The 'forgotten' Cudi album—this work was a more artistic collaboration between Scott Mescudi and Oladipo Omishore, freely exploring rap beyond the boundaries that... the genre was confined to at the time (2012)—demands a certain assiduity and self-awareness to possess the temerity to cross those boundaries. Hip-hop artists, both then and historically, have been marginalized and, consequently, pigeonholed into roles dictated by the Lords of the music industry's citadels.
Met with mixed reviews, many neophytes struggled to reconcile its experimental rock elements with the expectations of a hip-hop artist like Scott Mescudi. WZRD belongs to the vanguard of albums that redefined the genre, serving as a precursor to the genre-blending that would later shape artists like BROCKHAMPTON, proving it was ahead of its time in challenging the music industry's rigid boundaries. show more
