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15 gorgeous GIFs from Soundset 2013

Soundset 2013 was the biggest of them all. With 28,000 bodies in attendance and Snoop Dogg gracing the stage, Rhymesayers Entertainment showed unprecedented growth for the sixth running of their yearly rap extravaganza at Canterbury Park.And what better way to capture the spirit and randomness of So ... More >>

Atmosphere at Soundset, 3/26/13

AtmosphereSoundset, Canterbury ParkSunday, May 26, 2013Soundset has come a long way from its humble origins in the shadow of the Metrodome back in 2008. Skyrocketing ticket sales -- reportedly 28,000 this year -- and a subtle demographic shift over its six-year run have allowed Rhymesayers to grow a ... More >>

Soundset 2013: A music and photo timeline

Ah, Soundset. The sixth installment of the Rhymesayers Entertainment hip-hop festival had a breakout year in terms of attendance -- a reported 28,000 fans came out -- and talent, with a lineup including Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, Tech N9ne, along with the host artists Atmosphere. Many folks pegged A$AP ... More >>

Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.This week launch right into the festivities with a new, erotically charged Atmosphere video, released to get people even more hyped for the big Soundset Festival taking place ... More >>

Brother Ali recalls Shadows on the Sun on its 10th anniversary

It's hard to believe that this month marks a decade since Rhymesayers released Brother Ali's proper debut Shadows on the Sun. Produced entirely by Ant of Atmosphere, the album was an immediate statement of the aesthetic that Ali has since shared far and wide. (Technically, the cassette Rites of Pass ... More >>

Soundset 2013 lineup: Atmosphere, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller & more

"If we keep outdoing ourselves, who am I going to be playing after next year? Kanye?" was what Atmosphere rapper Slug said about last year's impressive Soundset lineup. Well, Soundset 2013 didn't get Mr. West, but it did land the G-funk legend Snoop Dogg. (Although, isn't he going by Snoop Lion thes ... More >>

Welcome to MN with Atmosphere at First Avenue, 3/5/13

Welcome to MN Tour 2013Atmosphere and Brother Aliwith Get Cryphy, Carnage and HaphduznFirst Avenue Mainroom, MinneapolisTuesday, March 5, 2013 Starting back in 2011, the reigning lords of MN hip-hop decided that 'burbs, exurbs and townships of our fair kingdom were getting left out. While hamlets l ... More >>

Get Cryphy turns five

The DJ crew that taught local hip-hop heads to love club bangers celebrates half a decade

Atmosphere unveils Welcome to Minnesota 2013 dates

Atmosphere's yearly Welcome to Minnesota Tour brings in its third installment with five performances around the state this March. Supporting Slug and Ant will be Brother Ali, Get Cryphy, Carnage and Haphduzn. The shows will hit venues in Bemidji, Duluth, St. Cloud, Mankato, and Minneapolis. To mark ... More >>

Atmosphere and more at Day of Dignity, 10/7/12

Day of DignityWith Atmosphere, Stalley, Brother Ali, MaLLy, Sims, Y.N. Rich Kids and moreMasjid An-Nur, MinneapolisSunday, October 7, 2012Day of Dignity returned for its second year with a cross-section of the greater Twin Cities hip hop community, and a combination of both performances and communit ... More >>

Atmosphere tops Day of Dignity 2012 lineup

Last fall, Brother Ali helped launch Day of Dignity, a community outreach event at his mosque in north Minneapolis, Masjid An-Nur. Now, the tradition continues with Rhymesayers labelmate Atmosphere topping the 2012 bill, and Maybach Music Group rising star Stalley joining in too.The second annual Da ... More >>

Happy 40th birthday, Atmosphere's Slug: Seven of his lesser-known songs

See Also: Atmosphere unveils remaining 2012 U.S. tour datesTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listTop 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete listToday, hip-hop fans across the globe are wishing our homegrown indie-rap superstar Slug a happy 40th birthday. To mark this momentous occasion -- ... More >>

Atmosphere unveils remaining 2012 U.S. tour dates

See Also:I Self Devine: Rhymesayers legend returnsTop 20 Minnesota RappersAtmosphere has had a pretty epic summer. They've spent the past few months touring around Australia and New Zealand and hitting the festival circuit hard, from Summerfest to Forecastle to Camp Bisco, but for hip hop's hardest ... More >>

Bambu on the L.A. riots' 20th anniversary, his Soundset debut

Related:*How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset Festival*Danny Brown on XXX, almost signing to G-Unit*Big K.R.I.T. on country rap, dream cars, and playing SoundsetBy Mike MaddenRealizing Bambu deliberately released his debut album, self untitled..., 10 years after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, it's ... More >>

How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset Festival

Minnesota's biggest annual hip-hop showcase enters its fifth year

Slug: The Twin Cities' hip-hop scene is still over-saturated

Related:Is Wiz Khalifa as "raunchy" as a Star Tribune writer says?Slug of Atmosphere: 'Prince was a shitty version of Rick James and Parliament'Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listJudging by the number of racist comments this blog weathers, some locals believe any amount of Twin Cities ... More >>

Atmosphere's Welcome to Minnesota Tour at First Avenue, 2/22/12

Photo by Ryan Siverson​Welcome to Minnesota TourWith Atmosphere, Kill The Vultures, Big Quarters, MaLLy and BK-OneFirst Avenue Mainroom, MinneapolisWednesday, February 22, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here.Last night, Atmosphere brought the second annual Welcome to Minnesota tour to the p ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Atmosphere, Get Cryphy, Souljazz Orchestra, and more

Atmosphere unveil video, Current session & Rhymesayers scholarship before homecoming

​Eleven years after selling out First Avenue for the very first time, Atmosphere make a triumphant return to the Mainroom tonight as part of their second annual Welcome to Minnesota tour. The circuitous trek through their home state has already found Slug and Ant hitting up Mankato and Bemidji ... More >>

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Brother Ali boycotts Grammys, drops free EP

​While most of y'all were lazing around watching the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Brother Ali was staging a personal protest. "I'm boycotting the Grammy's. Refusing to watch until @Atmosphere gets a nomination. (or until I get TV at my house)," he tweeted. Although Bon Iver's double win signals some l ... More >>

Prof announces headlining King Gampo tour

​Taking a cue from Atmosphere's quick-selling second annual Welcome to Minnesota tour, onetime Atmosphere tourmate Prof announced today that he will head out on a mostly regional tour next month, hitting four Minnesota stops along the way. Given Prof's wild success over the past year (he easily so ... More >>

How serious is Mayor R.T. Rybak about making Atmosphere's 'Say Shh' the official Minneapolis tune?

Apparently, he's kind of serious? Maybe?  Well, serious enough to respond to a tweet from Minneapolitan Tyler Page, who originally threw the idea onto the table.  .bbpBox110393626781167617 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme9/bg.gif) #301c07;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{ ... More >>

Lollapalooza: Day 2 at Grant Park, Chicago, 8/6/11

PHOTO BY DENIS JEONG PLASTER​If the first day of Lollapalooza is marked by enthusiasm, the second day is marked by hitting limits.  The Day 2 crowd was more pronounced and did not wait until late in the day to show up, and police presence increased to meet the new demands.  Partiers line ... More >>

Atmosphere take a stand against domestic violence in 'The Last to Say' video

Photo by Tony Nelson​On Atmosphere's latest album, The Family Sign, "The Last to Say" stands out as one of the most sobering and plain-spoken tracks on the album, riffing on a message warning against domestic violence with lines like "Just tear it all apart and build new / Cause if you don't kill ... More >>

Soundset Series: Festival founders J-Bird, Slug, and Kevin Beacham

Photos courtesy of Rhymesayers​The gigantic celebration of hip-hop that is the Soundset festival is already this Sunday. Now in its fourth year, this overwhelming explosion of rap, turntablism, graffiti, breakdancing, custom cars, skateboarding, and merchandise has proven itself a draw outside of ... More >>

Atmosphere's Slug: We're just doing "our version of Gang Starr"

Band ready for Soundset and new album The Family Sign

Soundset Series: Rhymesayers staples Brother Ali, Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, more

Brother Ali​Back before Soundset became the annual festival it is today, there was a Rhymesayers-hosted event by the same name that took over, and consistently sold out, the First Ave Mainroom every Wednesday, housing some of the big names on the company roster as well as visiting acts. The festi ... More >>

Atmosphere's 'The Family Sign' drops today, plus new video with cameo from Brother Ali

Photo by Dan Monick​Well the day is finally upon us. Atmosphere's latest, The Family Sign fills the record store bins and lands itself on your turntable today.

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Atmosphere debut new track, 'Just for Show'

​On the same day as Atmosphere launches it's short tour of this here frozen tundra state, the "Welcome to Minnesota Tour" in Mankato, we get hit in the face with a new track, "Just for Show," from their upcoming lucky number 7th full-length release, The Family Sign, slated to drop April 12 worldwi ... More >>

Slug of Atmosphere: 'Prince was a shitty version of Rick James and Parliament'

Photo by Dan Monick​There's a bit of a kerfuffle happening on the interwebs today surrounding a new interview with Slug of Atmosphere published by Pitchfork. For the most part, it's a pretty standard interview -- Atmosphere are getting ready to release a new full-length, The Family Sign, on April ... More >>

Atmosphere set to release 'The Family Sign' on April 12

Photo by Dan Monick​Turns out Atmosphere's new localvore single "Minnesota Nice" was just the group's way of tiding fans over until they were ready to announce the release of their next full length, as they announced today that their seventh official full length album, The Family Sign, will drop o ... More >>

Atmosphere at First Avenue, 11/27/10

Photos by Tony Nelson​AtmosphereNovember 27, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisSaturday night was Atmosphere's first of two extraordinarily sold-out shows in the Mainroom, and the buzzing crowd and comparatively intimate environment (much smaller than the group's outdoor shows at Soundset and Taste of ... More >>

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Atmosphere drop free mp3 for "Freefallin'"

​In anticipation for their "To All My Friends" tour, which kicks off next week in Madison, Atmosphere have just released an mp3 of a new song, "Freefallin'." Like much of Slug's newer material, "Freefallin'" is a slower jam driven by a meandering electric guitar and echoing, sparse beat. The track ... More >>

Atmosphere, P.O.S, Walkmen and more at Taste of Minnesota, 7/2/10

Photos by Alexa Jones​There's been quite the kerfuffle about the Taste of Minnesota's decision to charge admission at the gate of this year's festival, but judging by the size of Friday night's audience for sets by the likes of Atmosphere, P.O.S, the Walkmen, and Dawes, fans were happy to fork ove ... More >>

Soundset 2010 wrap-up: Taking local hip-hop national

Photo by Denis Jeong Plaster​From rappers to B-boys, custom car crews to hype men, the Canterbury Park festival grounds--a grassy lowland down a hill from the acre of asphalt that hosted last year's Soundset--became a sprawling hip-hop carnival Sunday, loaded down with 17,000 fans ready for an all ... More >>

Soundset 2010: Atmosphere gives low-key finale

Photo by Denis Jeong Plaster​At the end of a gray and sometimes rainy day at Soundset, the clouds parted, the sun came out, and a rainbow shone over the main stage as Slug of Atmosphere took the stage for the final performance of the day. Much like last year, the excited crowd crammed in toward th ... More >>

Unknown Prophets make heartfelt rock-rap

New release Le System D is built around a guitar riff

Brother Ali

Murs, Slug & Aesop Rock get their cake on

Slug, Murs & Aesop Rock release a new "Felt 3" video, and lower the bar in the process.

Atmosphere photos, videos and setlist

Coverage of this week's shows at First Ave.

Murs ? Slug = Felt 3

It's the hip-hop equation we can't wait to solve.

Soundset '09: Atmosphere video and setlist

Slug was in top form at Sunday's hip-hop festival.

Slug and Murs prepare to release Felt 3

In a recent interview, Slug dishes on his latest projects.

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Soundset 08

How Atmosphere Went Electro

Why Lemons is like Tom Waits for Prince Fans

What's the Big Eyedea?

Eyedea has gone from writing his story in a basement to rapping the cosmos on TV