When Kid Cudi released his first album last fall after many successful mixtapes, people realized that this is not just another rapper’s typical debut album.

He raised the bar to a new high, so when he announced his second album, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, people started wondering what kind of tone the album would be, especially after hearing rock songs with him and Kanye West singing.

This time around, instead of Cudi welcoming listeners into his dreams, he’s bringing listeners into his reality, both good and bad.

It is definitely a darker album, with more personal themes, including his past addiction to cocaine.

Once again, Cudi set up the album into five different acts, all pertaining to a certain theme. It opens with “Act I: The World I Am Ruling,” with the song “Scott Mescudi vs. The World,” featuring Cee-Lo Green. It’s a fantastic opening track, one of the better ones on the album, and Cee-Lo adds great vocals to it.

“REVOFEV,” or revolution of evolution, is next, with its simple piano and drum beat, and all of those signature Kid Cudi “oh oh ohs.”

The album takes a darker turn once “Act II: A Stronger Trip” begins with “Don’t Play This Song,” featuring Mary J. Blige. “Pain, hurt, sadness and loneliness, bought all that sh** right up tossed it away to the bottomless pit, of the part of my mind that slips the part of my mind so sick.”

The album takes a brighter turn in “Act III: Party On,” which opens with “Ashin Kusher,” a song with classic Cudi flow and a happier beat, and the album’s first single with Kanye West, “Erase Me,” the song known for Cudi’s first venture into the rock genre.

“The Mood” has an excellent eerie slow beat, and serves as a perfect intro to probably the best song on the album, “Maniac,” featuring Cage, serves as the best example for the tone of the whole album:

“I am the maniac, b