Schoolboy Q and Kid Cudi dropped albums last week and reportedly are going to have impressive first week sales projections.
Despite an overnight release, Cudder’s new Satellite Flight: Journey To Mother Moon could push out big numbers. Estimates has the album selling nearly 90,000 copies.
The set debuted in the iTunes Store on Tuesday (Feb. 25) with little advance warning. It is presently only available through iTunes — and only as a full album. He follows in the footsteps of Beyonce, who released her surprise self-titled album in December as an album-only set through iTunes. (After a week, the set’s tracks became available for individual purchase.) (Billboard)
Cudi explained what motivated his album’s surprise release.
“I was like, “Man, I’m tired of promoting and marketing an album. I just wanna give it.” This project isn’t something I was planning on doing. I just kinda did it, like, “Let’s see what happens if I do it this way.” It’s my fifth album. I was in concert in September. I had a couple songs. I had “Satellite Flight” and “Balmain Jeans” done at the time. I was just confident, and in the middle of the show I said, “I’m doing an EP and I won’t give any notice before it drops.” That was the only info I put out. I knew I was gonna do it around February–actually January was the target.” (Complex)
