Best R&B/Pop Album of 2009

Reader Pick		Staff Pick
Kid Cudi "Man on the Moon"		The-Dream "Love vs. Money"

What do you get when you toss Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in a blender with 808's & Heartbreak and hit “purée?” The answer, of course, is Man on the Moon: The End of Day, the much-buzzed-about debut set from “Day 'N' Nite” hitmaker Kid Cudi. Featuring orchestral beats, a genre-defying mix of flowed and sung vocals, and voice-over narration by none other than NYC emcee Common, the self-proclaimed 'lonely stoner's freshman effort was undoubtedly one of '09's strangest successes. Runner Up: The-Dream "Love vs. Money"		We know Cudi blurred the boundaries of pop/r&b/hip-hop on Man on the Moon, but there's simply no way we could give this award to any album besides Love vs. Money. Here The-Dream put together an astoundingly good album that just so happened to include perhaps the best four straight tracks in r&b history (no, we're not exaggerating). Love, money, sex, we don't care which one wins out, as long as The-Dream keeps making music like this.

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Member Reviews and Ratings

djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 2915	djblaze's Top Rated Songs The Dream > Kid Cudi... Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

d mac DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 803	d mac's Top Rated Songs Kid Cudi > The Dream Follow @DJBoothCEO
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Dj Baer Resident DJ Total Ratings: 431	Dj Baer's Top Rated Songs I love both of these albums, but Love Vs. Money was in my car stereo for months.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Blaze31 Resident DJ Total Ratings: 614	Blaze31's Top Rated Songs Dream > Cudi
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

joshL Resident DJ Total Ratings: 1471	joshL's Top Rated Songs Dream >> Kid Cudi. i wish Cudi was on Hip Hop album, i wouldve voted for it then. i dunno wat part of Cudi's album sounds r&b/pop?.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

joshL Resident DJ Total Ratings: 1471	joshL's Top Rated Songs btw, Love vs Money one of my fav albums of all time.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Burmy DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 515	Burmy's Top Rated Songs Both are excellent, however, this is the Best "R&B/Pop" album. From that standpoint alone, Dream comes away with the victory!
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

HoamBoy Resident DJ Total Ratings: 544	HoamBoy's Top Rated Songs Both albums were great but are on differen scales. The Dream continued what was hot and just made it hotter. While Cudi experimented and did made something fresh. Both came out dope and diserve wins.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

JayCL Resident DJ Total Ratings: 735	JayCL's Top Rated Songs i cant believe cudi's counted as R&B, i picked Trey Song's Ready but Love vs. Money was better pick then cudi's man on the moon
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

tdotraza Resident DJ Total Ratings: 909	tdotraza's Top Rated Songs What Burmy said. CuDi's album wasn't -technically- Hip Hop, but it can't beat Dream's "Love vs. Money" in R&B/Pop either. Poor guy.
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

Aussie_Pride Resident DJ Total Ratings: 1177	Aussie_Pride's Top Rated Songs Man On The Moon was in my top 3 albums of 2009, though I dont think his sound is R&B/Pop, though I dont think you could class it as hip hop either. Love vs Money was a great album, im really looking forward to LoveKing
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

jaydeemorgan DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 213	jaydeemorgan's Top Rated Songs I really like Man on the Moon (better than the-dream's album), but i dont see it in this specific group beating it. It's not really hip-hop per se, but not really R&B or pop either...
	Posted on Jan 06, 2010

bfears DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 163	bfears's Top Rated Songs um how is man on the moon r&b/pop? im lost.
	Posted on Jan 07, 2010

X'10 DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 27	X'10's Top Rated Songs Embarrassed to say this but 'Rated R' for me. Isn't Common from Chicago???
	Posted on Jan 08, 2010

d mac DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 803	d mac's Top Rated Songs bfears - the staff felt that although the CuDi album contained a lot of hip hop influence, it crossed so many genres (hip hop, r&b, pop, electro) that we decided to classify it as Pop for lack of a better choice. Follow @DJBoothCEO
	Posted on Jan 08, 2010

joshL Resident DJ Total Ratings: 1471	joshL's Top Rated Songs i guess u guys r right, this sounds a lot more like Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers rather than hip hop.
	Posted on Jan 11, 2010

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