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The Family Sign

Atmosphere

The Family Sign

Latest collection from Minneapolis independent hip hop duo, rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant

ADM rating[?]

6.0

Label
Rhymesayers Entertainment
UK Release date
25/04/2011
US Release date
12/04/2011
  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    A prime example of how to age gracefully in the hip-hop universe
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  2. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Atmosphere has started getting interesting again just as the anger fades from its music
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  3. 7.0 |   BBC

    Their most broadly existential offering to date. Enveloping the full spectrum of life with gritty minutiae
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  4. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The Family Sign takes a second or third listen to fully absorb, but this album is certifiable proof that the dark side has a melody
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  5. 6.0 |   AU Review

    The tracks are all downbeat and either disconcerting or threatening, and when this works, as on ‘Became’, it’s definitely worthwhile
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  6. 6.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    A decent addition to Atmosphere’s discography, but if you’re expecting something on the level of GodLovesUgly or When Life Gives You Lemons…, you may want to look elsewhere first
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  7. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Musically, it rides the highs and lows of emotion, and lyrically, it hangs tightly to some of the most personal moments you could ask for from an MC
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  8. 6.0 |   A.V. Club

    There’s good stuff on The Family Sign, but it’s not one I’ll listen to from beginning to end again
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  9. 5.8 |   Pitchfork

    Runs almost entirely on gloomy ballads heavy on maudlin piano chords and keening guitar riffs
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  10. 5.0 |   Spin

    Slug continues his shift to serious storyteller, but the narratives here lack coherence and detail
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  11. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Whatever momentum Atmosphere seemed to have finally built up has fully dissipated in a mere three years
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  12. 2.0 |   The Quietus

    In a genre driven far more by lyrics and flow than any other part of the listening experience, its rhymes are terrible, its metaphors daft
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Atmosphere: The Family Sign

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  • 1. My Key (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 2. The Last to Say (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 3. Became (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 4. Just For Show (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 5. She's Enough (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 6. Bad Bad Daddy (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 7. Millennium Dodo (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 8. Who I'll Never Be (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 9. I Don't Need Brighter Days (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 10. Ain't Nobody (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 11. Your Name Here (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 12. If You Can Save Me Now (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 13. Something So (Instrumental Version) N/A
  • 14. My Notes (Instrumental Version) N/A
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