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Tracklist (Vinyl)
| A1 | | History | | | | A2 | | Trying To Find Balance | | | | A3 | | Bird Sings Why The Caged I Know | | | | A4 | | Reflections | | | | B1 | | Gotta Lotta Walls | | | | B2 | | Keys To Life Vs. 15 Minutes Of Fame | | | | B3 | | Apple | | |
See more tracks| B4 | | Suicidegirls | | | | C1 | | Jason | | | | C2 | | Cats Van Bags | | | | C3 | | Los Angeles | | | | C4 | | Lifter Puller | | | | D1 | | Shoes | | | | D2 | | National Disgrace | | | | D3 | | Denvemolorado | | | | D4 | | Liquor Lyles Cool July | | | | E1 | | Good Times (Sick Pimpin') | | | | E2 | | In My Continental | | | | E3 | | Always Coming Back Home To You | | | | F1 | | Say Shh | | | | F2 | | DMFD | | | | F3 | | On The Battlefield | | | | F4 | | Quiet Pimpin' | | |
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Review
Minneapolis indie hip-hoppers Atmosphere, also known as rapper Slug and producer Ant, make overeducated nerd rap: self-loathing, navel-gazing and occasionally hilarious. The grooves are dusty and tasteful, and Slug's words are those of a smart guy who's tired of being nice. Old soul samples and burbling jazz-funk bass lines animate "Reflections," as Slug does a snaky, acrobatic cipher about the mating dance of the wild slacker, before admitting that "It would be my pleasure/To sing a song that could remove your shoes and your sweater." On "Cats… Read More Van Bags," he raps about chasing a pigeon down the street, even as the tune lurches from side to side with a synthetic riff that sounds like a runaway vacuum cleaner. Seven's Travels isn't all so odd, but in moments like this, one can feel Atmosphere loosening modern hip-hop from its moorings and yanking it into some weirder and far more interesting place. PAT BLASHILL
(RS 934, October 30, 2003)
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