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Member Since5/11/2004
Band Websitewww.rhymesayers.com
Band Members

Slug - Rhymes
Ant - Producer/Tour DJ

Touring Band:
Mankwe Ndosi - Vocals and Spirit
Nate Collis - Guitar
Erick Anderson - Keys
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ATMOSPHERE
god loves ugly
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Repackaged, remastered and uglier than ever, the critically acclaimed third official studio release from Atmosphere, God Loves Ugly, is back after being out of print for over a year. The God Loves Ugly re-issue also features a FREE bonus DVD.

Originally released as the limited Sad Clown Bad Dub 4 (The Godlovesugly Release Parties) DVD, it features 2 hours of live performance footage, backstage shenanigans, several special guest appearances and music videos for "Godlovesugly", "Summersong" and "Say Shh". Out of print for years, this DVD has been repackaged in a custom sleeve that comes inserted in with the re-issue of God Loves Ugly.

ATMOSPHERE
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold


Atmosphere, the prolific duo of Slug and Ant return with their highly anticipated 6th official studio album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. With When Life Gives You Lemons... you'll find Slug and Ant's storytelling, song-writing and musicality at it's finest.

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ATMOSPHERE
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Deluxe Edition
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Atmosphere, the prolific duo of Slug and Ant return with their highly anticipated 6th official studio album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold dropping April 22nd. With When Life Gives You Lemons... you'll find Slug and Ant's storytelling, song-writing and musicality at it's finest.

Includes: 40 page gold embossed hard cover book featuring an illustrated children's story written by Slug and a bonus DVD with over an hour of live footage and extras.

Download: Shoulda Known (Right-Click and Save as...)
Atmosphere
Sad Clown Bad Spring 12 - CD/Vinyl/Digital
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Atmosphere
Sad Clown Bad Winter 11 - CD/Vinyl/Digital
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Atmosphere
Sad Clown Bad Fall 10 - CD/Vinyl/Digital
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Atmosphere
Sad Clown Bad Summer 9 - CD/Vinyl/Digital
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Atmosphere
Strictly Leakage

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Atmosphere
Sad Clown Bad Dub 8: Fun EP

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Atmosphere
Say Hey There - 12" Single





Atmosphere
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having - CD

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Atmosphere
Watch Out - Vinyl 12"





Felt
A Tribute To Lisa Bonet - CD

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Atmosphere
HEADSHOTS: SE7EN - CD

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Atmosphere
Seven's Travels - CD

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Felt
A Tribute To Christina Ricci - CD

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Atmosphere
God Loves Ugly - CD

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Atmosphere
Lucy Ford - CD

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Atmosphere
Overcast! - CD

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DOWNLOADS
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Atmosphere Shoulda Known When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Atmosphere Strictly Leakage Strictly Leakage
Atmosphere Don't Stop Sad Clown Bad Winter 11
Atmosphere Lyndale Avenue User's Manual Sad Clown Bad Fall 10
Atmosphere Sunshine Sad Clown Bad Summer 9
Atmosphere Watch Out You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Felt Dirty Girl Felt 2: A Tribute To Lisa Bonet

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"shouldaknown" to 71777 for "Shoulda Known" $2.99
"watchout" to 71777 for "Watch Out" $2.99
"smart" to 71777 for "Smart Went Crazy" $2.99
"scapegoat" to 71777 for "Scapegoat" $2.99

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Record LabelRhymesayers Entertainment, LLC
Type of LabelIndie


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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, 11 Sad Clown tour albums and various side-projects like Felt — amounting in well over a million units sold. 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 into hip-hop that’s more honest — more textured. And the praise for these Rhymesayers pioneers hasn’t stopped flowing in.

As Rolling Stone once gushed about Slug, “This Minneapolis indie rap hero has potential to spare, delivering taut, complex rhyme narratives with everyman earnestness.” Or as the Village Voice once wrote of Ant, “His dusty grooves are hooky and R&B-informed, and even when they back up Slug's most maniacally depressed rhymes, they never feel heavy-handed.”

While Slug’s name has become synonymous with introspective rap, the new revelatory recording process with Ant inspired the MC to open up his subject matter well beyond his own life. In fact, When Life Gives You Lemons… is entirely based around fictional narratives that deal with societal issues – many, which revolve around the theme of parenthood. To accompany the release, the album comes with a 40 page hard cover book that includes a children’s story by Slug in addition to all of the lyrics. And this was done in part to celebrate Slug’s growth as a writer.

“This time around I really did force myself to try and write these stories as if I was writing a book or short stories and just trying to figure out how to put them into music,” says Slug.

The song that got this whole album started is “In Her Music Box” – the tale of a young girl who sits in the back seat of her wannabe pimp of a father’s car, absorbing the explicit raps she hears coming out of the speakers. The song is not so much about neglect as it is examining the dichotomy between a young, inexperienced father and his impressionable child. As Slug says of the track, “The main point of it was to look at and speculate on how children at that age learn the art of escapism that as adults sets up for self-medicating and self-abuse.”

Another vital track on the album is “Shoulda Known,” which also touches on parenthood in the context of examining poor decision making and how crucial it is to think beyond the present. With songs like these, Slug proves that his best work isn’t necessarily the most revealing. And if you ask him, making an album with Ant completely comprised of fictional content sure helped get all of the real life characters from his former verbal journals off his back.

“Every record I put out you can guarantee there’s going to be about five people that are going to call me and e-mail me and go, ‘I can’t believe you fuckin’ said that on your record! I can’t believe you fuckin’ told people about that!’ This time around, nobody can call me out on that.”

Fuck a classic album, give my life five mics-Slug of Atmosphere

"One can feel Atmosphere loosening modern hip-hop from its moorings and yanking it into some weirder and far more interesting place."
-ROLLING STONE

"This Minneapolis indie rap hero has potential to spare, delivering taut, complex rhyme narratives with everyman earnestness." -ROLLING STONE

"Like it or not, Slug is reluctant king of emo-hop, the emerging alt-rap scene." -BLACKBOOK

"After their last album went indie triple platinum, these guys got offers from every major label in the business, but the chose to sign to Epitaph just to prove how punk rock they are. Ant's got beats, Mr. Dibb's got skills, Slug's the nicest guy in the world and the ladies, they love him." -Vice

"With passionate inflection and pristine delivery, Slug toggles neatly among the poetic, preachy, and provocative, sometimes hitting all at once." -Entertainment Weekly

"In this era of the hip hop anti-hero, there's no more unlikely candidate for universal stardom in the rap game than a gangly kid from Minneapolis.Slug is bringing a new DIY spirit and, gulp, emotional vulnerability to a hip hop scene currently orbiting out of control in a materialistic galaxy."
-XLR8R


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sarah

sarah



Dec 24 2009 1:23 AM

a b c d e f g h i...love you(r music and of course the lyrics). CAN I HEAR IT FOR THE ATMOSPHERE!? i don't know, i may regret saying it but nothing compares...it's hard to go to a show (and i go to far too many) and not hear you all mentioned.you've done well, you will go on and on and on...merry christmess.love to all you have acomplished and all that is to come. hope 2010 holds the best yet.i speak for all of us-merit alone.
Sammy Bones

sam gilday



Dec 24 2009 2:05 AM

Happy holidays, boys
Florida needs you soon
Susie

Susie



Dec 24 2009 2:43 AM

Hope nothings kicking your bruses
today Sean<3
grisselda

Grisselda Daily



Dec 24 2009 7:15 AM

I would be the happiest girl in thee entire world if...you put the song 'sick pimpin' on your page so i can put it on mine! song is wayy sick and one of my alll time favorites! so come on do it :]
sam [[R.I.P. Braak]]

Samantha Is Sin.



Dec 24 2009 3:37 PM

portland, oregon is where is at bby!!
we all love you and neeeeed to come see you show off your talent!
RALPHEE

RALPHEE



Dec 24 2009 4:30 PM

release sad clown bad dub 1 on cd dude
♥ M$.GhETTo FaB ♥

♥ M$.GhETTo FaB ♥



Dec 24 2009 8:14 PM

Hi SLUG....IM JUST A CRAZED FAN STOPPIN BYE TO WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR XOXO MARI$A..........
Lainer

Alaina Flad



Dec 23 2009 4:19 AM

what happened???

i love you.

but why?
Amber O

Amber O



Dec 23 2009 8:12 AM

seattle is full of nothings and no ones.
please come here and save lives.
for real.
.reign

.reign



Dec 21 2009 11:38 PM

finally have all the CD's. almost have em all on vinyl too. ^_^
anyway,
i get this feeling that, you guys probably wont go on tour for a LONG time.
but then i have this other feeling that ya'll are probably already planning another tour.
meeting the both of you at INDEPENDENT,and seeing you at red rocks, is NOT enough.
basically just came to say i love you sean&ant, like i always do.
<3
Alowishus Devander Abercrombie

Alowishus Devander Abercrombie



Dec 22 2009 5:31 PM

Come back to burlington, VT!!!!!
We're achin' for some atmosphere!

~~GIR~~

Joy Healam



Dec 22 2009 6:12 PM

excuse me.... slug and ant.... i need an atmosphere fix.... i was sick when you were in town (arizona) last .... if you dont come soon i might DIE!!!!
Maude PD

maude dufresne



Dec 22 2009 6:26 PM

big up for your song c'mon
i just can't stop listening to it :)
[d]EBRA

[d]EBRA



Dec 22 2009 7:48 PM

Thanks to my [h]UBBS' love for old skool, and my love for new skool, I just figured out the "Millie".. amazing job continuing the story. As if you ever were doubted.. 

you[pl]areloved


SAMANTHA

Sam Gandy



Dec 21 2009 7:25 PM

showing some love babys:)
keep it up i love you guys
Lucy Freedom

Lucy Freedom



Dec 21 2009 3:45 PM

Drinking my morning coffee and listening to "Summer Song".  I am dealing w/ the loss of Brittany Murphy in my own melancholy way : )
the beautiful music box that slug speaks of

the beautiful music box that slug speaks of



Dec 21 2009 6:19 PM

You should bring spawn back!
GOOD TIMES GODDESS

Amanda Brown



Dec 21 2009 7:14 PM

Hey kids. Hope life is treating you well and you're getting all the love you deserve. Best of the decade. Shit. Best of the millennia. Come to nashville soon. I need a poster and to chill and smoke with you guys on the streets. 
sarah

sarah



Dec 20 2009 10:35 PM

HOLY SHIT EVERYONE FUCKIN LOVES YOU GUYS!!! can i join?! can i show some atmosphere love?! i think i love y'all too. I learned a trick from someone i met at an atmosphere show...''trick of the trade''-opening cd cases hella fast.comes in handy during the gift giving season...for that i love you (musically).peace music men.hope to see some sean and anthony filled venues soonish...i need to learn some new tricks.stay up gentlemen.MUCH love you all.
S A R A J A N E

S A R A J A N E



Dec 21 2009 3:09 AM

I'm ready for new Atmosphere and a tour!
MCA

Monica Andrade



Dec 20 2009 5:41 AM

i love you
Ian

Ian Pellerin



Dec 20 2009 7:18 AM

Carry Me Home is the best
Amber O

Amber O



Dec 20 2009 9:56 AM

COME TO SEATTLE NOW
Gianni

Gianni Bye.



Dec 20 2009 10:57 AM

Honestly I don't know where I would be without you guys. How I've related to, learned from and "taught" with your lyrics (among other culture i delve in) have together designated a mentality that I think is truly sacred.

And Ant, none of this would be as enjoyable or powerful as it is without your flawless production skills. Essentially perfect. Call me a fanboy, but I know from experience that it's particularly hard for any hip hop enthusiast to NOT feel your shit. You are FELT.

Crazy love, guys. Get within striking distance of SF again and know that I'll be there.

P.S. FUCK YOU QUEST !
Shannon

Shannon Whatshername



Dec 20 2009 12:20 PM

Merry Holidays! I have been thinking about my present, and I would like you in a santa hat all wrapped up with a bow! There I said it! hehe But seriously your music is my favorite gift. Thank you, it fits perfectly. Much love, respect and spiked egg nog! xo
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