Atmosphere: classic or dud, search & destroy

Or kids from Los Angeles, D.C., Chicago, Vancouver, Boston, New York, and San Francisco--sold-out shows in each city for this tour.

It's arguably more pathetic that I care this much about ILX. But I guess I do.

i'm not too into atmosphere anymore, but yeah i really like overcast and the lucy ford stuff...i kinda miss slug's older type more underground battle mc flow he's sort of abandoned at this point.

but anyway being from mpls and involved in the music scene for a long time it's kinda hard not to respect these dude's hustle, they are a flat-out great live act, all that touring really pays off....they pretty much destroy almost any other rap group i've ever seen live.

I heard "Music Box" for the first time driving late on a Saturday night down E. Lake Street and thought it was great.

debuted at NUMBER 5 (!!) on the billboard charts. woah.

Damn, I wish Casey Kasem still ran through the top 5 albums on American Top 40, just to hear him say the title.

"...You paint that spit gold!"

ughhgh fuck white people seriously

lol, sales

remember the days when underground rappers were all madd doggie about how downloads from their fanbase was what was keeping them from the charts? they were wrong; it was just that the ringtone rap fanbase hadnt figured out the internet yet

I asked Slug once about downloading his music, especially the old "Headshots" tapes that were never released on CD. He responded, "I'm more worried about my girlfriend stabbing me to death in my sleep."

I've lived in Minnesota about my whole life and everyone I know loves this shit. It never hit me. Never got to see him live though. I DID see Eyedea and Abilities some years back which, at least at the time, was pretty impressive to me. I think liked Eyedea better, but ultimately I don't really care for either.

Since this is SEARCH and destroy, I can say I fucks with Lucy Ford, God Loves Ugly and Overcast! in that order. Also, the one song that sounds like Trans Am on the new record is pretty boss.

Ethan have you ever considered the possibility that you are a hater?

nb I have never heard atmosphere, I just knew if I opened this thread it's be E and "oh no I must protect the music, I AM HIP HOP" lol

By coincidence I had to drive down to Madison Friday to be with my own diabetic dad who was in the hospital, but he's okay now.

Ethan have you ever considered the possibility that you are a hater?

-- J0hn D., Saturday, May 3, 2008 4:11 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

lol

oh this is not about joy division. what a disappointment. bye.

MTV.com artist of the week FWIW

On Conan Wednesday

bump for tonight...

"In Her Music Box" is the song of the year. Maybe the best song about a child I've ever heard. The first song ("Puppets"?) is like his "Heard Em Say." I wish the album was a little more playful in spots, maybe, but the best songs are really great.

Search: "Multiples," Lucy Ford, "Say Shhh," "Modern Man's Hustle," "Reflections," and all songs about family, one-night-stands, and Lifter Puller references.

john, ethan is right. atmosphere is fucking terrible.

Headed to the C.C. Club now...

Minneapolis homecoming this weekend (which I'll miss):

Laughin' and clownin'

youd be surprised how many kids from minneapolis i meet that are really really really into them

― deej, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:35 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark

ditto brother ali

it's like if yr from here you must at least be familiar with them

i think part of it is like a northern scando small market city is proud of producing some decent hiphop, against all odds or whatever

'music box' is kinda ehh

'modern mans hustle' beat shoulda gone to tupac :D

I think at this point even slug knows brother Ali > atmosphere

From a show preview I wrote:
...Then there's the way a lost daddy feels after finding "The
Waitress" every day: "Her threats rejuvenate my breath!" Pungent
scenes of work and play get shuffled and dealt, by Slug's rapping and
singing, Ant's small band and mixing. The little girl who rides "In
Her Music Box" tunes out parental fighting, by tuning into the sweeter
sounds of gangsta rap. She's living up to the album's title, just by
living on.

in one of the new singles for the new atmosphere album ("she's enough") slug namechecked my fav mexican restaurant in mpls, BAD MOVE that place is already too busy to get a table on the weekends slug :(

Pepitos?

Haven't heard the song, just trying to guess your fave Mexican place tbh

nah i'm pretty lukewarm on pepitos

it's Dominguez Restaurant, and actually i think it's cool he did, they are fine ppl and the fish tacos are the best, highly recommended!

well i guess i know where ill be stealing yer table from then

yeah actually i only came up with pepitos because i was drawing a blank on mpls mexican stuff, living by the west side makes me stay close to home