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Atmosphere
- Record Label: Rhymesayers
- Release Date: Apr 22, 2008
- Summary: The latest album for the hip-hop duo from Minneapolis also includes a book written by Slug with the deluxe edition release.
- Record Label: Rhymesayers
- Genre(s): Rap
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Top Track
Yesterday | |
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I thought I saw you yesterday but I didn't stop cuz you was walkin' the opposite way. I guess I coulda' shouted out your name but even if it was you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 3 out of 15
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This is a matured and musical hip-hop duo and whether it is the fine contributions by Tom Waits and Tunde Adebimpe on separate songs, Ant’s soulful and majestic music, or Slug’s illustrious and poignant story-telling; it’s all superb.
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Even though some might miss Slug's angst-ridden diatribes (Lucy Ford is nowhere to be found on this album), he manages to toe the line between rapper and griot better than he ever has before on this new effort.
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Musically, Lemons is lusher and more ruminative than the harder-hitting Imagine, with producer Ant calling on Atmosphere's live backing band--plus guests, including Tom Waits (beatboxing!) and TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe--to flesh out the sound, enhancing his already-organic approach.
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For the first time, the duo forgoes Ant's sampled beats in favor of live instrumentals to back Slug's rhymes, which results in a sound that's far more textured and intricate than their previous five efforts.
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More energy and less uniformly drab scenery might have kept these well-intentioned stories from blurring into each other.
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Atmosphere play an autobiographical angle affectingly well. It’s an approach that’ll lead some to conclude When Life… is a little on the dull side, but with six albums under their belt seems the duo’s formula is not about to let them down just yet.
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We’re given a de trop of horrid synthesizers, only to be outdone by worse choruses and banal refrains.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 23
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Mixed: 3 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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AndrewC.Jul 13, 2008
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InsaneSadcl0wnKr3wJun 16, 2008
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RaymondB.Jun 22, 2008
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IanM.Apr 29, 2008
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KeithT.Jun 22, 2008Definitely a must buy for smooth beats and story telling fans.
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LCDMay 1, 2008
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MinnieA.May 27, 2008It is impossible to believe that a wannabe Midwest rapper (PopMatter
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