Jump to content

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven

This is a good article. Click here for more information.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven)

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
A man standing with his arms out inside a forest opening
Studio album by
Kid Cudi
ReleasedDecember 4, 2015
Studio
Genre
Length91:22
Label
Producer
Kid Cudi chronology
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
(2014) 		Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
(2015) 		Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'
(2016)
Singles from Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
  1. "Confused!"
    Released: August 1, 2015
  2. "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven"
    Released: December 2, 2015

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven is the fifth studio album by the American musician Kid Cudi, released on December 4, 2015, through Republic Records and Cudi's Wicked Awesome Records imprint. Announced in April 2015 and completed in October of that year, it was primarily produced by Cudi, with Plain Pat co-producing four of its tracks. It was released as a 26-track double album, consisting of the main album ("Side A") and 8 bonus tracks of demos and outtakes ("Side B").

An alternative rock, grunge, indie rock, punk rock and lo-fi album, Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven marked a departure from the hip-hop sound of Cudi's previous albums, with music critics drawing comparisons to his previous rock music project WZRD and Nirvana. Its tracks are interspersed by four skits featuring Mike Judge voicing the titular characters of his animated sitcom, Beavis and Butt-Head. Lyrically, the album explores themes of mental health, depression, alienation, self-harm, anger, and suicidal thoughts. Cudi would later call the period surrounding the writing and recording of Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven one of his darkest times and described the album as a "cry for help".[1]

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven was promoted by two official singles, "Confused!" and the title track. Cudi was due to embark on the Especial Tour from November to December 2015; following its first show, he cancelled and later rescheduled the tour dates to January to March 2016. The album debuted at number 36 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 19,000 album-equivalent units, falling below those of his previous albums. It also received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized its songwriting and performances. Due to its poor reception, Cudi delayed his plans to release the third installment of his Man on the Moon trilogy in favour of his next album, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' (2016).

Background and recording

[edit]

In October 2013, Kid Cudi announced that he would be releasing the long-awaited third and final part of his Man on the Moon series in 2015, with an extended play (EP) due to follow as a "prelude" between his third album Indicud (2013) and the album.[2] By January 2014, Cudi had expanded the EP into an album,[3] which he surprise released the following month as Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon.[4] In January 2015, he hinted at the possibility of releasing another album before Man on the Moon III in an interview with Billboard at the Sundance Film Festival.[5] On April 4, 2015, Cudi announced on Twitter that his next album, titled Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, would be "coming really really soon".[6] Later that month, he confirmed the album would not be a surprise release.[7]

On April 10, 2015, the American drummer Travis Barker revealed he was in the studio with Kid Cudi and praised his upcoming album.[8] On May 25, 2015, Cudi announced that Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven would have no guest features.[9][10] On July 4, 2015, Cudi reported the album to be "98% finished" and said that its first single would be released by the end of the month.[11][12] He also stated that it would "consist of all guitar and bass",[11] although he later clarified that drums and electric guitar would appear on most of its tracks.[12] A week after tweeting that he was finalizing the album's tracklisting, Cudi confirmed the album's release date on October 27, 2015.[13]

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven was recorded at Chalice, Conway and Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, and Red Barn Recording Studios in Big Sur.[14] Cudi produced the entireity of the album himself and performed all of its bass and guitar parts; he said that the album contained no "synths or electronic sounds" and that the only other person involved in its production was Plain Pat.[11] Cudi avoided using click tracks and quantization,[15] and recorded everything using two-inch tape "for a richer and warmer sound quality".[13] Dennis Cummings, Cudi's manager, was given an executive producer credit.[16]

Music and lyrics

[edit]
Music critics compared Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven to Nirvana (pictured); Kid Cudi also credited the documentary film Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) with inspiring the album.

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven is a 26-track double album, with its first disc ("Side A") containing the main, 18-track album and the second ("Side B") containing 8 bonus tracks of demos and outtakes.[17] Musically, the album marked a departure from the hip-hop sound of Cudi's previous albums.[18][19][20] Music critics predominately described it as alternative rock,[18][21][22] grunge,[21] indie rock,[20] punk rock[23][24] and lo-fi.[21][20] Cudi described the album as "alternative".[25][26] Cudi employs singing,[27][19] groaning,[28][29] and crooning[19] throughout the album, and applies Auto-Tune to his vocals on "Melting".[21] According to Chris Mench of Complex, its songs lack traditional structures and "end up feeling more like unfiltered bursts of emotion".[21] Kris Ex of Billboard writes that Cudi "differentiates things raging up and down emotional scales, mores than musical ones."[18] Its tracks are interspersed by four skits[21] featuring Mike Judge voicing the titular characters of his animated sitcom, Beavis and Butt-Head.[19]

Adam Isaac Kintoff of The Source and HotNewHipHop's Maxwell Cavaseno compared Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven's direction to WZRD, Cudi's previous rock music project with Dot da Genius, and its 2012 debut album.[20][30] Ex viewed the album as more of a stylistic "hard left turn" for Cudi than a departure in light of this.[18] Matthew Ramirez of Pitchfork considered it to be a more "unfiltered and unpolished" album compared to WZRD,[27] a sentiment also shared by David Jefferies of AllMusic, who described its production as "minimal".[31] Mench and Chris Tart, also of HotNewHipHop, compared the album to the American rock band Nirvana.[21][32] In discussing the album, Cavaseno mentioned Cudi's past admiration for the band's frontman Kurt Cobain,[30] whom is given a shout out on "Man in the Night".[27] In 2024, Cudi credited the Brett Morgen documentary film Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) with inspiring Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven and "[expanding his] mind as an artist."[33] Darryl Sterdan of the Toronto Sun also viewed the album as Cudi's "answer to Montage of Heck".[34]

Lyrically, Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven explores themes of mental health,[23][27] depression,[21][28][24] alienation,[18] self-harm,[27] anger,[21] and suicidal thoughts.[21] Prior to its release, Cudi dedicated the album to "everyone strugglin with mental disorder all around the world."[35] Compared to those from his earlier albums, which "focused on escape on terrestrial terms", Ex described its themes as "more internal—the flight is more about Cudi breaking free from his mortal coil than anything around him."[18] Mench writes that the lyrics illustrate Cudi's personal struggles "in alarming sonic clarity" and that the album often "feels like Cudi forcefully exorcizing the demons from his head".[21] Ramirez felt that Cudi's "artlessly blunt" lyrics were made "even more exposed" by the album's production.[27] Jeffries viewed its songwriting as stream-of-consciousness, on account of the simplicity and strangeness of his lyrics.[31]

In an 2016 interview with Billboard, Cudi called Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven his "last outing as the dark, depressing character people place me as", saying that he "didn't want to come back to hip-hop making that type of music".[36] He would later call the period surrounding its writing and recording one of his darkest times, more than that of Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010).[37][38] "I just wanted to scream and yell and make angry songs. It was the only way I could express what I was feeling at the time", he stated in 2019.[38][39] In 2020, Cudi described the album as a "cry for help", saying that he "was literally screamin out to the world that I was hurting deeply and just wanted so badly to be understood."[1] In the documentary A Man Named Scott (2021), Cudi refused to discuss the album or its songs,[40] but said of his state of mind at the time: "I felt like I was living the right way, but I still felt empty inside. People look up to me, but I'm not a happy person. [...] I felt like a fraud, and that’s what drove me to the dark side of what I was dealing with."[37]

Songs

[edit]
"Confused!"
The album's lead single sees sees Cudi "pondering huge questions" and desiring inner peace[23][41] over post-punk guitar and clicking percussion.[28]
"Handle with Care"
"Handle with Care" is an acoustic number[19] that sees Cudi warning women against dating him.[23][24]
"Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven"
On the album's title track, Cudi softly sings about manic depression over a "nostalgic" breakbeat.[27]
Problems playing these files? See media help.

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven opens with "Edge of the Earth/Post Mortem Boredom", which Mench describes as a "folksy, mesmerizing tune".[21] "Confused!" sees Cudi "pondering huge questions" and desiring inner peace[23][41] over post-punk guitar and clicking percussion.[28] Featuring an "aggressive guitar riff",[21] "Man in the Night" recalls the "lofi, mid-tempo guitar-driven" sound of The Velvet Underground.[32] On "Screwed", Cudi croons over "carefully plucked" guitar chords, per Mench.[21] Troy L. Smith of The Plain Dealer highlighted the song's "punk and grunge tendencies".[42] "Fade 2 Red" centers around a looping, droning riff and "shout-sing[ing]" vocals from Cudi, whose lyrics Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound described as "mashed together with unrhymed lines about dealing with idiots."[28] "Adventures", which Ex described as a "drug trip ode",[18] is among the few tracks on Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven to display hip-hop influences.[28][19] Cavaseno compared the song's mix of rock, hip-hop and electronica to the early demo works of TV on the Radio.[30] Cudi said "The Nothing" is about "addiction, [and] the hauntings of it. Calling us."[43] Cavaseno and Tart respectively compared the song's music to Sebadoh and the Deftones.[30][32] It features stream-of-consciousness lyrics[30] that reference the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary".[27][28] "Handle with Care" is an acoustic number[28] that sees Cudi warning women against dating him.[24][42] Over a "despondent" melody, he confesses that his "delicate heart" is "essential to his capacity to love and at the same time a liability in terms of his behavior", according to The Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye.[44]

"Judgemental Cunt" features a "classic stoner stomp"[28] and sees Cudi break his voice whilst screaming.[27] Kivel described the song as "a middle finger to the people hating on him",[28] though Smith and Ramirez saw its lyrics as self-critical.[23][27] Tart viewed "Séance Chaos" and "Angered Kids" as worshipping the hardcore punk of Bad Brains.[32] Jefferies described "Fairy Tale Remains" as sounding like "Death Grips [attempting] to make a My Bloody Valentine album" without "the chops".[31] "Wedding Tux" is an acoustic song[45] featuring a "warm" and "entrancing"[28] two-chord pattern.[27] Cudi's lyrics describe how he is treated like "rotting meat" by his girlfriend[45] and his memories are being eaten by maggots.[28] Tart compared its "absolutely miserable" vibes to those of Elliott Smith.[32] On the album's title track, Cudi softly sings about manic depression over a "nostalgic" breakbeat, per Ramirez.[27] Mench compared the song and "Insides Out" to Cudi's earlier songs "All Along" and "Mr. Rager".[21] The title track also appears as an acoustic demo at the end of "Side B".[18] Mench described "Embers" as "a fever-dream of quiet existentialism".[21] Kivel compared the "groaning-over-acoustic-guitar" song "The Return of Chip Douglas" to a joke warm-up by Gordon Gano at a Violent Femmes rehearsal.[28]

Release and promotion

[edit]

On May 12, 2015, Cudi posted a low-quality preview of a song via his Twitter account, which he quickly deleted.[46][47] On August 1, 2015, he released "Confused!" as the lead single from Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven.[41] According to Alex Siber of Complex, initial reactions to the song on social media were varied, with comments on Twitter and Facebook "suggest[ing] disappointment".[48] On September 29, 2015, he revealed that it would be released as a double album.[49] On October 3, 2015, following delays related to iTunes and his record label,[45] Cudi released two new songs, "Wedding Tux" and "Judgmental Cunt", on his SoundCloud page.[50] On November 13, 2015, Cudi revealed the track listing to the album's first disc (Side A).[51] Four days later, he unveiled its cover art.[52]

Cudi was due to embark on a concert tour of the United States, the Especial Tour, from November 30 to December 22, 2015.[53] Following its first show in Denver,[54] Cudi cancelled the rest of the tour for various reasons, such as production and personal issues. He wrote: "I got a lot I'm dealing with at this time in my personal life too and in order for the shows to be the best experience possible as well as keeping my sanity intact, I need to regroup. I have to." To make up for postponing the concert tour, Cudi released the album's title track as the second single the following day.[55][56] On January 5, 2016, he released an acoustic version of "Confused!".[57] The Especial Tour dates were later rescheduled to January 31 to March 12, 2016.[58]

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven was first released through digital music platforms on December 4, 2015, with its physical release arriving on December 18.[56] The album sold 19,365 album equivalent units in its first week, 14,210 of which were from pure album sales, to debut at number 36 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[59] It was Kid Cudi's first album to not chart within the top 10,[36] and its sales and chart positions fell below those of his previous albums.[60] Mench said it was the "first true flop of his career".[61] The album was reissued on cassette in 2016,[62] and on vinyl in 2025.[63]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic44/100[64]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[31]
Billboard[18]
Complex[21]
Consequence of SoundD+[28]
HipHopDX[19]
HotNewHipHop68%[30]
The Needle Drop0/10[65]
Pitchfork4.0/10[27]
The Plain DealerC−[23]
Toronto Sun[34]

Publications described the critical consensus of Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven as mixed, negative, or polarizing.[N 1] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the album holds a score of 44 out of 100, based on reviews from five critics, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[64]

Smith of The Plain Dealer called the album "a poor man's Yeezus - a baffling case of experimentation without any of the sonic depth."[23] Kivel of Consequence of Sound criticized its formulaic songwriting, "ultra-repetitive guitar riffs" and skits, though he commended the "passion and intensity" at which its ideas were presented.[28] Although he found it sonically "strong", Jason Bisnof of HipHopDX felt that the album was lacking in identity and believed many of its songs were "repetitive and better suited for a singer and a voice more typical to [rock music]." Bisnof also deemed it creatively inferior to Cudi's first two albums, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) and Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, stating: "For many artists or rock groups this would show pieces of strong artistry, but for the man behind two of the best albums of the last decade, it seems like yet another identity crisis on wax".[19]

Jeffries of AllMusic felt that Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven would only appeal to Kid Cudi's hardcore fanbase, whilst "outsiders" would perceive the album as "sloppy and confused".[31] Cavaseno of HotNewHipHop anticipated that the varying quality of Cudi's musicianship, its length, "raw" songs, and skits, would make the album a difficult listen for both listeners and fans.[30] Ramirez of Pitchfork called the album dated and self-indulgent and compared it to "a comedian bombing onstage trying to will it into performance art".[27] Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop gave the album a zero out of ten, calling it "the musical equivalent to just a mile of hot coal walking" and the worst album he had reviewed in 2015.[65] Fantano's review led to the album becoming the subject of memes.[70]

Vice's Adam Downer considered Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven to be a work of "so bad it's good" art, comparing it to Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 film The Room.[71] In a review for Complex, Mench thought it was messier and more challenging than Cudi's previous work but felt it had "admirably unique" qualities.[21] Ex of Billboard found the album "uncomfortably internal" but nevertheless "a pleasurable listen"; he overall felt on the album, Cudi is "more exposed than ever, and perhaps all the better for it".[18] The album was praised by several of Cudi's peers, including Erykah Badu,[72] Kanye West,[60] and André 3000.[73] ASAP Rocky later named it his favorite Kid Cudi album.[37]

In 2018, Gus Fisher of HotNewHipHop suggested that the negative reception to the album was a "glaring [example] of the music media immediately shutting down Black artists for stepping outside of the confines of what is deemed as 'Black music.' "[74] In 2019, Cyclone Wehrer of The Music called the album "underrated".[75] In a 2022 listicle covering "Hip-Hop Albums That Didn't Live Up to the Hype", XXL wrote the most of the album's songs lacked "enough oomph to make them remarkable" and remarked that although "Day-one Cudi fans would argue that his project wasn’t nearly as bad as people make it out to be", fans that "[knew] the full extent of his artistic talent […] would say otherwise."[76] In 2024, Rolling Stone dismissed the album as "bland, Afropunk-baiting alt-rock".[77]

Aftermath

[edit]

In an April 2016 interview with Billboard, Cudi said that he would no longer be releasing Man on the Moon III after Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven.[36] He said that the response to the album "tore [him] up" and that its poor commercial performance led him to "[question his] fan base and if I even have one at all"; at the same time, he considered it to be "the best thing to happen" to him in 2015.[36] The following month, Cudi claimed that the album was ahead of its time and believed its impact would be seen in at least five years.[60] In 2016, Cudi released his sixth album, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin',[78] which Uproxx described as a "musical mea culpa" for Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven.[79] Cudi later he revealed that the album was intended to be Man on the Moon III but wanted to "be in a better place" when he ultimately released the final installment of his trilogy, which arrived in 2020.[80] In 2022, "Confused!" and "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven" were included in Cudi's first greatest hits compilation, The Boy Who Flew to the Moon, Vol. 1.[81]

Track listing

[edit]

All songs are written by Scott Mescudi; all songs are produced by Mescudi, except where noted.[14]

Side A
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Edge of the Earth/Post Mortem Boredom" 4:43
2."Confused!" 3:56
3."Man in the Night" 3:50
4."Screwed" 2:27
5."Fade 2 Red" 2:57
6."Adventures"
6:10
7."The Nothing" 3:30
8."Amen"
  • Mescudi
  • Reynolds
3:04
9."Handle with Care" 3:45
10."Judgemental Cunt" 3:05
11."Séance Chaos" 1:53
12."Fairy Tale Remains" 3:06
13."Wedding Tux" 2:32
14."Angered Kids"
  • Mescudi
  • Reynolds
3:31
15."Red Sabbath" 4:38
16."Fuchsia Butterflies" 2:45
17."Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven"
  • Mescudi
  • Reynolds
4:34
18."Embers" 3:00
Total length:63:26
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Anomaly" (Rehearsal Demo)4:34
2."The Return of Chip Douglas" (Demo)4:15
3."Trauma"2:44
4."Wait!" (Rehearsal Demo)1:58
5."Insides Out"3:07
6."Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven" (Acoustic Demo)3:24
7."Worth"5:17
8."Melting"2:37
Total length:27:56

Notes

  • All Beavis and Butt-Head interludes written by Scott Mescudi and Mike Judge.[14]
  • "Confused!", "Amen", "Wait!" and "Melting" are stylized in all caps.

Personnel

[edit]

Credits for Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven adapted from liner notes.[14]

  • Scott Mescudi – vocals, guitars, bass, production, executive producer, art direction, creative art
  • Oladipo Omishore – bass (B4)
  • Mike Moore – live drums (A2, A3, A5, A8, A11, A12, A14, B1, B4)

Production

  • Patrick Reynolds – production (A6, A8, A14, A17)
  • Dennis Cummings – executive producer
  • Iain Findlay – engineer (A3–5, A9, A15, A18, B3–6), mixing (A18, B3, B4, B8)
  • Anthony Kilhoffer – engineer (A1, A2, A6–8, A10–14, A16, A17, B1, B2, B7, B8) mixing (A1–17, B1, B2, B5–7)
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering

Studios

  • Chalice Recording Studios – recording (A3, A5, A9, A15, A18, B4, B5, B7), mixing (A2, A5, A6, A8, A10, B7)
  • Conway Recording Studios – recording (A1, A2, A10, A13), mixing (A1, A3)
  • Henson Recording Studios – recording (A4, A8, A11, A12, A14, A16, A17, B1–3, B6, B8), mixing (A4, A7, A9, A11–18, B1–6, B8)
  • Red Barn Recording Studios – recording (A1, A2, A6, A10)

Artwork

  • Sandy Brummels – creative art
  • Vada Mescudi – City Heart sculpture, Daddy portrait
  • Kyledidthis – art direction

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[82] 36
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[83] 5
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[84] 3

Release history

[edit]
Country Date Format Label Ref.
Various December 4, 2015
[56]
United States December 18, 2015 2xCD [56]
March 2016 CS [62]
June 6, 2025 2xLP [63][85]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Reception:

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Zidel, Alex (July 13, 2020). "Kid Cudi Says "Speedin' Bullet" Album Was a Cry for Help". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Tardio, Andres (October 17, 2013). "Kid Cudi Announces "Man On The Moon 3" Prelude EP". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  3. ^ Nadeska, Alexis (January 31, 2014). "Kid Cudi Was 'On Fire' When Satellite Flight EP Morphed into An Album". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Gerrick D. (February 25, 2014). "Kid Cudi releases surprise album, 'Satellite Flight'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  5. ^ DV (January 30, 2015). "Kid Cudi Planning To Release Album Before Man On The Moon: III". The Masked Gorilla. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  6. ^ Peters, Mitchell (April 5, 2015). "Kid Cudi Unveils Title of His New Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  7. ^ Hunter Clark (April 25, 2015). "Kid Cudi Says Speedin' Bullet to Heaven Will Not Be a Surprise Album". Bluntiq. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. ^ Clare, Garrett (April 10, 2015). "Kid Cudi & Travis Barker Were In The Studio Working On Cudi's Forthcoming Album". Bluntiq. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  9. ^ Tardio, Andres (May 28, 2015). "Kid Cudi's Got Us Even More Excited About Speedin' Bullet To Heaven After This Revelation". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  10. ^ Frydenlund, Zach (May 28, 2015). "Kid Cudi's 'Speedin' Bullet To Heaven' Album Won't Have Any Guest Features". Complex. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Hosken, Patrick (July 4, 2015). "Allow Kid Cudi To Explain His New Album To You". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  12. ^ a b Fitz-Geraland, Sean (July 6, 2015). "This Is What Kid Cudi's Next Album Will Be Like". Vulture. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  13. ^ a b Adams, Gregory (October 27, 2015). "Kid Cudi Fires Off 'Speedin' Bullet to Heaven' Release Date". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d Kid Cudi (2015). Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven (booklet). Republic Records/Wicked Awesome Records. B0024341-02.
  15. ^ "SBTH Will Be 'Pure Groove'". Datnewcudi.com. August 5, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  16. ^ Hernandez, Victoria (October 25, 2016). "Kid Cudi's Manager Calls Drake "Corny As Fuck" For "Two Birds, One Stone" Diss". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2025. Cummings, who is listed as an executive producer on Cudi's Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven album from 2015,
  17. ^ Goddard, Kevin (December 4, 2015). "Stream Kid Cudi's New Album "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven"". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ex, Kris (December 8, 2015). "Kid Cudi Grapples With Life's Lows on 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven': Album Review". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h Bisnof, Jason (December 15, 2015). "Kid Cudi - Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Archived from the original on December 17, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  20. ^ a b c d Itkoff, Adam Isaac (April 25, 2016). "A Look Inside The Genius Mind Of Kid Cudi". The Source. Retrieved February 22, 2025. When compared to his collaborative 2012 release with Dot da Genius, WZRD, the direction of [Cudi's] 2015 alternative attempt isn't actually all that surprising. But when juxtaposed with Billboard smothering hits from his debut like "Day 'n' Nite" and "Pursuit of Happiness", the difference couldn't be more stark.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Mench, Chris (December 7, 2015). "Review: Kid Cudi's 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' Is Not As Terrible As Everyone Thinks It Is". Complex. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  22. ^ Kaye, Ben (December 15, 2016). "Kid Cudi drops new album, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin: Stream/download". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 23, 2025. 2015's Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven [...] made a detour into alternative rock music.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h Smith, Troy L. (December 4, 2015). "Kid Cudi explores mental illness on confounding 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' (Review)". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  24. ^ a b c d Middleton, Ryan (December 4, 2015). "Stream, Download Kid Cudi New Album 'Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven'". Music Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  25. ^ Cowen, Trace William (December 5, 2015). "Kid Cudi on the Proper Way to Classify 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven': It's Alternative, Not Hip-Hop". Complex. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  26. ^ a b Meara, Paul (December 5, 2015). "Kid Cudi Calls "Speedin' Bullet To Heaven" "Alternative"". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 23, 2015. The reviews behind Kid Cudi's latest album have been mixed,
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ramirez, Matthew (January 6, 2016). "Kid Cudi: Speedin' Bullet 2 Heavn". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Kivel, Adam (December 10, 2015). "Album Review: Kid Cudi – Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  29. ^ Gibbons, Chris (December 23, 2016). "Kid Cudi Returns to Form on "Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin"". XXL. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g Cavaseno, Maxwell (December 13, 2015). "Review: Kid Cudi's "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven"". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on December 15, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  31. ^ a b c d e Jeffries, David (n.d.). "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven - Kid Cudi - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  32. ^ a b c d e f Tart, Chris (December 12, 2015). "6 Artists That Probably Influenced Kid Cudi's "Speedin' Bullet To Heaven"". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on February 23, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  33. ^ Hawkins, Ruth (February 2, 2024). "Kid Cudi Receives 'Extraordinary' Kurt Cobain Gift For 40th Birthday: 'This Blew My Mind'". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2025. [Montage of Heck] was huge for me, as it inspired Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven and expanded my mind as an artist.
  34. ^ a b Sterdan, Darryl (January 6, 2016). "David Bowie's 'Blackstar' the first great album of 2016". Toronto Sun. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  35. ^ Podolsky, Josh (December 9, 2015). "Kid Cudi remakes mold, again". The Tufts Daily. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  36. ^ a b c d e Wete, Brad (April 22, 2016). "Kid Cudi Reveals His Struggle With Drugs and Depression: 'I Was Living a Nightmare'". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  37. ^ a b c McKinney, Jessica (November 5, 2021). "16 Things We Learned from the New Kid Cudi Documentary 'A Man Named Scott'". Complex. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  38. ^ a b Cowen, Trace William (November 8, 2019). "Kid Cudi Looks Back on Initial Public Reaction to 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven'". Complex. Archived from the original on September 23, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  39. ^ Findlay, Mitch (November 10, 2019). "Kid Cudi Appreciates The Love For His "Album Everyone Hates"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  40. ^ Rindner, Grant (November 5, 2021). "The Most Interesting Moments in Kid Cudi's 'A Man Named Scott' Documentary". GQ. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  41. ^ a b c Goddard, Kevin (August 1, 2015). "Kid Cudi - Confused | Listen [New Song]". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  42. ^ a b Smith, Troy L. (October 27, 2015). "Kid Cudi to release new album 'Speedin' Bullet to Heaven' in December". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  43. ^ @KiDCuDi (December 4, 2015). "The Chosen One on Twitter: ""Can someone, anyone, give me candy? Someone, anyone, give me candy? Huh?" The Nothing is about addiction, the hauntings of it. Calling us."". Twitter. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  44. ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (November 4, 2021). "Amazon's 'A Man Named Scott': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  45. ^ a b c Devin (October 3, 2015). "New Music: Kid Cudi - 'Wedding Tux' + 'Judgemental Cunt'". Rap-Up. Archived from the original on October 11, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  46. ^ Bobb, Maurice (May 12, 2015). "Kid Cudi Tweeted (And Then Deleted) New Music: Listen". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  47. ^ Harris, Christopher (May 13, 2015). "Kid Cudi Teases New Music". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  48. ^ Siber, Alex (August 1, 2015). "Kid Cudi Unveils Lead 'Speedin Bullet' Single, "Confused"". Complex. Retrieved March 13, 2025. Mescudi dropped the song on social media minutes ago [...] Initial reactions have covered a broad range, but a quick browse of comments on Twitter and Facebook suggests disappointment.
  49. ^ Jefferson, J'na (September 29, 2015). "Kid Cudi Has Double-Disc Plans For His New Album". Vibe. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  50. ^ Hosken, Patrick (October 4, 2015). "You Can Listen To Two Strange New Kid Cudi Songs Right Now". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  51. ^ Devin (November 13, 2015). "Kid Cudi Reveals 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' Tracklisting". Rap-Up. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  52. ^ Smith, Trevor (November 16, 2015). "Kid Cudi Reveals Trippy "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven" Artwork". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  53. ^ Miss Info (November 26, 2015). "Kid Cudi Announces 'Especial' Tour". Rap-Up. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  54. ^ Johnson, Ru (December 1, 2015). "Review: Kid Cudi plays a head-scratching set in Denver (photos)". Hey Reverb. The Denver Post. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  55. ^ Platon, Adelle (December 2, 2015). "Kid Cudi Cancels 'Especial' Tour, Releases 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven'". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  56. ^ a b c d Cee, Kymmi (December 2, 2015). "Kid Cudi Cancels Tour, Offers New Single As Part Of Apology". Revolt. Archived from the original on October 3, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  57. ^ Devin (January 5, 2016). "New Music: Kid Cudi - 'Confused (Acoustic)'". Rap-Up. Archived from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  58. ^ Bristout, Ralph (January 15, 2016). "Kid Cudi Reschedules Especial Tour Dates". Revolt. Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  59. ^ Hernandez, Victoria (December 15, 2015). "Hip Hop Album Sales: G-Eazy, Rick Ross & Kid Cudi". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  60. ^ a b c d Mench, Chris (May 12, 2016). "Kid Cudi Says 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' Is 5 Years Ahead of Its Time". Complex. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016. Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven proved to be Cudi's most polarizing album.
  61. ^ Mench, Chris (December 15, 2016). "How Kid Cudi Lost and Found Himself in 2016". Complex. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  62. ^ a b Hendicott, James (March 27, 2016). "Kid Cudi posts new track 'The Frequency' - listen". NME. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  63. ^ a b Complex (January 30, 2025). "Kid Cudi Drops New Vinyl Variants on Complex Shop". Complex. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  64. ^ a b "Reviews for Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven by Kid Cudi". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  65. ^ a b theneedledrop (December 5, 2015). Kid Cudi - Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven Album Review. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via YouTube.
  66. ^ Roberts, Randall (October 5, 2016). "Citing depression and suicidal thoughts, rapper Kid Cudi checks himself into rehab". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2025. the double-disc "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven." [...] received mixed reviews.
  67. ^ Carissimo, Justin (September 14, 2016). "Kid Cudi says Kanye West and Drake don't write their own rhymes". The Independent. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2025. 2015's critically panned effort Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
  68. ^ Smith, Troy L. (September 6, 2016). "Kid Cudi to release new album in September". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2025. his polarizing indie-rock opus "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven"
  69. ^ Bristout, Ralph (September 6, 2016). "Kid Cudi set to drop double album of "beautiful sonic candy" this month". Revolt. Retrieved February 23, 2025. After releasing the polarizing indie-rock double-disc Speedin' Bullet to Heaven last year,
  70. ^ Davino, Bianca (December 5, 2019). "Love Him Or Loathe Him, Anthony Fantano Shaped Music Criticism In The 2010s". Junkee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  71. ^ Downer, Adam (January 10, 2016). "Confused!: Kid Cudi's 'Speeding Bullet 2 Heaven' and the Phenomenon of Art So Bad It's Irresistible". Vice. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  72. ^ Ivey, Justin (December 17, 2015). "Erykah Badu Praises Kid Cudi's New Album 'Speedin Bullet to Heaven'". XXL. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  73. ^ Hill, John (January 7, 2016). "Andre 3000 Says He Loves the New Kid Cudi Album and Wants to Write More Music". Vice. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  74. ^ Fisher, Gus (August 7, 2018). "Kings Of Rock: A Brief History Of Rap-Rock". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  75. ^ Wehner, Cyclone (February 18, 2019). "Fans May Have 'Cancelled' These Albums On Release But Are They Worthy Of A Do-Over?". The Music. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  76. ^ High, Kemet; Seabrook III, Robby (December 9, 2022). "23 Hip-Hop Albums That Didn't Live Up to the Hype". XXL. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  77. ^ Reeves, Mosi (January 17, 2024). "Kid Cudi Is Leaning Into the Chaos, And Getting Lost In It". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  78. ^ Galbraith, Alex (December 1, 2016). "Kid Cudi Shares 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' Release Date, New Song". Uproxx. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  79. ^ Williams, Aaron (June 8, 2018). "'Kids See Ghosts' Is A Return To Form For Both Kanye West And Kid Cudi". Uproxx. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  80. ^ Jefferson, Devon (December 17, 2022). "Kid Cudi Teases New Music, Reveals 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'' Was Originally 'MOTM3'". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  81. ^ ET Spotlight Special (July 8, 2022). "Kid Cudi releases 'The Boy Who Flew To The Moon Vol. 1', a compilation mixtape of his all-time hits". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  82. ^ "Kid Cudi Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  83. ^ "Kid Cudi Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  84. ^ "Kid Cudi Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  85. ^ "KiD CuDi, Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven 2LP". Republic Records Official Store. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speedin%27_Bullet_2_Heaven&oldid=1280633821"