Kid Cudi: Mr. Rager.

This is my first entry on here, and I figured what better way to start off my blog than with an entry about Kid Cudi and my experience at his concert here in Champaign on Tuesday, October 5th. The 26 year older has released 3 albums since 2008, each with several hits. I'm sure we all can recall his first major single being Day 'N' Night, or at least that's the way I remember it. At the point of the song's release, that's all it was to me, a hit song by a rapper I had never heard of before. However, I attended Lollapalooza in the summer of 2009, at to my surprise Kid Cudi was performing at the Perry stage that year, a stage dedicated to rap, dance, house, and electronica music. During the time slot that Kid Cudi, or as he has commonly been referred to, Cudi, was playing, there wasn't really another artist that I was passionate about seeing, so my friends and I headed to the Perry stage. It was at this time that I realized Kid Cudi was going to be known as more than just "the guy who raps Day 'N" Night." And here I am, over a year later, writing a blog entry specifically about him and the recent concert of his I attended.
Let me just say, before I talk about the actual concert, I will take time to mention the incredible hype this concert got. And yes, it's true that any big performer that comes to U of I will receive their fair share of hype, but for weeks before the concert all I heard was "Are you going to Kid Cudi?" or ""How excited are you for Kid Cudi?!" The amount of talking people did in anticipation of the show should serve to demonstrate how this campus warmly welcomed the performer. And it's not just this campus in particular - Kid Cudi is an artist that college students nation wide devote their time listening to. That being said, weeks before the concert, my roommate and I went into a Kudi craze - at all hours of the day, Kid Cudi's music could be heard playing from either one of our - if not both - rooms.
As for the concert itself, I was less than underwhelmed by the special guest. To be honest, I didn't actually get to the concert until 20 or so minutes before Kid Cudi performed. But I can assure you that when he came out on the stage, there was not a silent person in the crowd, and everyone was up on their feet, moving and signing to the songs. My seats were not by any means good or close, (section C what up) but that's not to say that I didn't have a good time and enjoy the concert. When it comes down to it, Kid Cudi's music is about being with friends and having a good time (and being "up, up and away, if you catch my drift), and I can guarantee you that that's exactly what everyone was doing - having a good time while listening to good music.