“Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager,” KiD CuDi’s second album released early this November and has left many of his fans enthusiastic for the continuation of the “Man on the Moon” trilogy, and appreciative of his creativity, something recently depleting in the hip-hop world.

With the rise of iTunes and online downloading, the beauty of an album has been lost. Singles and mix tapes are what we upload to our iTunes.  Rarely does anyone sit down to actually listen to the flow and story of an album.

And though hip-hop has a flow all its own, very rarely does a rapper put out an album that tells a story so poetically as this. Rap albums are typically song after song, lyric after lyric.

In my opinion, true artists compose a work and share it with the musical community in the form of a compilation of songs influenced by the issues of today, or the issues they’re going through individually.

Though nothing can compare to the music lost by time, this album can be compared to albums of the past that follow stories of struggling young people trapped in the problems of their time. For example, Pink Floyd’s, “The Wall,” has a similar theme of a struggling young man.  And the creative nuances are both fore frontiers of their times.

His first album, “Man on the Moon,” is the story of Scott’s dream world, starting with good dreams, turning to bad dreams, and ending with real life. Its popularity was astonishing, and marked his place as the voice of a generation. The second album makes that statement legitimate.

“Man on the Moon II” is the story of Scott once he’s found fame, and what happens to him once it takes him over. Mr. Rager is meant to represent a changed Scott, thrown into the world of underground party scene.  This is a reoccurring problem for rising stars and for rising teenagers,  but KiD CuDi speaks to the struggling masses about being true to yourself and individualism.  Hopefully he will continue this for many years to come.