Atmosphere | TPR MUSIC ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

TPR Music Artist Spotlight is a new interview series featuring some of our favorite national and international musical acts. Sean Daley (Slug) from Atmosphere took the time after his pre-show bike ride to have an insightful conversation with us.
Atmosphere have announced a new run of North American headline dates interspersed throughout their Summertime 2023 tour with Slightly Stoopid, Sublime with Rome & The Movement. Appropriately named The DeTour, the announcement includes performances in Las Vegas, Tucson, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Asheville, Buffalo, Portland, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta. The newly announced DeTour, coincides with their Summertime 2023 US tour, Atmosphere’s European tour and appearances at California Roots Festival, Summer Greens, and two shows at Williwaw Social in Anchorage, Alaska.
The run of tour dates will culminate with a headline show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on September 17th, supported by Danny Brown, Souls of Mischief, and more. Atmosphere currently holds the record for the most sold out shows at Red Rocks for any Hip Hop artist with nine sellouts since 2011.
In their 25-plus years as a duo, Atmosphere’s rapper Slug and producer Ant have built a legacy that is embedded in the fabric of underground hip-hop. Rising in the ranks of Minneapolis, their debut album, Overcast! was released in 1997. Presented as a flurry of vignettes, and paired with an unending touring schedule, the album was a springboard from which the group was able to become a fixture in the midwest music scene. It wasn’t long before their songwriting evolved from telling inventive third-person tales to delivering introspective first-person eviscerations, and by the early 2000’s Slug would jokingly birth the phrase “emo rap” in an interview before publications began running with the genre tag to describe them and others.
In the decades since their debut, Atmosphere has maintained a course of rigorous output, releasing over two dozen studio albums, EP's and collaborative side projects in as many years. The venerated duo have built a legacy out of bringing honesty, humility and vulnerability to the forefront of their music. Slug has proven masterful at storytelling and writing compelling narratives, leaving a trail of his own influence while paying homage to the rappers and songwriters that helped shape him. Meanwhile, Ant has skillfully molded the soundtracks with inspiration from soul, funk, rock, reggae, and the wizardry of hip-hop’s pioneering DJ's and producers, creating his own trademark sounds and providing the pulse for songs about life, love, stress and setbacks. At its essence, Atmosphere has been a musical shepherd, guiding generations of listeners through this thing called life.
Listen to Atmosphere's latest 2023 album release, "So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously" on Spotify here:
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TPR Music team:
Director: Noah Slavin and Kristen Quintanilla
⁠Producer and Interviewers: Noah Slavin and Kristen Quintanilla
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Special thanks goes to:
Slug, Jessica Weber, co-sign records, and Rhymesayers Entertainment for making this possible.
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[@Day-ZDuke]

Awesome stuff, can tell you guys are genuine fans. Even down to the song lyric quotes embedded in your description of the video. Lol
Thanks for this! Slug is the Man. Period

[@mr4224]

ThisInterview deserves more views. Slug is always so awsome, hes mad interesting. Pretty cool how he explained some songs and theur meaning. He never does that. 👍

[@electricearth1101]

wearing a helmet during the interview is a hilarious choice