The Legend of Mr. Rager

The Track Mr. Rager on Kid Cudi's album Man on The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager is a brilliant piece of poetry. The name of the track itself can be interpreted in different ways, giving the the song a different meaning with each understanding. The name Rager could be in reference to anger and the word rage. This would play into the speculation that Kid Cudi is either talking to an angry person or self reflection on the angry side of his personality. Rager is also a slang term for a wild party. Kid Cudi could have also used the name in reference to a hard-core party-goer and drug user. Later in the track some lines support both of these ideas.

Hey, Mr. Rager, Mr. Rager,

Tell me where you're going

Tell us where you're headed

Off on adventure

Mr. Rager, tell me some of your stories

Tell us of your travels

Hey, Mr. Rager, Mr. Rager,

Tell me where you're going

Tell us where you're headed

I'm on my way to heaven

Mr. Rager, can we tag along

Can we take the journey?

The chorus almost seems to be a conversation between two people. Kid Cudi asks where Mr. Rager is going, the response is also given by Kid Cudi but in a distinctly different voice, playing into the idea that he is Mr. Rager and is having a conversation with himself. The question alone prompts curiosity, why would he ask himself where he was going? Mr. Rager answers, "off on adventure" implying that it is Mr. Rager who is in charge of the direction Kid Cudi's life goes. The next set of questions are about what Mr. Rager has been up to and where he has been. When he asks again where Mr. Rager is going he says "I'm on my way to heaven" and Kid Cudi ends the chorus asking if they can tag along. The chorus is very complex, in one way it seems to be that Kid Cudi is asking himself where he has been, what he has done, and where he is going. Kid Cudi asks Mr. Rager this, like Mr. Rager is in control, telling the listener that when Mr.Rager's side of Kid Cudi's personality comes out he looses control over himself. Whatever it is Mr. Rager does he seems to just go along with life. Kid Cudi feels like he is just drifting through life and says he wants to go on the journey to heaven. The rest of the song also plays into the idea of the song being a conversation between two distinct sides of Kid Cudi himself. I encourage you to listen to the song yourself to decide what is important in the story and what the story could actually be. 

Mr. Rager