Man on the Moon III: The Chosen is a fulfilling end to a cinematic story and can be bought here. 3 on the Billboard 200 with over 169,000 sales in its first week. Kid Cudi says he is 'proof you can rise from the ashes' after his 2020 LP 'Man on the Moon III: The Chosen' earned him his first solo gold album in almost a decade. Man on the Moon: The End Of The Day launched Cudi into the hip-hop stratosphere with hits like “Day ‘n’ Nite” and “Make Her Say,” and its follow-up Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. The vinyl version of Kid Cudi ‘s ‘Man On The Moon III: The Chosen’ has broken a US chart record. Get off that couch and go pursue your destiny.” And that he does, although the video ends with a to be continued cliffhanger. “Wow, Scott, really? This is what it’s come to?” he asks. More of a short film than your average music video, the rapper is seen watching Will Smith’s The Pursuit of Happyness when he suddenly hears the actor speaking to him through the screen. With only three featured tracks, Cudi recruited singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers for “Lovin’ Me,” rapper Trippie Redd for “Rockstar Knights,” as well as Skepta and late rapper Pop Smoke on “Show Out.”Ĭudi released the music video for “She Knows This” alongside the project. Man On The Moon was more than just an album, it was a sonic therapy session, wrote Drew Landry last year for DJBooth. In T-minus four days, Kid Cudi will return to the moon with his trilogy-capping album Man. Kid Cudi’s on-record honesty was pretty game-changing. The world of Man on the Moon III: The Chosen is brought to life by producers Dot da Genius, Take A Day Trip, and Man on the Moon: The End of the Day collaborators Plain Pat, Emile Haynie, and Mike Dean. Kid Cudi performs at Staples Center on Jin Los Angeles. Kid Cudi has had his hand in a variety of projects since his last album, Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, dropped in 2020.Last year, he acted alongside Ariana Grande in the Netflix film Don’t.