III," and the anguished autotuned hook of "Sad People" is similar. Spacy synths and enormous drums give the record a cinematic, almost sci-fi atmosphere, applying cosmic touches to both catchy pop-trap tracks like "Tequila Shots" and "Damaged" and more driving rock-inspired numbers like "The Void." The moody sung vocal lines and nocturnal energy that defined some of Cudi's best early material are revisited on album standout "Solo Dolo, Pt. Production on preceding albums could be somewhat uneven or jarringly ragged, but production values throughout MotM3 are bold and pristine. Man on the Moon, Vol 3: The Chosen represents both a return to form for Cudi as much as a distillation of his most successful experiments with genre and delivery.
In the decade that followed, Cudi himself experimented with styles and approaches while perpetually battling his demons, to various degrees of success. Cudi's combination of lyrical openness and stardusted production felt fearless and new, and the personality that came into form on 2009's Man on the Moon: End of Day would influence the next wave of emotionally charged rappers. The debut studio album from the Brooklyn-based, Cleveland-bred rapper expanded on the stark emotional landscapes blueprinted by Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak just a year earlier, with Cudi inspecting his insecurities, anxieties and other various demons with a shocking vulnerability that was still uncommon on rap records at the time. The first installment of Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon series was released in 2009, when he was just starting to establish himself as a distinctive creative force.
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