Kid Cudi Releases New Album Man on the Moon III : Listen and Read the Full Credits

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Kid Cudi’s new album Man on the Moon III: The Chosen is out now. The third installment of the album series features Phoebe Bridgers, the late Pop Smoke, Skepta, and Trippie Redd. Listen to it, check out the video for “She Knows This,” and find the full list of credits below.

The credits list production contributions from FINNEAS, Dot Da Genius, Take A Daytrip, Nosaj Thing, Mike Dean, Emile Haynie, Plain Pat, and others. It also includes samples of Tame Impala, Tom Hanks in Cast Away, Scott Pilgrim ss. the World, Nicholas Britell’s score for The King, and more.

The second installment of the Man on the Moon trilogy, The Legend of Mr. Rager, came out in 2010. The first installment, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, arrived in 2009. Outside of his Man on the Moon trilogy, Kid Cudi has released WZRD in 2012, Indicud in 2013, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon in 2014, Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven at the end of 2015, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ in 2016, and, most recently, the Kanye West collaboration Kids See Ghosts in 2018. Last year, Cudi teased a record called Entergalactic.

This year, Cudi released collaborations with Selena Gomez (“A Sweeter Place”), Travis Scott (“THE SCOTTS”), and Eminem (“The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady”). He also released the solo song “Leader of the Delinquents” and made some prominent appearances in TV (Luca Guadagnino’s We Are Who We Are) and film (Bill and Ted Face the Music).



01 Beautiful Trip

Written by Scott Mescudi, Emile Haynie, Oladipo Omishore, Patrick Reynolds, Finneas O'Connell

Kid Cudi: Executive Producer, Producer
Emile Haynie: Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Plain Pat: Producer
FINNEAS: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

02 Tequila Shots

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

03 Another Day

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, Jason Chung, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
Nosaj Thing: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

04 She Knows This

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, Julian Gramma, Michael Mule, Isaac DeBoni

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
JGramm: Producer
FNZ: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
William J. Sullivan: Programming
Samples: ‘audio clip’ by Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

05 Dive

Written by Scott Mescudi, Anthony Kilhoffer, Teddy Walton, Aaron Bow, Kevin Parker

Anthony Kilhoffer: Producer
Teddy Walton: Producer
Aaron Bow: Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Samples: “Love/Paranoia” by Tame Impala

06 Damaged

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste, Mike Dean

Published by Published by Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner- Tamerland Publishing Corp.

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Mike Dean: Keyboards, Synthesizer

07 Heaven on Earth

Written by Scott Mescudi, Anthony Kilhoffer, DST The Danger

Anthony Kilhoffer: Producer
DST The Danger: Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

08 Show Out [ft. Pop Smoke and Skepta]

Written by Scott Mescudi, Bashar Jackson, Joseph Adenuga, Oladipo Omishore, Patrick Reynolds, Christopher Justice, Everett Romano

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Plain Pat: Producer
Gravez: Producer
Heavy Mellow: Co-Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Paul “Parker” Irizarry: Engineer
Max McAllister: Engineer
Joshua Faulkner: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

09 Solo Dolo, Pt. III

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, Patrick Reynolds, Nicholas Britell

Kid Cudi: Executive Producer, Producer
Dot Da Genius: Producer
Plain Pat: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer 
Chris Kahn: Assistant Recording Engineer
Recorded at East West Studios LLC, Los Angeles, CA, US, 2020
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Jeremie Inhaber: Additional Mixer
Chris Galland: Additional Mixer
Zach Pereyra: Additional Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R 
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

Samples:
- “Solo Dolo, Pt. III” contains additional elements by The Crate League LLC. Used by Permission.
- Sample of ‘Score’ by The King (2019)

10 Sad People

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO’ Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

11 Elsie’s Baby Boy (flashback)

Written by Scott Mescudi, Evan Mast, Oladipo Omishore, Everett Romano, The Animals “House of the Rising Sun”

Kid Cudi: Executive Producer, Producer
Evan Mast: Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
Iain Findlay: Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Samples: ‘Audio snippet’ by Stand By Me (1986)

12 Sept. 16

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, Emile Haynie, Patrick Reynolds, Finneas O’Connell

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Emile Haynie: Producer
Plain Pat: Producer
FINNEAS: Additional Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

13 The Void

Written by Scott Mescudi, Mike Dean

Published by Published by Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner- Tamerland Publishing Corp.

Kid Cudi: Executive Producer, Producer
Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions: Co-Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
Iain Findlay: Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Mike Dean: Keyboards, Synthesizer
Samples: “Time” by Panchanga Boys

14 Lovin’ Me [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]

Written by Scott Mescudi, Ryan Vojtesak, Oladipo Omishore, William J. Sullivan, Rami Eadeh, Phoebe Bridgers

Charlie Handsome: Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
William J. Sullivan: Producer
Ramii: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Chris Galland: Mix Engineer
Jeremie Inhaber: Assistant Mixer
Zach Pereyra: Assistant Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Samples: “Lovin’ Me” contains additional elements by A.J. Hall. Used by Permission.

15 The Pale Moonlight 

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, Rami Eadeh, Evan Mast

Evan Mast: Producer
Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Ramii: Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Chris Galland: Assistant Mixer
Jeremie Inhaber: Additional Mixer
Zach Pereyra: Assistant Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
Dot Da Genius: Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist

16 Rockstar Knights [ft. Trippie Redd]

Written by Scott Mescudi, Michael White II, Oladipo Omishore, Ebony Oshunrinde, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste, Julius-Alexander Brown, Mike Dean

Published by Published by Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner- Tamerland Publishing Corp.

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Wondagurl: Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions: Co-Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
Dot Da Genius: Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Igor Mamet: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Mike Dean: Keyboards, Synthesizer

17 4 Da Kidz

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste, Ebony Oshunrinde, Mike Dean

Published by Published by Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner- Tamerland Publishing Corp.

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Wondagurl: Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions: Co-Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Rap Vocalist
Mike Dean: Keyboards, Synthesizer
Samples: ‘Audio clip of Tom Hanks’ by Cast Away (2000)

18 Lord I Know

Written by Scott Mescudi, Oladipo Omishore, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste, Vincent Goodyer, Mike Dean

Published by Published by Papa George Music (BMI) All Rights Administered by Warner- Tamerland Publishing Corp.

Dot Da Genius: Executive Producer, Producer
Take A Daytrip: Producer
18YOMAN: Producer
Mike Dean #MWA for Dean’s List Productions: Co-Producer
Dennis Cummings: Executive Producer
Kid Cudi: Executive Producer
Manny Maroquin: Mixer
Joe LaPorta: Mastering Engineer
William J. Sullivan: Engineer
Ken “DURO” Ifill: A & R
Kid Cudi: Vocalist
Mike Dean: Keyboards, Synthesizer


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