Atmosphere
Atmosphere is a hip-hop group from Minneapolis that centers around rapper Slug (aka Sean Daley). The son of a black father and a white mother who divorced when he was a teenager, Slug became entranced with hip-hop, graffiti, and breakdancing, and formed the Rhyme Sayers Collective with two high school friends -- Siddiq Ali (Stress) and Derek Turner (Spawn). After some early gigs as Urban Atmosphere, where Slug DJed behind Spawn's rhyming, the pair hooked up with producer Ant (Anthony Davis), as well as like-minded locals such as {$MC Musa...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Slug and Ant offer up the newest installment of the Sad Clown Bad Dub Series, Sad Clown Bad Spring.
12" $11.99
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This is a 19" x 25" 2-color screenprinted Atmosphere poster on recycled cream stock for the April 29, 2008 show with Abstract Rude and DJ Rare Groove at the 9:30 Club. Hand-signed, numbered and designed by El Jefe Design.
Poster $24.99
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VINYL FORMAT. LP pressed on limited edition yellow vinyl. Eleven years after becoming the first hip-hop act to put the Twin Cities on the map, Atmosphere has grown into one of the most accomplished MC/producer duos around. Between Slug and Ant, they've released six albums and along the way have performed to sold-out crowds everywhere from modest sized venues in their hometown to colossal festivals in Japan. Since releasing their 1997 debut, Overcast!, Ant's ASR-born melodic beats and Slug's open book [ read more ]
2xLP $14.99
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Eleven years after becoming the first hip-hop act to put the Twin Cities on the map, Atmosphere has grown into one of the most accomplished MC/producer duos around. Between Slug and Ant, they've released six albums and along the way have performed to sold-out crowds everywhere from modest sized venues in their hometown to colossal festivals in Japan. Since releasing their 1997 debut, Overcast!, Ant's ASR-born melodic beats and Slug's open book and observational style of rapping continues to evolve in [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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In the year that followed God Loves Ugly Atmosphere's travels nearly took them to a major label; unlikely as it might have seemed at one time, the hip-hop trio's cerebral yet down-to-earth sound had become one of the hottest things in the underground, thanks in large part to rapper Slug'scharisma and surprising vulnerability. But the group pulled back, deciding to retain control and assign the album they'd completed to punk label Epitaph. Slug observes, ?Minnesota is dope/if only simply for not what we have [ read more ]
CD $16.99
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VINYL FORMAT. The lead single from Atmosphere's 6th official studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That S**t Gold dropping April 22nd. With over 10 years of evolving and perfecting their sound, Slug and Ant's storytelling, song writing, and musicality has never been more poignant. The A-Side "Shoulda Known" carries a marauding bassline and torrid story of addiction while the B-Side "Guarantees" is a stripped down acoustic track analyzing life from an average everyday perspective, all to [ read more ]
12" $7.99
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In the year that followed God Loves Ugly Atmosphere's travels nearly took them to a major label; unlikely as it might have seemed at one time, the hip-hop trio's cerebral yet down-to-earth sound had become one of the hottest things in the underground, thanks in large part to rapper Slug'scharisma and surprising vulnerability. But the group pulled back, deciding to retain control and assign the album they'd completed to punk label Epitaph. Slug observes, ?Minnesota is dope/if only simply for not what we have [ read more ]
MP3 $10.49
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Atmosphere are a two-man group made up of MCs Slug and Spawn. There are a few pieces of filler on Overcast!, but it does have its share of good songs too, such as "1597," "Sound Is Vibration," "Scapegoat" and "Cuando Limpia El Humo." "Sound Is Vibration" has a heavenly feel due to the harp used in the beat, and Slug and Spawn bring a lot of energy to the song. "Scapegoat" is a creative song done by Slug, in which he talks about all the excuses people use for their mist [ read more ]
CD $13.28
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3 Versions of Title Track as well as "Reflections" and "Self hate Bad Dub"
12 $8.99
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The opening track on Lucy Ford, "Between the Lines," burrows into the heads of a frustrated policeman, an oblivious young girl who watches movies perpetually to get away from her own life, and an indie rapper who descends into self-abnegation instead of self-aggrandizement -- hardly typical subject matter for a rap song. In fact, with Slug's singsong delivery, it hardly seems like a rap song at all, and is tugged back toward the genre only by Ant's steady beat-making. But then {$Atmosphere [ read more ]
CD $13.28