BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:56@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181129T235500 DTSTAMP:20180925T160046Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/atmosphere/ SUMMARY:Atmosphere DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop outfit and Rhymesayers label heads Atmosphere represent the Twin Cities with introspective rhymes\, inventive storytelling\, and classic production\, building a devoted grassroots following with prolific output\, collaborations\, and consistent touring. They debuted as a trio on 1997's Overcast! before continuing into the 2000s as the core duo of ra pper Slug and producer Ant. Steadily rising on the charts with each releas e\, the pair hit a peak in 2008 with fifth full-length\, When Life Gives Y ou Lemons\, You Paint That Shit Gold\, which landed at number five upon re lease. 2014's Southsiders continued their success in the U.S.\, while mark ing Atmosphere's debut on the U.K. charts. In 2016\, they issued their eig hth album\, Fishing Blues\, their second to top the U.S. indie chart. As c o-founders of Rhymesayers\, they are also affiliated with a roster of like -minded hip-hop acts and curators of the annual Minneapolis music festival \, Soundset.\n\nOver the majority of the duo's career\, Atmosphere centere d around rapper Slug (born Sean Daley) and Ant (born Anthony Davis). As a teenager\, Slug became entranced with hip-hop\, graffiti\, and breakdancin g\, forming the Rhymesayers label and collective (originally known as Head shots) with two high-school friends Siddiq Ali (Stress) and Derek Turner ( Spawn). After some early gigs as Urban Atmosphere -- where Slug DJ'ed behi nd Spawn's rhyming -- the pair hooked up with producer Ant\, as well as li ke-minded locals such as MC Musab\, Mr. Gene Poole\, and the Abstract Pack \, forming an underground hip-hop clique dedicated to freestyling and clev er lyricism. In 1997\, Atmosphere released their debut album\, Overcast!\, which quickly became regarded as an underground hip-hop classic thanks to Slug's deeply personal\, poetic musings\, as well as Ant's bare-bones -- but inventive -- production.\n\nFollowing Atmosphere's involvement with su pergroup the Dynospectrum (who released a self-titled album on Rhymesayers in 1998) and Slug's participation in another supergroup\, Anticon's Deep Puddle Dynamics (whose full-length The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel appeared in 1999)\, the next Atmosphere album was a 1999 cassette called Headshots: Se7en. The group also began a series of limited releases (often sold excl usively on tour) titled Sad Clown Bad Dub\, beginning with an extremely sc arce 1999 cassette. A year later\, Atmosphere (now down to the duo of Slug and Ant) released the Ford One and Ford Two EPs\, followed by the Lucy EP in 2001. Collected as the 2001 full-length Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs\ , the three EPs were built around the theme of Slug's complicated relation ship with his ex-girlfriend\, the lost love of his life. As Atmosphere's f ollowing increased beyond underground hip-hop circles\, they toured consis tently\, both at home and overseas\; while Ant usually didn't accompany th e group on the road\, Mr. Dibbs of the group 1200 Hobos often joined in be hind the turntables while Slug was assisted on the mike by young rappers l ike the teenaged Eyedea. In June 2002\, Atmosphere unleashed God Loves Ugl y\, an 18-track effort that returned to previous themes ("F*@k You Lucy")\ , but also contained the group's most pop-friendly single to date\, "Moder n Man's Hustle."\n\nBy this time indie rap superstars\, Atmosphere returne d with their fourth album\, Seven's Travels\, in 2003\, followed two years later by You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. Following the album 's success\, Ant began regularly touring with the group. They continued to put music out during the next couple of years\, including the free downlo ad Strictly Leakage in late 2007\, a near-party album that they followed u p with When Life Gives You Lemons\, You Paint That Shit Gold in April 2008 . 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 a lso their highest-charting album\, hitting number five on the Billboard 20 0. The "double EP" To All My Friends: Blood Makes the Blade Holy appeared in 2010\, with the full-length album The Family Sign following in 2011. In 2014 the group released the album Southsiders\, which featured the single "Bitter." The following year\, Atmosphere celebrated the ten-year anniver sary of You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having by reissuing the album as a four-LP set (including instrumental versions of all the album's song s)\, in addition to The Fun EP\, a picture-disc vinyl issue of an EP of Yo u Can't Imagine outtakes that was originally released as a promo CD in 200 6. In 2016 they returned with Fishing Blues\, an album that featured the s ingle "Ringo" along with guest appearances from MF Doom\, Kool Keith\, and Aesop Rock. While the set peaked just outside the Top 20 on the Billboard 200\, it became their second album to top the U.S. indie chart. 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