Soon enough, Cudi is whispering, “Can someone, anyone, give me candy?” on “The Nothing” and shouting his way through the punky, confrontational “Judgmental Cunt.” If that sounds off-putting to you, beware, as things quickly fall further down the rabbit hole. The aggressive guitar riff of “Man in the Night” gives way to the first of four skits by Beavis and Butt-head, who narrate the album while tripping on shrooms. Like any good trip, it’s only after you’re a bit into it that you realize things are much stranger than they seem. Album-opener “Edge of the Earth/Post Mortem Boredom” is a folksy, mesmerizing tune, and the lead single, “CONFUSED!,” remains the solid rock track it was upon release. But it might also be our deepest look yet into the dark mind of Scott Mescudi. Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven is raw, grating, and (at times) unpleasant to listen to. Still, reading “experimental” on Twitter is quite different than actually hearing it. This is Kid Cudi at his most unapologetically experimental-something he even made sure to warn fans about ahead of time. It’s a radical departure from almost everything Kid Cudi has ever released (with the partial exception of his 2012 rock project, WZRD) and sounds more like a ’90s-era grunge/alt-rock album than anything that could possibly resemble modern day hip-hop. Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven is one of the most polarizing albums of the year.

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