Spurred on by the release of her sophomore album Teenage Dream, Katy Perry’s latest single, also titled “Teenage Dream”, received a surge in downloads this week, topping the digital songs chart with 259k copies, enough to certify it Platinum for total sales of over 1 million. However, Katy’s strong digital showing wasn’t enough to knock Eminem & Rihanna off the top of the Hot 100, who log in their seventh consecutive week at No. 1 with their airplay ruler “Love the Way You Lie”, leaving “Teenage Dream” settle for for No. 2.

The next most notable move on the Hot 100 comes from everybody’s favorite party girl Ke$ha, who cracks the top ten with her latest single “Take It Off”, moving 16-10 in it’s seventh week. This gives Ke$ha four consecutive top ten hits from her chart topping debut album Animal – five overall when including her feature on 3OH!3′s “My First Kiss”. This now means that every single Ke$ha has released or appeared on has gone top ten. We’ll see if she can continue her winning streak when her collaboration with Taio Cruz, “Dirty Picture”, goes to mainstream radio later this month.

Also making a splash is Kid Cudi, who debuts at an impressive No. 22 with his Kanye West-assisted single, “Erase Me”. The song has been at radio for nearly three weeks, but it’s debut was mainly due to a strong opening week on iTunes, with 99k copies sold. The No. 22 debut makes “Erase Me” Cudi’s second highest-charting single ever — featured or solo — since his 2008 debut, “Day ‘n’ Nite”.

Another interesting move on this week’s Billboard charts belongs to Chris Brown, who seems to be staging somewhat of a comeback with his new mixtape single, “Deuces”. The song reaches a new peak of No. 24 on the Hot 100, and comes in at an impressive No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart — his first R&B chart topper since 2007′s “Kiss Kiss”. He also topped the box office on the weekend with his new movie, Takers. He’s now planning to capitalize off his current popularity with a brand new Polow Da Don-produced single titled “Calypso”, which is rumored to be coming out soon.

What a positive week on the charts for everybody. Until next time, folks.

Mah man Kid Cudi has been out on the road to promote his new single “Erase Me”, and during a recent show at the University of Buffalo, he managed to find a second in between songs to explain the reason why his sophomore album, MOTM2: The Legend of Mr. Rager, has been pushed back several times.

“Let me explain why I pushed it back: I spent so much time making these records for y’all, that I forgot to do all the other shit for my album. Like artwork, all the important shit you’re supposed to do. And I really wanna include a lot of dope shit in the packaging, and like, really put y’all up on like, what this is all supposed to be about: music, packaging, vinyls. Just bring art on all levels — musically and visually with the packaging. Not a lot of artists get the chance to do that… Another movie poster will be in the packaging, we’ve got DVD footage, we’ve got the deluxe version, we’ve got the regular version.”

“And then also, I’m dropping another album. I’m doing another album and I’m dropping it this year with [producer] Dot Da Genius. Me and Dot, we go back, we made “Day ‘n’ Nite’ together, we’ve got a crazy chemistry together… I’m thinking about dropping it around the time that Man on the Moon comes out, so y’all can just have a shit load of Kid Cudi music.” {source}

My baby is so eloquent and refined. I’m glad that he’s decided to bless the world with not one album, but two. The more the merrier.

By the way, his new single “Erase Me” is shaping up to be a bit of a hit, and is the highest entry on the digital songs chart this week, coming in at #11 with 99k sold. That should be enough for a very nice debut on the Hot 100 when the official chart is unveiled tonight (Australian time).

You can check out Cudi performing the single, below.

Despite dodging assault charges and beefing with desperate fans haters, Kid Cudi has tamed his violent side and decided to keep things classy for the official artwork for his new single “Erase Me”.{Via}

The Kanye West-assisted rock single was sent out to Top 40/Rhythmic-Crossover radio last week, so it shouldn’t be too long until it’s blowing up and snatching your fave’s wig.

Cudi’s sophomore album/future classic, MOTM2: The Legend of Mr. Rager, is currently scheduled to hit stores on October 26. Early buzz for the disc is already high, with Elle magazine recently placing it at the #1 spot on their Elle 25 list, which ranks the top things that the mag are looking forward to for the rest of the year.

My man Kid Cudi has released the first official promotional picture from his upcoming sophomore album  ‘Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager’. It’s been pushed back a couple of times now, but the current release date is penciled in as October 26.

The first official single from the album is the amazing rock track “Erase Me” featuring Kanye West, which will be sent out to Top 40/Rhythmic-Crossover radio on August 17.

However, “Erase Me” isn’t the only tune that the pair are teaming up on. A new song, “Wylin’ Coz I’m Young”, has leaked online from an upcoming Kanye mixtape. There’s not much specific info on the track yet, but judging by it’s sound, it’s from either Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak era, or Cudi’s first MOTM album. Wherever it’s from, it’s dope.

As for Kanye’s new album, it’s looking likely that the official title will be ‘Dark Twisted Fantasy‘. Apparently, he’ll be shooting one of those mini-movies for the album, as everybody is doing these days. I’m envisioning a pretentious art piece that symbolizes nothing other than the fact that Kanye has gotten ahead of himself and imploded due to his own ego. But hey, it’s too early to judge, but that contrived album title certainly isn’t doing anything to quell my concerns.

Oh yeah, I think Kanye is performing at the VMAs. I read it here.

Mah main man Kid Cudi has gone and pushed back his sophomore album MOTM2: The Legend of Mr. Rager for the second time in a week.

Last scheduled to arrive on September 28, the disc has now been moved back almost a month to October 26. No reason has been given for the change, but it could be to give Cudi more time to work his new single “Erase Me” featuring Kanye West. The song has already started receiving airplay, but there’s been no word yet on any promo or music video.

In other news, Cudi performed recently his buzz single “REVOFEV” for a special VEVO show. It’s been online for about a week or so, but VEVO were jerks and blocked it in my country until now. You can watch my baby shit on your faves below.

Rap-Up have confirmed that Kid Cudi’s upcoming sophomore album ‘Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager‘ has been pushed back two weeks from it’s original date of September 14, to the revised date of September 28. This means that it will no longer come out during my birthday week, so as you can imagine – I’m a nervous wreck!

The good news is that Cudi will no longer have to face a chart battle against Kanye West’s ‘Good Ass Job‘. The bad news is that he’s now up against T.I. and Young Jeezy.

Meanwhile, two new song snippets from Mr. Rager have leaked online — “Mojo” and “Mr. Rager”. They’re too short for me to review at the moment, but I think it goes without saying that they’re awesome. Duh.

Look out for Rager’s first official single “Erase Me” to hit airwaves in August.

Converse have enlisted my husband Kid Cudi, Rostam from Vampire Weekend and Bethany of Best Coast for their “Three Artists One Song” campaign. For the ad, the threesome have all collaborated together to create “All Summer” — a song that utilizes the individual styles of each artist and mashes them all up for a hipster hit.

And uh, yeah, that’s about it. Watch the video below, because it’s awesome.

They’ve both got their new albums dropping on the same day (September 14), and now Kid Cudi and Kanye West are collaborating together again on a new song “Erase Me”, lifted from Cudi’s upcoming sophomore album ‘Man On the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager“.

The song was produced by Jim Jonsin, and shows Cudi moving further away from Hip-Hop and deeper into rock territory. “I think she hates me deep down / I know she does / She wants to erase me,” sings Cudi, targeting an ex-girlfriend who broke up with him, “She says ‘I keep on runnin’ / nothin’ works / I can’t stop missin’ you.”

“Erase Me” is another 10/10 cut from Cudi’s MOTM II, and it’s certainly a lot more radio-friendly and accessible than his indie-leaning new single “REVOFEV”. Since this premiered on KIISFM, I’m thinking that it could possibly be the official radio single from the record.

Check out this amazing, future smash, epic song below (Via Consequence of Sound).

Kid Cudi has already announced that he’ll drop his sophomore album ‘Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager’ on September 14, but now his fellow GOOD Music label boss Kanye West has confirmed that he to, will release his new album on the same day.

Kanye’s album, titled ‘Good Ass Job‘, will feature production from RZA, Q-Tip and Pete Rock. Kanye performed the lead single “Power” this week on a volcano at the BET Awards. “Power” has currently reached #45 on the R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart on airplay alone.

Come September 14, Kid Cudi is going to get slaughtered on the Billboard charts. He was never going to have a number one record anyway though, but having Kanye drop on the same day could affect certain promo slots that Cudi could have had. The label are probably hoping people will go in to purchase Kanye’s album, and then pick up a copy of Cudi while they’re at it, but Kanye’s star power is so big that he could easily end up crushing Cudi by mistake.

In the midst of heavy touring and a recent arrest, rapper KiD CuDi has still found time to release his brand new single ‘REVOFEV’, which is the first offering from his upcoming sophomore album Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.

Produced by Plain Pat, ’REVOFEV’ (short for Revolution of Evolution), could be considered one of the least commercial song’s he’s ever recorded, positioning him even closer to the Pitchfork crowd than the Rap-Up crew. Backed by military drumming, guitars, strings and piano, ‘REVOFEV’ is more like a musical call to arms than it is just a simple single.

“Where will you be for the revolution?” asks Cudi repeatedly throughout the song, questioning the musical allegiance of the listener and inviting them along for the Kid Cudi ride. “I’m your big brother. what do I have to say to the kids? Wake up, things might get rough, no need to stress, keeps you down too much.”

Epic. Amazing. Best thing since sliced bread. Shaking and crying. You get the drift.

Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager will be in stores September 14. Listen to “REVOFEV” below via Rap-Up.

After the release of his critically acclaimed debut Man On The Moon: The End of Day, Kid Cudi said he was taking a break from the heavy stuff and would instead release a fun collaboration album Cudder: The Revolution of Evolution, but now the rapper has had a change of heart and is going back to his original formula for his newly titled sophomore album Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.

Check out what Cudi had to say via his official blog below.

i started making this project like a collab album, filled with fun and upbeat records that for the most part left you with jack shit when you were finished listening. i took a step back, went on tour, and realized im where im at because of the type of songs i write. every time i read a comment from someone saying ive touched their lives in some way is what made me want to stop fucking around and continue pouring my life into my music. MOTM2 is dark by nature and instead of bringing you into my dreams like my first album, im bringing you into my reality. good and bad. it will explain more of who i am as well as pushing the envelope musically. this project will focus on many dark, fun, and ignorant moments in my life since ive been kid cudi in a exciting and cinematic nature continuing the MOTM theme. {source}

The new album is currently due out in August, and will feature production from RATATAT, Dot Da Genius and Cudi himself.

The first Man On The Moon was one of the best (if not THE best) album of 2009, so knowing that the sequel is coming so soon is beyond exciting. Besides Britney this is now my most anticipated album of the year.

Snoop Dogg released his Malice ‘N Wonderland album last year only to have it completely bomb on the charts, so he went back to the drawing board, organized a re-release and enlisted my man Kid Cudi to help kick it all off with the lead single “That Tree”.

The song is actually an ode to keeping family close, you know, your family tree, but Cudi and Snoop manage to turn it into a wacky adventure about weed.

The best part about it though is how cute Kid Cudi is. If his cuteness usually ranks at about a 7 out of 10 then this video is easily a 9. A funny Justin Timberlake GIF I once saw is a 10.