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Check out the first four tracks of Word right here, and be sure to keep an eye out for the entire project when it drops on October 8th. Are you excited to see another new album from Slug and Ant? Atmosphere Unveil "Word? By Mitch Findlay. Mitch Findlay findlaymitch.

Side A Atmosphere. Atmosphere Slug Ant new album Mixtapes. Sign in with. Thanks for sharing! As a teenager, Slug Sean Daley became entranced with hip-hop, graffiti, and breakdancing, forming the Rhymesayers label and collective originally known as Headshots with two high-school friends, Siddiq Ali Stress and Derek Turner Spawn.

Gene Poole , and the Abstract Pack , forming an underground hip-hop clique dedicated to freestyling and clever lyricism. In , Atmosphere released their debut album, Overcast! Atmosphere participated in the supergroup the Dynospectrum who released a self-titled album on Rhymesayers in and Slug contributed to another supergroup, Anticon's Deep Puddle Dynamics whose full-length The Taste of Rain Why Kneel appeared in The Headshots collective concluded their series of underground cassettes with a seventh volume in , later reissued as an Atmosphere release called Headshots: Se7en.

The group also began a series of limited releases often sold exclusively on tour titled Sad Clown Bad Dub, beginning with an extremely scarce cassette. Collected as the full-length Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs , the three EPs were built around the theme of Slug 's complicated relationship with his ex-girlfriend, the lost love of his life.

As Atmosphere 's following increased beyond underground hip-hop circles, they toured consistently, both at home and overseas; while Ant usually didn't accompany the group on the road, Mr.

Dibbs of the group Hobos often joined in behind the turntables while Slug was assisted on the mike by young rappers like the teenaged Eyedea. Following the record's success, Ant began regularly touring with the group.

They continued to put music out during the next couple of years, including the free download Strictly Leakage in late , a near-party album that they followed up with When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold in April The record featured plenty of live instrumentation and guest background vocal spots from Tom Waits and TV on the Radio 's Tunde Adebimpe ; it was also their highest-charting album, hitting number five on the Billboard In , the group released the album Southsiders , which featured the single "Bitter" and became another Top Ten-charting hit.

While the set peaked just outside the Top 20 on the Billboard , it became their second album to top the U. Mi Vida Local , an urgent reflection on middle age, appeared in , followed a year later by the full-length Whenever. Nearly a year later, Ant and Slug swerved back to their signature sound with Word? AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International.

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