On 'Kids See Ghosts,' Kid Cudi has an Opportunity

Kid Cudi has two platinum albums and dozens of stylistic children. He has credits on (and plaques from) some of the most beloved rap records of the millennium; he starred in an HBO show that people were excited about, stopped watching, then gravitated to as a post-cancellation cult classic. He’s a decade into his career and still feels, at least vaguely, like a kid––like someone who’s still trying to fit the pieces of a sound together in the perfect album-length form. He