Atmosphere - Seven's Travels
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Rolling Stone Rating: 3
Minneapolis indie hip-hoppers Atmosphere, also known as rapper Slug and producer Ant, make overeducated nerd rap: self-loathing, navel-gazing and occasionally hilarious. The grooves are dusty and tasteful, and Slug's words are those of a smart guy who's tired of being nice. Old soul samples and burbling jazz-funk bass lines animate "Reflections," as Slug does a snaky, acrobatic cipher about the mating dance of the wild slacker, before admitting that "It would be my pleasure/To sing a song that could remove your shoes and your sweater." On "Cats Van Bags," he raps about chasing a pigeon down the street, even as the tune lurches from side to side with a synthetic riff that sounds like a runaway vacuum cleaner. Seven's...
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