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}} ''Indicud'' is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi. The album was released on April 12, 2013 by Republic Records. It was the first album of Cudi's solo career to not be an installment of his ''Man on the Moon'' series. The album's cover artwork was designed by Kid Cudi himself, who also served as an executive producer of ''Indicud''. It was Cudi's goal to make more uptempo and positive music with the album. He described it as a completely new format compared to his previous albums. The album's record production was handled entirely by Cudi as well, with only record producer Hit-Boy co-producing one track, while Cudi's WZRD bandmate Dot da Genius, provided drums on two. The album features guest appearances from fellow American rappers King Chip, Kendrick Lamar, Too Short, RZA and ASAP Rocky as well as appearances from American singer-songwriters Father John Misty and Michael Bolton along with indie rock band Haim. During the early release of ''Indicud'', it was preceded by four singles – "Just What I Am" featuring King Chip, "King Wizard", "Immortal" and "Girls" featuring Too Short. ''Indicud'' debuted at number 2 in the United States. With sales of 139,000 copies and debuted at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Cudi's highest-charting album on the chart, while entering at number 2 on the UK R&B Chart. The album received generally mixed to positive reviews from the majority of music critics upon its release. ==Background== After his crossover into rock music with Dot da Genius, on their project ''WZRD'' (2012), Cudi soon began working on his third solo studio album. The album was initially going to be the third installment to his ''Man on the Moon'' series, which he announced when he revealed he would not be releasing the ''A Man Named Scott'' mixtape, to focus on his rock project and "MOTM3".〔(Kid Cudi announces a Fall 2012 release of his 3rd studio album « Cud Life ). Retrieved on October 27, 2012.〕 Be that as it may, in the summer of 2012 Cudi announced the title of his third studio album when he tweeted: "My new album is entitled ''indicud'', it will be my version of ''The Chronic 2001'', some songs i'll produce, others i'll feat &/or play songwriter". On June 8, 2012, Cudi announced ''Indicud'', would be a double-disc album, until tweeting on October 28, 2012 that "''Indicud'' will not be a double disc but will contain a maximum of 17 brand new jams." Kid Cudi also tweeted: "The overall tone of ''indicud'' is positive and confident," adding: "The energy of ''Indicud'' is its own new thing. New format with some of my favorite musical tricks here and there. The album moves dope". Before the album's release, in December 2012, Cudi dedicated ''Indicud'' to the late Ben Breedlove and all his fans who died, continuing: "My journey shall continue in your honor. Never forgotten." The dedication was ultimately included in the album's liner notes. The album is upbeat and optimistic, very much unlike his previous studio album ''Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager'' (2010), which was considered darkly erratic. The positive vibe stems from Cudi's desire to always change and reinvent: "I always try to push myself to the next level with everything I do. Since I've been in the business, critics have known that about me. When I started working on ''Indicud,'' I just wanted to bring more energy into my sound. Most of my old music was driven towards relaxed, chilled out smoke music. And that was my goal first coming in. Now it's like, 'What’s a side of me that people haven’t seen?' The only time people have seen me on up-tempos is on remixes or some shit. So I just wanted to take the energy to the next level. That ultimately inspired the subject matter. It was a chain reaction. With the up-tempos came more positive lyrics. It just brightened up the whole shit."〔 After announcing his departure from GOOD Music, Cudi revealed ''Indicud'' would be his last album under the label, adding that only the first 200,000 copies printed would have the GOOD Music logo on it; making them collector's items. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indicud」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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