The Making Of Kid Cudi‘s “Pursuit Of Happiness” With E.VAX Of Ratatat | Deconstructed 

"If I spent a week on it I probably would've made it too complicated" Bro used a radiator

This dude really didn’t realize he was making a historic song that changed the music scene

This guy produced Reborn too.This man is a genius. Give him some more credit

cudi literally wrote the soundtrack to so many people's lifes its incredible

this beat has like 4x times more sounds then every other beat here and he's like : nah, ive done it in hurry, its very simple lmao

This guy so so humble, he acts like he made just another basic song.

bro the vibe of this just makes me wanna party or do a roadtrip

i wonder how many lives this song has saved

This song is iconic

One of the most beautiful songs ever

Had so many lonely nights listening to this song... Wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Thank you for this song.

this guy made the instrumental for one of the most popular songs of a generation and he doesn't even remember how he did it, with every layer he looks so surprised and confused haha love it

*masterpiece*

first Day n Nite now this, thank you Genius!

this guy's voice is asmr

When I'm 50, and when I'm on a classics radio channel....they better be playing this song

The editing tho.

the making of frank’s nights

Man the rappers get so much recognition, and the producers barely get any. I had no Idea who this guy was until now, and he should be a known legend

This song legit gets me so emotional idk it just feels so young and free idk ahh

A song I’ll never get tired of.

I was in High School when this came out. I was in a dark place. I don’t mean that in a cliche sense. Self harm, suicide attempt, and thinking of going to the military to give my life up to somethin rather than letting it go to waste but I was gonna use that as a way to end up just dying. Then I said no to that and was just gonna end it. This song.. I shit you not this song came on the day I was gonna end it all. On my way to school I bought the album and listened to Day N Nite on repeat like 4 times then I skipped through some songs only listening for like 2-3 seconds. This weird ass song came on with sounds I NEVER heard in my life. I went to a performing arts high school and still never heard anything like this. I felt like this dude was living my life. How I felt every day. And this huge jumbled compilation of sounds made this beat that nobody ever heard anything like.. It got me to take producing seriously.. I kicked back into my creativity. I’m still not where I wanna be yet but just as I started having bad days again, I started thinking back to this song, and 3 hours later I find how it was made. Thank you Genius. Thank you E. VAX. Thank you Ratatat. Thank you Kid Cudi. Y’all stopped somebody from making bad decisions with a song thats only 4 minutes and 55 seconds long. In under 5 minutes a bad decision was stopped. 🙏🏾

makes me happy how humble some of these producers/musicians are. especially someone as big as him. always love seeing the producer give the rapper/singer credit for knowing what beats/compositions will work for their style and which ones wouldn’t.

Ratatat is so underated, i love there music so much, i love abrasive by ratatat, there awesome, ratatat being the instrumental for pursuit of happiness is amazing

10 years later still godlike

This song literally changed my life, I'm so glad to see that Genius made this video!

Without the vocals it really does sound like a song Ratatat would release. That is so dope

He be lookin like jesus producin beats

This guy is so chill.

THIS is what i call Music Production.

5:40 Yup, that incredibly layered, detailed and filtered sound of the drums that exists on this track can 100% be heard on Feel The Love and Reborn as well. I aspire to be able to program drums this beautifully '

1:53 that synth is probably my favourite sound in the world. It just means so much to me and every time I hear the song I have to pause whatever I'm doing and appreciate it.

I almost cried watching this

I’ll be fine once I get it. I’ll be gooooooood.

4:14 Dudeeee i can't with the fact that i totally miss that part, that part is so ratatat, is like if he took a piece of him from the "Classics" album and put in there just for kid cudi, awesome.

this producer right here , cured all of my depression many times with this banger 💫🤍✝️

Legendary song

Timeless record. This song got me through a lot and it’s nice to see it take on different waves since when it first came out (remixes, movies, commercials, etc.).

That's my footage at 6:14 ! see my (Kid Cudi Live - Concert Intro - 'Baptized In Fire' 2017) video on my channel around 1:40 Thank You Genius!

Such a beautiful song, Kid Cudi is so under appreciated

my god ratatat killed this beat

This the chilliest episode on deconstructed

He explained it clearly and carefully It made me realize Damn such beautiful melody like this came from combo of obscure and strange sounds

"Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold"

been a ratatat fan since before cudi ever made pursuit of happiness. so cool to see one of them on here. ratatat was one of the bands that inspired me to start learning guitar

y'all snapped

he’s so humble for being a genius

i remember hearing this song, it was on a highway me and 2 of my best pal was just driving and smoking, and then this song came out of the radio, it was just *perfect* .

Genius doing the Cudi classics

This song always reminds of me of Project X.

So glad this episode came out on this song. One of my favorite songs that I can just listen to whenever!

I love these videos cause every time I go back and listen to the song I can pinpoint all of the different sounds mentioned in making the beats or lines; the various octaves in the chorus, etc. It just adds to the beauty of the music.

Genius, I know y’all are probably a big company who doesn’t respond to/read comments. But I wanted to say thank you. Some of these songs have gotten me through wanting to end it all. And to go back now and watch what was really going on is truly an amazing experience. You guys stay out of drama, tackle topics unbiased, and give a really good insight on so many different things. Thank you guys, and even though you probably won’t see this, but please don’t change a damn thing. ;)🐐🐐🐐

Can Genius get Kanye? Like any song would do

I've waited so long for this man, Ratatat is one of my all-time favourite bands and this collab is one of my all-time favourite tracks.

I have been waiting for this video since deconstructed has started... thank you.

DAMN MAN IM CRYINGGGGGGG

Evan is one of my all time favorite artists next to Aphex Twin and John Frusciante. This was so awesome to watch he doesn't do many interviews. Thank You!!!!!!!!

What really puts this song over the top is the backed vocals by MGMT. That chorus is beautiful!

DOPE!!

Why all of a sudden genius give a damn about kid cudi? Why soo late??

Genius is killin it with the old school! Thank You Genius make more of these

This song, to this day, STILL gives me chills! It's helped me through A LOT. It's easy to get lost in this piece.

i love ratatat my drumset tutor told me ab them and i'm so happy they exist lmao, props to e*vax and cudi for making one of the most iconic songs ever

there's no words that can explain how much I love this song

Waited my whole life for this

Brings back such great memories. I was a fan of both at the time and it made my day when I heard they collaborated.

This song genuinely changed my life

I always thought MGMT produced this hahaha I have been waiting for it to be broken down tho, praise genius

Greatest song of all time

have the chorus to this song tattooed on me. after army i needed to be reminded that sometimes ish aint always gonna be wonderful, but i gotta keep pursuing my happiness. :) love this breakdown of this wonderful ear magic

I can’t believe this one dude made the best instrumental of all time

SONNY DIGITAL ON "TUESDAY" BY ILOVEMAKONNEN WE STILL NEED IT

Thankyou for making these beautiful songs. Couldn't live without it ❤

thanks for this genius, i love you guys for making video on pursuit of happiness and day n nite. Giving Ratatat and Cudi the respect and cred they deserve for making us these banger hits.

I had no idea this guy made the beat. The guitar part from Pursuit of Happiness always reminded me of the guitar from Wildcat. It all makes sense now. What a legend.

Still listening to this song! One of the best

Love these! More classic Cudi tracks please 🙌🏽

Love how chill he is

4:15 was so cool to hear as a Ratatat fan, it blew my mind because I didnt realize before this video that e.vax produced pursuit of happiness!! the guitars in pursuit of happiness are done by Ratatat! so sick

Wow feels like this came out just for my birthday :) I love you Cudi ratatat a legend too

simply amazing, love Cudi and E.VAX

I had that ratatat album in high school... I heard man on the moon and instantly heard that ratatat sound. So dope

A beautiful masterpiece I got chills watching him piece this all together

Project X vibes

Man this is one of my favorite beats ever. It’s a work of music in its own right. You can break it down bit by bit and it still has a story to tell. I love layered work like this. To me this type of music I can actually see. No one believes me but I can see colors and shapes with this type of layered music.

this song still sends shivers down my spine every time! perfection!!

I swear this is one of my favorite songs of all time. I listen to it every single day no joke. So amazing and so original. I can’t even express my love for it. Thank u for this video!!

This song is a amazing mood booster

lovin these cudi throwbacks

I stumbled upon this song 6 years after it was released. It really is great.... especially the piano bit in the end.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS

He was involved with Feel the love and Reborn? Best songs on the album.

I'm in absolute shock... where is the Gross Beat? This is a blasphemy.

this song is over 10 years old and i still listen to it, everyday.

hands down the best episode yall have done on this

This song resonates with every human who hears it. Theres an omnipotence happiness that comes with it. Lol like a pursuit of happiness

Genius back with another fire deconstructed vid

This song is my mantra for everything! Especially when times feel like they're at their worst.

I was just listening to that song. Masterpiece. As a producer, this is so satisfying to see. Thumbs up Genius!