Kid Cudi And Kanye West Back On Good Terms – Kid Cudi quit Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music about 3 years ago, but both rappers are now back on good terms.
Kid Cudi And Kanye West Back On Good TermsThe duo reunited in the studio for Kanye’s The Life Of Pablo album, and in a recent interview with Billboard magazine, revealed they both sat down and resolved their issues.
That
was the first time I had been around him and his team in a while. In
order to get back into the creative process, we had to talk. I’m not one
of those people who’s just going to come around after a while, jump in
and make music. We needed to have a big bro, lil bro convo. As soon as
we had that, we were good. Whatever we were dealing with, it was a
beautiful thing to clear the air about. I’m really happy to be back
working with my friends.
‘Ye and I have speckles. Maybe we’ll both
be in the same place at the same time and be like, “Let’s do this” and
have 30 songs with each other. But for now, I’m just happy to lend a
hook. The last thing I want to do is write a rap for someone else’s
song. I’d much rather have a hook and fall back. And that’s what Kanye
wants from me. I sing and Kanye ensures me that it’s dope.
I enjoy
creating. The first song Kanye sent me is “Waves.” He sent me that in
December. It was different than it is now. I remember one night we were
all just sitting there and I was hoarse from a show the night before
where I lost my voice. I was in New York listening to the latest edit. Chris Brown
was already on it and we were thinking about how we could make it
better. Chris really has this amazing voice. But there were all these
ad-libs around it. So I cleared out all the extra and let’s just hear
him. That’s ultimately what you hear now. We all bounced ideas around
and came up with this minimal version. Once we got that, I hummed on it a
little. Kanye had been working on that album for a while. And as you
can see, it’s still changing. That song wasn’t even going to make it.
But I was like, “We have to do something.” And then Chance the Rapper pushed. And Mike Dean and Plain Pat were key players, too.
Cudi, who is releasing his 5th studio album, revealed that the album would not be a continuation of his Man Of The Moon series.
Guys,
you have to realize: I came up with ‘Man on the Moon’ when I was a
young man. People change their vibe! We can follow the same template and
do the five-act split. Sonically, I’m still going to be where I’m at.
Honestly, I was ready to live up to the obligation and do Man on the
Moon 3. I haven’t been dicking around. I was planning on doing it after
‘Speedin’ Bullet.’ But the ‘Speedin’ Bullet’ response tore me up. It
made me realize what’s most important. I’m getting back on the bike
again and doing what I do best: me.