ounding ▁the ▁most ▁emp ower ed ▁you ' ve ▁ever ▁heard ▁him ", ▁while ▁compl iment ing ▁West ' s ▁" mind - b ending " ▁production ▁and ▁focused ▁subject ▁matter , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁his ▁ly ric ism ▁on ▁Ye . ▁Bass ett ▁concluded ▁that ▁K ids ▁See ▁G hosts ▁" s ounds , ▁suit ably , ▁g host ly ▁and ▁super natural ▁– ▁a ▁brief ▁g limp se ▁into ▁another ▁world " ▁and ▁is ▁" the ▁sound ▁of ▁two ▁artists ▁looking ▁back ▁over ▁the ▁vast ▁distance ▁they ' ve ▁travel led ▁so ▁far ". ▁Writing ▁for ▁The ▁A . V . ▁Club , ▁Mart y ▁S art ini ▁Gar ner ▁pra ised ▁C udi ' s ▁contributions ▁as ▁" without ▁qual ification , ▁the ▁spiritual ▁and ▁art istic ▁back bone ▁of ▁K ids ▁See ▁G hosts , ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁its ▁tr uest ▁art istic ▁ris ks ", ▁writing ▁that ▁he ▁" l ifts ▁K any e ▁up ", ▁who ▁" all ows ▁C udi ▁to ▁take ▁him ▁further ▁than ▁he ' s ▁been ▁willing ▁to ▁go ▁by ▁himself ". ▁He ▁further ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁" marks ▁[ C udi ] ' s ▁true ▁return ▁only ▁a ▁year ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁after ▁he ▁checked ▁himself ▁into ▁re hab ▁to ▁fight ▁de pression ▁and ▁suic idal ▁ide ation , ▁and ▁taking ▁the ▁time ▁out ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁himself ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁done ▁him ▁w onders ". ▁Ch uck ▁Arnold ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁" had ▁a ▁lot