He said that without those song successes Man on the Moon: The End of Day would not have been picked up by any major labels. Prior to the album being picked up by the likes of Universal Motown and GOOD Music, he had previously worked with mentor and fellow rapper Kanye West on his 2008 record 808s & Heartbreak, co-writing four hits for it. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked it number 459 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.Īccording to AllMusic, soon after it was announced that Kid Cudi would release this album it became 'deep in the category of 'much anticipated''. Outside of the US, the album was less commercially successful, generally peaking outside of the top fifty positions of album charts. It later became certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, selling 104,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States. Aside from being included on critics list of the best albums of the year, Man on the Moon: The End of Day received three Grammy Awards nominations. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised it for its music composition and different approach to being a hip-hop record.

To further promote the album, he toured with Asher Roth and Lady Gaga, respectively. Man on the Moon: The End of Day spawned three singles-' Day 'n' Nite', ' Make Her Say' and ' Pursuit of Happiness'-that attained chart success, the first of which became a US platinum-certified hit single. Production was handled by several high-profile record producers, including Kanye West, Emile Haynie, Plain Pat, No I.D., Dot da Genius, and Jeff Bhasker, among others. A concept album, narrated by fellow American rapper Common, it follows the release of his first full-length project A Kid Named Cudi (2008), and is the first installment of the Man on the Moon trilogy. It was released on September 15, 2009, through Dream On, GOOD Music, and Universal Motown Records. Man on the Moon: The End of Day is the debut studio album by American rapper Kid Cudi.

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