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Upon its release, ''Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon'' was met with generally positive reviews from [[music criticism|music critic]]s. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 5 reviews.<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/satellite-flight-the-journey-to-mother-moon/kid-cudi</ref> Erin Lowers of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' gave the album a six out of ten, saying "''Satellite Flight: The Journey to the Mother Moon'' occupies a space between what is and what's coming, but Kid Cudi's admired originality falls short and is almost lackluster here in comparison to his previous works. For what it is, ''Satellite Flight'' is somewhere lost in the galaxy with a few glimmers of light shining on it from other planets."<ref name="exclaim.ca"/> Whagle of [[Consequence of Sound]] gave the album a D+, saying "Despite several strong sections, including some of Cudi’s best work in years, the album ends up being exactly what he intended it to be — a bridge between two things. A bridge, however, needs to lean on something stable. It can’t stand on its own."<ref name="consequenceofsound.net"/> Edwin Ortiz of [[HipHopDX]] gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Flaws and all, ''SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon'' stands as one of Kid Cudi’s biggest accomplishments. Rejuvenated. Recreated. Rebooted. Call it what you will. Scott Mescudi made an EP’s worth of material feel like an album, and he did it without surrendering his artistic integrity in the process. If ''SATELLITE FLIGHT'' truly is a bridge between ''Indicud'' and ''Man on the Moon III'', fans will be in for a treat when the third installment is finally released."<ref name="hiphopdx.com"/>
Upon its release, ''Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon'' was met with generally positive reviews from [[music criticism|music critic]]s. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 5 reviews.<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/satellite-flight-the-journey-to-mother-moon/kid-cudi</ref> Erin Lowers of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' gave the album a six out of ten, saying "''Satellite Flight: The Journey to the Mother Moon'' occupies a space between what is and what's coming, but Kid Cudi's admired originality falls short and is almost lackluster here in comparison to his previous works. For what it is, ''Satellite Flight'' is somewhere lost in the galaxy with a few glimmers of light shining on it from other planets."<ref name="exclaim.ca"/> Whagle of [[Consequence of Sound]] gave the album a D+, saying "Despite several strong sections, including some of Cudi’s best work in years, the album ends up being exactly what he intended it to be — a bridge between two things. A bridge, however, needs to lean on something stable. It can’t stand on its own."<ref name="consequenceofsound.net"/> Edwin Ortiz of [[HipHopDX]] gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Flaws and all, ''SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon'' stands as one of Kid Cudi’s biggest accomplishments. Rejuvenated. Recreated. Rebooted. Call it what you will. Scott Mescudi made an EP’s worth of material feel like an album, and he did it without surrendering his artistic integrity in the process. If ''SATELLITE FLIGHT'' truly is a bridge between ''Indicud'' and ''Man on the Moon III'', fans will be in for a treat when the third installment is finally released."<ref name="hiphopdx.com"/> Emmanuel C.M. of ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' gave the album an XL, saying "Kid Cudi regains his powers again with ''Satellite Flight''. It is a dense, short album exhibiting wonderful synths, sharp drums, patent Cudi crooning, mumbles and a dreamy atmosphere. Like all of Cudi’s music, it pushes the envelope and it’s very abstract. There isn’t a gray area with Cudder’s music, in fact, it is very black and white, meaning people either are going to hate it or love it. But the journey is always an adventure. ''Satellite Flight'' captures Cudi’s adventure back home to the moon and does it brilliantly."<ref>http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2014/03/kid-cudi-satellite-flight-album-review/</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

Revision as of 05:09, 4 March 2014

Untitled

Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon (stylized as KiD CuDi presents SATELLITE FLIGHT: The Journey to Mother Moon) is the fourth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi. The album was released on February 25, 2014, by Wicked Awesome Records and Republic Records.

Background and development

In October 2013, while on tour at a show in Texas, Kid Cudi announced he would be releasing an extended play (EP), sometime in the next three months.[1][2] Cudi also revealed he would be producing it alongside his WZRD band-mate Dot da Genius and that frequent collaborator King Chip, would appear on the EP.[1][2] He then called the EP a prelude to his fourth album Man on the Moon III, which he announced would be released in 2015.[1] On October 19, 2013, Cudi revealed "Going to the Ceremony", a song he had released via online audio distribution platform SoundCloud, earlier in July, would be included in the EP.[3][4] Cudi would also go on to reveal a remix of his hit single "Day 'n' Nite", which was briefly previewed on the intro of his 2008 breakout mixtape A Kid Named Cudi, would also appear on the EP.[5][6][7] On November 25, 2013, via his Twitter feed, Cudi revealed the title of the EP to be Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon.[8][9] On December 16, 2013, Kid Cudi once again utilized SoundCloud to release "Satellite Flight", the EP's title-track.[10][11] On December 20, 2013, Cudi expressed on Twitter: "This EP is designed to reclaim my style others have been tryna duplicate for the past 5 years."[12]

"I kinda went director on this project. I had the idea for the first and second [Man on the Moon] albums, with the whole five acts split. Man on the Moon III will go back to that whole breakdown and this comes back to that tradition, with the acts and everything being seamlessly in order."

— In a January 2014 interview with MTV, Cudi poked fun at his love for stretching out the storyline across different albums.[13]

On January 18, 2014, Kid Cudi revealed the EP would be released in February, when he tweeted: "We all take flight in February. Get to packin Cud Fam!".[14] Later that day, Cudi tweeted: "Satellite Flight: The Journey To Mother Moon is the bridge between INDICUD and MOTM3. An experience 6 years in the making."[15] He also tweeted: "Upon the release of the EP, play all my albums back to back starting from MOTM1 (WZRD included) to prepare u for the next chapter, MOTM3"[16] On January 27, 2014, Kid Cudi revealed on Twitter that Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, would no longer be an EP, but a full-length studio album instead.[17][18][19][20] Kid Cudi also confirmed the album would still be released in February.[17][18]

On January 31, 2014, in an interview with MTV, Cudi explained he hit such a creative stride when he began to work on the EP, that he decided to just complete a full album instead.[13] During the same interview he stated the album will bridge the gap between Indicud and the third part in the Man on the Moon series: "It starts where Indicud left off perfectly, and takes you right into MOTM III. It's like a TV show that ends with that cliffhanger. The album ends that way, where you get that one song and before you know it, the song is over and the album is over, but there's a 'to be continued...' There's more to the story."[13] Cudi also revealed that the album would first be released to digital retailers and added that the physical copy might contain bonus tracks, or as he called them "deleted scenes" or "flashbacks."[13] On February 13, 2014, via his Twitter account, Cudi released the album's official track-listing, as well as the album art, which Cudi designed himself.[21][22] Cudi also stated that the track-listing is only the "digital release track listing" and that "new jams will be added for the physical, kind of like a extended 'Directors Cut'!".[23][24]

Release and promotion

Only four months removed from the release of his third solo album Indicud, on July 1, 2013 Cudi unexpectedly released a new song titled "Going to the Ceremony", without divulging any further information.[25][26] During a show in Dallas, Texas, on October 16, 2013, Cudi announced the new project, which he said would be released in the next three months: "When I give you the release date, it will be 24 hours before it's released," Kid Cudi said to the concert crowd. "You won't know when it's going to happen, but it's definitely going to happen in the next three months."[1][2]

On February 24, 2014, offering just a few hours' notice, with propitious tweets such as "Time to make the world stand still" and "1 hour til launch...", Kid Cudi surprised fans by issuing a new album at midnight.[27][28][29] Upon its release several media outlets compared the albums launch to the respective surprise releases of Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013), Kanye West's Yeezus (2013), but mostly Beyoncé's eponymous fifth album (2013).[30][31][32][33][34][35][36] In his February 2014 interview with Complex, Kid Cudi spoke on the comparisons: "I was like, 'Man, I’m tired of promoting and marketing an album. I just wanna give it. This project isn't something I was planning on doing. I just kinda did it, like, 'Let’s see what happens if I do it this way.'”[37][38] Cudi noted he already had a release date in mind when Beyoncé released her album online without warning: "I knew I was gonna do it around February—actually January was the target. I wanted to have it around my 30th birthday, Beyoncé’s album came out around December. If I’d had a time machine I would've known, but her stuff was a surprise to all."[37][38] Cudi revealed that while she had beat him to the punch, it showed him that the strategy could pay off: "At the same time, watching Beyoncé drop definitely gave me the confidence and let me know that it could be executed. Like, 'Oh yes! someone was the guinea pig and it worked.' Perfect, now I can try. It’s a beautiful thing that it worked for me because I am not Beyoncé. Maybe in my wildest dreams on my prettiest day. [Laughs.]"[37][38]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[39]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of SoundD+[40]
Exclaim!6/10[41]
HipHopDX[42]
NME8/10[43]
XXL4/5 (XL)[44]

Upon its release, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 68, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 5 reviews.[45] Erin Lowers of Exclaim! gave the album a six out of ten, saying "Satellite Flight: The Journey to the Mother Moon occupies a space between what is and what's coming, but Kid Cudi's admired originality falls short and is almost lackluster here in comparison to his previous works. For what it is, Satellite Flight is somewhere lost in the galaxy with a few glimmers of light shining on it from other planets."[41] Whagle of Consequence of Sound gave the album a D+, saying "Despite several strong sections, including some of Cudi’s best work in years, the album ends up being exactly what he intended it to be — a bridge between two things. A bridge, however, needs to lean on something stable. It can’t stand on its own."[40] Edwin Ortiz of HipHopDX gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Flaws and all, SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon stands as one of Kid Cudi’s biggest accomplishments. Rejuvenated. Recreated. Rebooted. Call it what you will. Scott Mescudi made an EP’s worth of material feel like an album, and he did it without surrendering his artistic integrity in the process. If SATELLITE FLIGHT truly is a bridge between Indicud and Man on the Moon III, fans will be in for a treat when the third installment is finally released."[42] Emmanuel C.M. of XXL gave the album an XL, saying "Kid Cudi regains his powers again with Satellite Flight. It is a dense, short album exhibiting wonderful synths, sharp drums, patent Cudi crooning, mumbles and a dreamy atmosphere. Like all of Cudi’s music, it pushes the envelope and it’s very abstract. There isn’t a gray area with Cudder’s music, in fact, it is very black and white, meaning people either are going to hate it or love it. But the journey is always an adventure. Satellite Flight captures Cudi’s adventure back home to the moon and does it brilliantly."[46]

Track listing

Digital edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Destination: Mother Moon"Scott MescudiKid Cudi1:51
2."Going to the Ceremony"Mescudi, Oladipo OmishoreWZRD3:48
3."Satellite Flight"Mescudi, Omishore, Mark MulcahyWZRD4:35
4."Copernicus Landing"MescudiKid Cudi4:36
5."Balmain Jeans" (featuring Raphael Saadiq)Mescudi, Charles WigginsKid Cudi5:27
6."Too Bad I Have to Destroy You Now"Mescudi, OmishoreKid Cudi, Dot da Genius (co.)6:17
7."Internal Bleeding"MescudiKid Cudi4:16
8."In My Dreams 2015"MescudiKid Cudi1:46
9."Return of the Moon Man (Original Score)"MescudiKid Cudi5:15
10."Troubled Boy"MescudiKid Cudi3:23
Total length:41:14

 • (co.) Co-producer

Sample credits

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Albums (Official Charts Company)[47] 67
UK R&B Albums (Official Charts Company)[48] 9

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide February 25, 2014 Digital download
[49]

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