Artist of the Week: Kid Cudi

Even before his debut album hit the stores, Kid Cudi has generated buzz with his stage performances. The rapper, blooming from Kanye West's GOOD Music label, was often tagged to heavy-hitters such as Jermaine Dupri, Travis Barker, Jay-Z and Kanye himself. On September 15, his album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" was finally on the shelves, and it's already on the track to be a top 5 on Billboard 200.

According to industry prognosticators, Kid's number could circle around 120,000 copies in the first week on sale, an extraordinary number for a newcomer. His only competition would be established rockers Muse who are coming with their new album "The Resistance". The final number will be counted this week and revealed on Wednesday, September 23.

The album may be in stores but Cudi is hard at working. Beside joining The Hangover Tour, the rapper is also mulling a secret collaboration with Drake. "Me and Drizzle are definitely working on something as soon as he gets better," he confirmed while making reference to Drake's knee injury.

"Man on the Moon" is divided into five acts from The End of Day to A New Beginning. It spawns charting first single called "Day 'N' Nite" that peaked at No. 3 on Hot 100. Second single "Make Her Say" is also crawling its way up the chart and has so far peaked at No. 43.