For a site that is not only Prince oriented, but naturally very Minneapolis oriented, I'm surprised I never heard anyone mention the music of Slug `n them.

Are they underground in their own hometown?


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I thnk me and some other orgers mentioned them a long time ago, I guess it was in a thread where I sort of "defended" Prince using rappers like Scrap D and Tony M in his music.Not that I really like them, but I said that at least he was supporting some local rappers and them someone mentioned Atnosphere.
I´m not really into them though...I once saw them in London years ago....good, but not really my thing. I´m a sentimental hip hop head, nostalgic and old and reminiscing about the good old old school days.like 1985-86 up until the mid nineties.

they're underground, but they're VERY well-known 'round here. rhymesayers usually do all-ages shows at first ave. all the time...and they're always sold out, too.

there was a week-long hip-hop festival over at first ave. about a month or two ago, and those guys were a big part of it.

KoolEaze said:

funny thing is, they are too. I just went to an Atmosphere show on Wednesday and all the DJ played before and after the show was non-stop old school 1986-1989 rap cuts.

BSK3478 said:

aw that's cool. thanks for the reply!

Atmosphere played 7 sold out shows in a row not too long ago, so yeah, they're big here. The "Minneapolis sound" right now is indie rock and hip hop.


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I don't know the other two, but I've heard a few of Atmosphere's cuts. The paper did a big write-up on him a few months back talking about how they're going to be the next big thing out of Minneapolis. We'll see.

theSpark said:

hey, zum!!!!

RipHer2Shreds said:

It's all synonymous, really. Rhymesayers is the crew. Atmosphere is comprised of producer Ant and rapper Slug.

I've seen Atmosphere live maybe 5-6 times, and I've always found Slug & crew to be even more boring than they are on record. I think they're very, very overrated. Bland beats, lazy flow, etc. Give me Mos Def or Blackalicious any day!

KingSausage said:

Have you seen Heirospecs?

theSpark said:

I feel like I have, but I'm not quite sure. It was about 2-3 years ago when I caught all these shows, if that makes a difference. Should I check them out?