Satellite Flight

Album: Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon (2014)
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  • Kid Cudi's fourth album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, originally started as an EP in October 2013. "It was supposed to be this mini little thing for the fans and it ended up forming a life of its own," Cudi told MTV News.

    The rapper added that the record acts as a bridge between his previous full-length project and the third chapter in his Man on the Moon series. "It starts where Indicud left off perfectly, and takes you right into MOTM III," Cudi said. "It's like a TV show that ends with that cliffhanger. The album ends that way, where you get that one song and before you know it, the song is over and the album is over, but there's a 'to be continued...' There's more to the story."
  • This is the title track to the album. It was originally debuted December 16, 2013 by Cudi on his SoundCloud page.
  • The song samples "Coronado II," a track from Polaris' 1999 album Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete. The record contains a dozen songs composed by the band for the cult Nickelodeon television series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
  • Cudi said referring to the first line of the hook: "'Take it to the satellite' means think beyond what you know, look beyond what you can see, feel beyond what you can touch. The vibes."

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