On the first day of the new millennium, rapper Slug, one half of Minneapolis-based duo Atmosphere, opened his guest verse on DJ Abilities’ song “Exclusive” by recalling “the earlier days when [he] ...

The new Atmosphere album is called When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. The album cover is just that title and the group’s name printed in gold-leaf against a plain black background ...

I am a 40-something year old white guy. I have long hair, like rock music, etc. Basically I am into all things white dudes are into. However over the last few years I have really immersed myself into ...

From college radio stations in 1996 to Epitaph and MTV in the 2000s, Atmosphere heralded the wave of introspective underground rap. The prolific duo, rapper Sean Daley (Slug) and producer Anthony ...

“We’re definitely one of the Indiana Jones’ of ‘sad face rap,’” Daley decided during a recent Zoom call. “I don’t think Drake’s ever heard of Atmosphere, so please take what I’m going to say with a ...