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Better Than the Bestnew
For your listening pleasure, a year-end Top 10 that places the music first.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-30-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Minneapolis Hip-Hop Duo Atmosphere Goes For Studio Goldnew
Atmosphere's Slug and Ant look to a live-band approach for a breath of fresh air.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tony Ware |
10-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Atmosphere Explores Other Folks' Lives in First Personnew
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold is "dedicated to all dads," bracketed by the sounds from a child's music box, and focused on the lives of girls and women.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
05-23-2008 |
Reviews
How Atmosphere Went Electronew
Why When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold is like Tom Waits for Prince fans.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
MC Slug Drops the Introspection on Atmosphere's Latestnew
Without the bangers or the confessionals, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold doesn't have an immediate payoff. But give it time: There's lots to like in the duo's different yet still considered and craft-conscious work.
Washington City Paper |
Ben Westhoff |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Sincerity is Atmosphere's strong point, so it makes sense that the Minnesota hip-hop duo named its fifth disc You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. And, uh, no we can't.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Album Loosely Traces Life and Love of Hip-Hopnew
MC Slug's self-deprecating women troubles are as much pose as autobiography, which if missed can be as damaging to your appreciation of his rhymes as taking Morrissey's dour woe at face value.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Sucka MCs and Happy Couples, Bewarenew
Slug is so cool that he helped light skin, love songs and the state of Minnesota get props in the rap community.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
10-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
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