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Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon Image
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 108 Ratings

  • Summary: Originally an EP, the 10-track album was a surprise midnight release for the hip hop artist.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Brave and futuristic, by venturing into space, Mescudi finally steps out of Kanye’s shadow--with not just one small step, but one giant leap.
  2. Mar 3, 2014
    80
    Scott Mescudi made an EP’s worth of material feel like an album, and he did it without surrendering his artistic integrity in the process.
  3. Mar 3, 2014
    80
    Satellite Flight captures Cudi’s adventure back home to the moon and does it brilliantly.
  4. Mar 3, 2014
    60
    Satellite Flight: The Journey to the Mother Moon occupies a space between what is and what's coming, but Kid Cudi's admired originality falls short and is almost lackluster here in comparison to his previous works.
  5. Mar 18, 2014
    60
    To navigate successfully around a Kid Cudi album, then, is to get really good at squinting at the periphery.
  6. 50
    Simply put, it’s just another Kid Cudi album--a scattered collection of songs developed as a concept album, but never fitting together to form something great.
  7. Mar 3, 2014
    33
    Maybe it’s because we’ve grown accustomed to Cudi’s style and the influence it’s had over other artists, but at this point, it just sounds a little bit stale.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Negative: 4 out of 20
  1. Dec 6, 2018
    9
    My third favorite Kid Cudi album behind the two Man on the Moon albums, and it looks like his most underrated as well. All in all a veryMy third favorite Kid Cudi album behind the two Man on the Moon albums, and it looks like his most underrated as well. All in all a very enjoyable listen for any Cudi fan or any experimental Hip-Hop fan in general. Favorite tracks are Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now, Satellite Flight, and Internal Bleeding. Expand
  2. Mar 24, 2015
    8
    I'm a person who invites experimental design into their catalog for a artist. With Cudi I feel as if he's on the deep edge of space. What II'm a person who invites experimental design into their catalog for a artist. With Cudi I feel as if he's on the deep edge of space. What I mean by that is he's finding relative tunes that some what correlate to his previous work and smashing it together with new features. He's been lacking substance since MOTMII I feel, this album is a reasonable successor to his spaceship ride though. Expand
  3. Oct 5, 2018
    8
    I really can’t see why people hate this. In my opinion is "SATELLITE FLIGHT" Cudi's best album after MOTM1 & 2.
    Fav tracks: "Balmain Jeans",
    I really can’t see why people hate this. In my opinion is "SATELLITE FLIGHT" Cudi's best album after MOTM1 & 2.
    Fav tracks: "Balmain Jeans", "Going to the Ceremony", "To Bad I Have to Destroy You Now", "In My Dreams 2015"
    Least fav track: "Internal Bleeding"
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  4. Mar 29, 2021
    7
    this album is a 7 this album is a 7 this album is a 7 this album is a 7 this album is a 7
  5. Feb 14, 2022
    7
    A rather shorter album from Kid Cudi, but overall this album gives a pretty good experience. Songs like Too Bad I Have to Destroy You Now,A rather shorter album from Kid Cudi, but overall this album gives a pretty good experience. Songs like Too Bad I Have to Destroy You Now, Balmain Jeans, and the title track are pretty big standouts in Cudi's discography. The other tracks are just okay for me, but these three really make the album. Expand
  6. Apr 29, 2014
    6
    Not that experimental hip hop is bad, look at Death Grips, Milo, Captain Murphy, Childish Gambino, Old Cudi, and even SOME tracks on thisNot that experimental hip hop is bad, look at Death Grips, Milo, Captain Murphy, Childish Gambino, Old Cudi, and even SOME tracks on this album. Experimental hip hop is good, it can be a genre all on its own. But basing music that's experimental and nothing like it doesn't necessarily make it good. Like this album, about half the album was decent to good. Destination: Mother Moon does not sound like any Kid Cudi song you've heard before. It's experimental and I'm digging the instrumental. Going to the Ceremony though has a MOTM 2/WZRD vibe and it's my favorite track off of this project. I've heard the song before Satellite Flight was released on hotnewhiphop and it shed light to the whole "Classic Cudi" coming back. SATELLITE FLIGHT is a track I can say I hate. The cheesy thunder beginning the track, the moaning of what he calls singing, the chorus is repetitive, basically the only lyrics to the whole song horrible track. Copernicus Landing seems like an Interlude, like a part 2 to Destination: Mother Moon and I'm loving the sci-fi sounds attatched to it. It's errie, chilling, but soothing and relaxing. Balmain Jeans has to be my second favorite track. His singing has a MOTM flow but the beat you can tell is not regular cudi. It's a slow, smooth, warm track that mimics classic cudi but still keeps his experimental side alive. Too Bad I Have To Destroy you know is another track that I can say I do not care much for. I'm not recognizing the flow, or the instrumental. It's different, and uncomfortable. But once he starts rapping, its what makes the song for me. The instrumental isnt overshadowed by his moaning (singing) anymore and they work together. The rest of the track I don't care for either. Internal Bleeding. This is the only track that I feel works with his singing, that's about it. In My Dreams 2015, feels like a part 3 to the intro and Copernicus Landing. But it reminds me of those Droid Smartphone commercials and the little beeps sound cheesy. But once those organs come into play, its like a whole new song. Again, it has an eerie, chilling but relaxing and soothing feel. I'm not too fond of this track, but I feel like the album needs this track, it just fits in really well. Now, for Return Of The Man On The Moon. I thought this track was going to either make it or break the album for me, using the words, The Man On The Moon. It starts off with horns, sounds cool and patriotic at first, then starts to get cheesy and repetitive. Then these muted drums or guitar strings come into play and just adds more time than needed. Then the guitar comes in, violins, and chellos and its A WHOLE DIFFERENT SONG. LIKE, THE SONG COULDVE JUST BEEN THIS PART, NOT THE HORNS, MUTED DRUMS, OR ANY OF THE FIRST 3 MINUTES. Last track, Troubled Boy. This track does not deserve to be on here, could've left off with Return of The Man On The Moon. My least favorite track. Unless Cudi can find a balance between experimental beats and classic cudi flows, MOTM 3 might be a flop. More songs like Going To The Ceremony, Copernicus Landing, Satellite Flight, Balmain Jeans, and Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now for MOTM 3. Expand
  7. Dec 16, 2015
    0
    This is by far one of the worst albums I've ever had the displeasure of listening to. Kid Cudi is a talentless hack with a babyd1ck in musicThis is by far one of the worst albums I've ever had the displeasure of listening to. Kid Cudi is a talentless hack with a babyd1ck in music he should not make music ever again.It's basically, a scattered collective of track developed as an idea-driven album, but nothing ever fits. Expand

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