youd be surprised how many kids from minneapolis i meet that are really really really into them
― deej, Thursday, 1 May 2008 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 1 May 2008 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard "Music Box" for the first time driving late on a Saturday night down E. Lake Street and thought it was great.
― Eazy, Thursday, 1 May 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
debuted at NUMBER 5 (!!) on the billboard charts. woah.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 2 May 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Damn, I wish Casey Kasem still ran through the top 5 albums on American Top 40, just to hear him say the title.
― Eazy, Friday, 2 May 2008 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
"...You paint that spit gold!"
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 May 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
ughhgh fuck white people seriously
― and what, Friday, 2 May 2008 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link
lol, sales
― deej, Friday, 2 May 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― deej, Friday, 2 May 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
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."
― mike subgenius, Saturday, 3 May 2008 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― RabiesAngentleman, Saturday, 3 May 2008 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 3 May 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Ethan have you ever considered the possibility that you are a hater?
― J0hn D., Saturday, 3 May 2008 16:11 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― J0hn D., Saturday, 3 May 2008 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
-- J0hn D., Saturday, May 3, 2008 4:11 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 04:29 (sixteen years ago) link
oh this is not about joy division. what a disappointment. bye.
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 08:44 (sixteen years ago) link
MTV.com artist of the week FWIW
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
On Conan Wednesday
― Pete Scholtes, Sunday, 18 May 2008 06:23 (sixteen years ago) link
bump for tonight...
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 22 May 2008 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
"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.
― Hubie Brown, Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
john, ethan is right. atmosphere is fucking terrible.
― chaki, Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Headed to the C.C. Club now...
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Minneapolis homecoming this weekend (which I'll miss):
Laughin' and clownin'
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 23 May 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
― 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
― what is my attitude (gbx), Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― what is my attitude (gbx), Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
'music box' is kinda ehh
'modern mans hustle' beat shoulda gone to tupac :D
― choom gangsta (deej), Saturday, 27 December 2008 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I think at this point even slug knows brother Ali > atmosphere
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 28 December 2008 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
From a show preview I wrote:...Then there's the way a lost daddy feels after finding "TheWaitress" every day: "Her threats rejuvenate my breath!" Pungentscenes of work and play get shuffled and dealt, by Slug's rapping andsinging, Ant's small band and mixing. The little girl who rides "InHer Music Box" tunes out parental fighting, by tuning into the sweetersounds of gangsta rap. She's living up to the album's title, just byliving on.
― dow, Monday, 29 December 2008 04:22 (fifteen years ago) link
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 :(
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Pepitos?
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
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
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link