Backpack-gone-mainstream hip-hop star Kid Cudi performed last night at the Fillmore in advance of his anticipated new album Speedin' Bullet To Heaven. Last year, Cudi surprised audiences with the barely-announced release of his fourth studio album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon. This year, the rapper-producer-musician hasn't been so quiet, steadily building hype for the December 4. All photos by Aaron Thackeray.