I've spent a lot of time this year thinking about the next generation of rappers. Too much time. In part, the crew that XXL called "The Freshmen 10." I'm not very interested in about half of that crew, but there are obviously a few that demand attention. This week we'll look at the output, so far, of some of those chosen few. Perhaps no one has more promise than KiD CuDi, the Cleveland MC who has aligned himself with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. and tested the limits of sing-rapping early in his career. CuDi is actually less an MC than a self-styled teller of feelings. His low-toned voice is unremarkable and his patterns have got potholes in 'em. He rarely sounds like someone working hard to push the boundaries of MCing--which is totally fine. There are enough chuckleheads out right now who really think they're spitting something vicious, while paying no attention to songwriting. CuDi built his reputation on "Day 'N' Nite," the sad stoner's lament that Jim Jones snatched and made his own last year. The song was finally released to iTunes this month, along with the simple, effective bonus track "Dat New 'New'." Un-rap fans and hipsters likely found CuDi via the Crookers remix of "Day 'N' Nite," a boomeranging relaunch that takes the song's very essence--lethargic, pensive, high-as-fuck sadness--and spoils it with lazers and swooshing sonic dashes. As dance music, it's great. Conceptually, it's bankrupt.

CuDi's 2008 mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, a collaboration with New York streetwear brand 10.Deep Clothing, had energy and invention around corners and was fearless when it came to integrating new sounds into rap's sample-able lexicon. The Paul Simon scoop on "50 Ways to Make a Record" is alternately goofy and endearing. Depends on the day. His debut, the forthcoming Man on the Moon: The Guardians, is going to go one of two ways: Brain-broke rap reinvention or sad bastard indulgence. But it's the source inspiration that fascinates me. His "Can I Be" uses NYC meta-dance giant James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem and his elegiac crowning achievement, "Someone Great," as a bed. The freestyle-esque experiment should channel CuDi's weary side, but he uses the oscillating boings and bongs as a forum for fast-raps and defiant battle rhymes. CuDi is not yet a star--the above clip on 106 alongside 'Ye proves his wet-behind-the-ears status--but the seeds are there. But he, like most of his peers, need time to develop. Slow down, Internet. We may have found something.

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