation’s most influential superstars produced the biggest hits “Day N Night,” “Mr. Rager,” and “Pursuit of Happiness”. Travis Scott, Logic and so many more of today’s superstars credit Kid Cudi as the big influence in their music. Years in the making, the album is known for so many start and stops, including Cudi falling in and out of love with music, dealing with drug addiction and raising a daughter.
In 2020, Kid Cudi appeared on new music from Eminem, Travis Scott and Ty Dolla $ign.
Man On The Moon 3 will be released on Wicked Awesome/Republic Records/Universal Music Group. At press time, Cudi released a new teaser trailer, titled, The Trilogy Continues. Watch the new trailer above.
