6 months have passed since I declared When Life Gives You Lemons my album of the year pick for 2008, and I’m happy to say that it’s still firmly planted at the top of my list. It is now up to you Sensei Kanye, master of ancient wisdom, to change all that. You have have a little over month and you can start by dropping a single as hot as “You.”
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3 of alternative hip-hop’s best on the same stage. Imagine if they made an album together. With Premo supplying the cuts. And Kanye blessing the first single…
Hey, a brother can dream.
Slug & Ant performing “You” alongside Mankwe Ndosi on Conan O’Brien.
Related:
Atmosphere - “You” [mp3]
Atmosphere Makes History with Lemons
Atmosphere - “Guarantees” [Video]
Atmosphere - “Shoulda Known” [Video]
[Props to Brendan for the heads up]
Slug performing “You” on MTV
Congrats to Atmosphere for making it onto MTV’s 52 Bands/52 Weeks feature.
See also:
Atmosphere - “You” [mp3]
Lemons Makes History
Favorite Album of the Year (So Far)
When I praised Atmosphere’s When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold as the year’s best rap album, hardly did I expect anyone to agree with me. I was simply following my conviction. If anything, I expected chants of “Emo! Emo!!” or something to that effect. Turns out 35,000 others echoed my sentiments.
According to Billboard, Lemons has set a new first-week sales record for Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Hip-hop artist Atmosphere easily scores his best sales and chart week ever as “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold” (Rhymesayers) starts at No. 5 with 36,000. His previous charting high-water mark came from 2005’s “You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having,” which peaked at No. 66. “When Life…” also becomes the highest-charting album for the Rhymesayers label; the previous best was, again, Atmosphere’s stop at No. 66.
Yeah, you read that right. Billboard just addressed Atmosphere as an individual. Funny stuff.
When life gives you lemons, just listen to Atmosphere
It’s been a an exciting first quarter and I’d like to know what you’ve been digging so far.
Not much out there in terms of quality, but we’ve seen some decent rap releases.
Atmosphere - You
Remember this from one of those Paint It Gold episodes? Though Ant’s production is the real star here, give Slug some credit as well for finding a way to improve on his already outstanding flow.
From the awesomely-titled album When Life Gives You Lemon You Paint That Sh*t Gold.
Bonus: Atmosphere - Sad Clown Bad Spring EP
[via: Rhymesayers]
From their new album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold.
