When Life Gives You Lemons…

So I wanted to take a moment to take my hat off to the old school Minnesota hip-hop band Atmosphere, for releasing their new album entitled: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. It really is a piece of art. One thing that I thought was curious about this album was that the band decided that instead of releasing their [single] “The Things That Hate Us” as part of the album, they decided to prerelease it as leakage. in my opinion, this is one of the best songs of the bunch, so don’t miss it. some of my other personal favorites on the album (so far) are “Garuntees”, “Glass House”, and “In Her Music Box”. Anyway, enough of my own opinions. if you are new to Atmosphere, or a prospective fan here’s an excerpt from URBAN magazine that featured a recent article about them:

“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.”

And an interesting snippet on their new album:

“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.”

as you can probably guess, I can’t speak highly enough of them. check out their myspace Here.

~ by tigz on April 29, 2008.