Atmosphere: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having

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The second half might be their best album, the first half, not so sure. Thoughts?

My "review":

http://citypages.com/databank/26/1301/article13859.asp
http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2005/11/chuck_d_and_slu.asp

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

All I'll add today is that Ant's previous production, the I Self Devine album, remains the most underrated hip-hop record of the year, easily.

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Agreed. I was really dissapointed then it just totally picks up in the second half.

The whole thing is a lot grimier than usual. I like.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

It's weird - I LOVE the Lucy Ford e.p.s disc, but I haven't been able to get into any other album at all. Are they all produced by the same guy? Is his lyrical style/content really different on the Lucy Ford cuts?

― Caught Red Handed at Sam's Hofbrau (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

same guy on all of them. I could barely listen to the promo, the "your name here" aspect was just too distracting, and I never got a real copy, so I'm not sure what I think of it quality-wise.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Too bad. I actually loved the Madvillain promo disclaimer, which almost sounds like part of the music. I never got a "your name here" promo for this, though Slug said there was one somewhere with my name on it somewhere. Did yours say "This is for Michaelangelo Matos" or something?

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

yep

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

I don't know. A sexy voice whispering my name in my ear as I listened to the record made me like more!

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

I also like thinking that it was someone's job to learn how to pronounce my name correctly. The folks at Biz 3 doesn't even know who the voice is. Some mystery siren is calling us, Matos! How dare you ignore her call!

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

"Whiney" is very easy to pronounce, dude.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

As phoenetically clean as it may seem to editor-types, and considering there's a Mark Weingarten who's been at this way longer than me (no relation... I think), you have know idea how many people fuck up "Weingarten."

Also, I was thinking mainly of Piotr Orlov's copy, with Biz3 assures me is pronounced correctly.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Now I totally want to track down my own mispronounced promo.

There are great tracks on both God Loves Ugly and Seven's Travels, but they come across better live (especially the live-band version of that "Caged Bird" song, which ends too quickly to make the impression it deserves on Seven's Travels). "Trying to Find a Balance" kills live with Ant DJing.

― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 10 November 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

Overcast! is ahn-cray-eeb-lay.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 11 November 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

Isn't there a live band on some of this?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

Haha, I started downloading this and it got interrupted just before track 8. I think the seeder completely vanished off the face of the earth. My impression was "man this is great, I wonder if the second half's as good as the first". I am gonna buy it for sho.

― disco violence (disco violence), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

Isn't there a live band on some of this?

He's had live musicians here and there on the last couple albums, but the live-band thing is strictly live--for now...

― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 11 November 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

I'm liking the music more and more and feeling lil connectin to the lyrics, which usually used to grab me and make me feel special that I know what the "CC Club" is etc etc

― Mon Star2 (hydraulis2), Sunday, 13 November 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

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