Complex has put together a new piece called ‘They Reminisce: How Kid Cudi Inspired a Generation,’ in which they spoke to various artists about personal memories of Kid Cudi. One of those artists contributing is his mentor, Kanye West, who reflects back on his early days with Cudi.
“When I first heard Cudi, his voice, his melody, his subject matter, and the combination of him putting the melody with the rap in a way that I hadn’t really heard since Bone Thugs felt really new,” he said. “When I heard his mixtape, I said I wanted to write with him.”
“I remember working on ‘808s & Heartbreak’ and he was sitting in the front area in the Hawaii studio. I was on the laptop, and he was like, ‘OK, this is what I got… In the night I hear them talk.’ It went somewhere else and, of course, I put the pop—‘the coldest story ever told,’ which [came] from me listening to country music and Coldplay. How that happened is how we’ve written music together over the years.”
Other artists in the piece include Pharrell and ScHoolboy Q — click HERE to read the entire article.
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