U.S. star Kid Cudi has treated us to a new single entitled “Show Out” alongside the UK’s very own Skepta and the late, great Pop Smoke.
The track begins with a posthumous appearance from Pop who flows over the drill beat with a catchy hook, followed by a slick verse from Skepta who impressively puts on for the UK just as you’d expect. Cudi himself also rides the beat with ease, resulting in a big track from three titans.
Cudi recently spoke to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about how the collaboration came around.
“It was powerful because like I talked to Steven Victor [Pop Smoke’s manager] about this and he said, when he first recorded this song, he had thought of me on it,” Cudi said. “Steven had thought of me on it.”
“The reason why I kind of got this record, Dot Da Genius and Plain Pat had worked with Pop, like before he blew up at the Brewery in New York, at Dot’s studio. And they had this record, they just never did anything with it. It was just something that Dot had on tuck, you know?”
“And I was chilling with them one day because Dot’s working on our album and he was like, “Yo, I got this record. I’m going to play it for you. Let me know what you think.” He plays this sh*t. And I’m like, “I need this. Like I need this, man.” I was like, “Nobody’s ever heard me on anything like this. Skepta sounds amazing. Pop Smoke sounds amazing. Like this would be so unexpected. I think I can be on this and I could hold it down and like do my thing.” And this is also another way I can, you know, showcase these bars.”
“Show Out” is one of 18 tracks from Kid Cudi’s new album, Man On The Moon III: The Chosen, which dropped today (December 11).
Take in “Show Out” in the video above.