The thing that set When Life Gives You Lemons apart from previous releases was that it reflected a shift in Atmosphere's songwriting processes, where they moved from self-reflective to broadly narrative. Rather than stories from their own POV, Lemons was
Ships 9/16/25 - Slug's lyrics blend memories with present-day reality, reflecting on the quiet revelations found in daily life, family habits, and overlooked moments.
Ships 10/17/25 - Two of the biggest and most charismatic indie rappers are at it again. Slub and Murs return to pay homage to another underground actress.
Released under the alias Metal Fingers, Special Herbs succeeds at capturing DOOM’s highly influential sound which continually breaks and reinterprets the rules of the game in favor of The Super-Villain.
Released under the alias Metal Fingers, Special Herbs succeeds at capturing DOOM’s highly influential sound which continually breaks and reinterprets the rules of the game in favor of The Super-Villain.
After an 11-year hiatus, Murs and Slug are back with their fourth Felt album, Felt 4 U (2020). Their musical journey began back in 2002, with the release of Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci, which soon became one of Rhymesayers' most-cherished releases.
Released under the alias Metal Fingers, Special Herbs succeeds at capturing DOOM’s highly influential sound which continually breaks and reinterprets the rules of the game in favor of The Super-Villain.
Since it's inception in 1999, the Sad Clown series has seen over a dozen iterations in numerous formats, including rare 4-track demos, live recordings, a DVD of behind-the-scenes tour footage, a mixtape, 7" vinyl singles and more.
Following the success of the full Garbology album, it's only right to offer the instrumentals for further examination and repurposing efforts. Dive into the Garbology Instrumentals and see what you find.
The Sad Clown Bad Dub series is back! Originally released as a limited promo CD only, Atmosphere's 2006 The Fun EP (Happy Clown Bad Dub Eight) is re-packaged and reformatted on vinyl for the first time ever in this 12" smiley face picture disc.
Truly amazing record, both sonically and lyrically, full of youthful creativity and tinged with the stresses of growing up as Black men in urban America.
Steering back toward their signature sound, Word? further highlights producer Ant's undeniable talents as the project leans into the classic boom-bap aesthetic, bringing a unique energy out of Slug's wisdom, wit and delivery.
Coming together again to form one of the underground’s most talented dynamic duos, Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez finds Murs and Slug (the MC half of the Minneapolis duo Atmosphere) joining up for their third collaboration.
Double vinyl! These aren’t dad-raps, these aren’t anti-establishment-raps, and these aren’t chasing-old-fire-raps. Even at its darkest, Atmosphere "Whenever" houses blessed-to-be-alive-raps.
Personal, political and more powerful than ever, simply put, the truth is here. "I wanted to make an album that gives you no choice but to feel what I'm saying at that given time"
