In the album Kids See Ghosts , Cudi 's contributions were praised as `` the instrument of the album 's greatest triumphs '' .
For The A.V . Club , Marty Sartini Garner praised Cudi 's contributions as `` without qualification , the spiritual and artistic backbone of Kids See Ghosts , the source of its truest artistic risks and the instrument of its greatest triumphs '' , writing that he `` lifts Kanye up '' , who `` allows Cudi to take him further than he 's been willing to go by himself '' .
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