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Philaflava wrote:At first I hated the track now it's not so bad. I skip that and Bad Bad Daddy. The rest stays on hit.
I felt that way about She's Enough and Bad Bad Daddy, and they were my two least favorite, but now I like them both. Still at the bottom of the album for me, but the entirety of the album has really grown on me.

Loving this album. My Key and The Last the Say are still the favorites, but Ain't Nobody, Who I'll Never Be, and of course Something So are right up there.

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I find the production has the crispness and knock most live instrument mixes don't. Sounds great in audiophile headphones.

Yeah "Bad Daddy" is the other one I can't fuck with. I appreciate the rapper/disowning dipshit followers metaphor (if that's what it's about), but not into it overall.

I actually deleted both those songs on my iTunes, and flipped a couple songs around. Now it's a classic. Sending to Pitchfork tonight with footnotes.
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Nav wrote:
ardamus wrote:
sean wrote:i don't rank my catalog. but i sometimes pretend seven's travels never happened.
Interesting. I thought "Denvemolorado", "Good Times", and "Liquor Lyles Cool July" were some of the best tracks you guys have done, IMO.
I also really like Always Coming Back Home To You and Trying To Find A Balance.
Two of my favorite Atmosphere tracks. Had the new album and teh bonus CD sitting at home since Tuesday and haven't had chance to listen to it. Packaging is cool though, but my two year old kid will fuck it up in no time.

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PopsUK wrote:
Nav wrote:
ardamus wrote:
sean wrote:i don't rank my catalog. but i sometimes pretend seven's travels never happened.
Interesting. I thought "Denvemolorado", "Good Times", and "Liquor Lyles Cool July" were some of the best tracks you guys have done, IMO.
I also really like Always Coming Back Home To You and Trying To Find A Balance.
Two of my favorite Atmosphere tracks. Had the new album and teh bonus CD sitting at home since Tuesday and haven't had chance to listen to it. Packaging is cool though, but my two year old kid will fuck it up in no time.
Trying To Find A Balance is definitely the shit. I guess with me.....all the real obscure tracks have always been my shit. Tracks like "Multiples Reprise No. 2", "Guns And Cigarettes", "WND", "Flesh" feat. I Self Divine, and "The Bass And The Movement" will always be some of my fav. And there was this one track I heard where Slug raps about some kid who commits suicide for having superpowers. Forgot the name of it.

I never know the name of the song but the track with the "I Own A Camaro And A Mobile Home/So Where The Fuck You Gonna Go" stayed on repeat when I first got it. And it stays stuck in my head.
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I feel like I must be missing some metaphor in Became, but I'm having a hard time picking anything up. Is this really a song about Werewolfs?

Everybody laugh at me now.

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dids. you follow my tweets, i know this. i saw it.
when you get a spare sec, go peep my timeline. i gave short on-liner notes for all of the songs.
i touched on what became is about.

mac, your interpretation of bad bad daddy is close, but it's actually not about followers, it's about indie rappers i gave birth to.
them cats got my dna in them yo.

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Post by Neuro »

i have always liked sevens travels ,although i always considered it as a polished up sad clown bad dub album

sad clown good dub 1: sevens travels

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sean wrote: mac, your interpretation of bad bad daddy is close, but it's actually not about followers, it's about indie rappers i gave birth to.
them cats got my dna in them yo.
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Thanks. I did see most of those, but missed that one.

My most literal "this is too literal so probably not correct" was that it was about your kid.

The album is really growing on me.

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uuuuuhhhhhhhhhh


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sean wrote:dids. you follow my tweets, i know this. i saw it.
when you get a spare sec, go peep my timeline. i gave short on-liner notes for all of the songs.
i touched on what became is about.

mac, your interpretation of bad bad daddy is close, but it's actually not about followers, it's about indie rappers i gave birth to.
them cats got my dna in them yo.
mannnnnn

i swore off twitter. now i gotta go read it.

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^^ Adam Lambert x Atmosphere collabo coming soon?

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who is adam lambert.
i'm not gonna google that.

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lol. i'll let someone else take this one.
i cant wait to see which google image gets posted.

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whoa. i just watched that youtube review.
i feel dirty.

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I'm so glad I'm my age now and not like 18, because I have a feeling I so would have been that guy in that video. Hella Didsvlogs.

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i only got through 30 seconds of that

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Post by Neuro »

is there a specific reason why "i dont need brighter days" cuts off at the end like that?

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Post by sean »

shock value is the new multi?

we did that because it seemed like an abrupt ending would fit the overall song concept best.
sorry.

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just wondering , i figured it was on purpose

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sean wrote:whoa. i just watched that youtube review.
i feel dirty.
because he absolutely 100% nailed what you were going for on the album?

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Sylissez wrote:
sean wrote:whoa. i just watched that youtube review.
i feel dirty.
because he absolutely 100% nailed what you were going for on the album?
actually because his plum colored hair gave me a halfie.

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malpractice wrote:i only got through 30 seconds of that
That isn't you in that video?

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ardamus wrote:
I never know the name of the song but the track with the "I Own A Camaro And A Mobile Home/So Where The Fuck You Gonna Go" stayed on repeat when I first got it. And it stays stuck in my head.
Primer.
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Primer had the haters mad back in the day. Which is hilarious for a lot of reasons now.

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sean wrote:mac, your interpretation of bad bad daddy is close, but it's actually not about followers, it's about indie rappers i gave birth to.
them cats got my dna in them yo.
thinly veiled intuition dis (track)? :gyeah: :lol: :cheers: :sluggo: :megaman:
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Mindbender Futurama wrote:
sean wrote:mac, your interpretation of bad bad daddy is close, but it's actually not about followers, it's about indie rappers i gave birth to.
them cats got my dna in them yo.
thinly veiled intuition dis (track)?
i will not deny that atmosphere is clearly one of my many influences, i've listened to their music for over 10 years now. i'm proud to have had the chance to collaborate with such an established and influential act.

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Post by malpractice »

Ramen wrote:
malpractice wrote:i only got through 30 seconds of that
That isn't you in that video?
you know im a girl, right?

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Post by GhostDog »

I'll admit I was thrown off by the acoustic-ness, and the piano at the start of the album, but it the album picks up steam.

The album just feels so different from their previous work, though there is some carry over from WYGYLYPTSG.

Digged the live production, and Sean's lyrics are always on point.

I can't say this is my favorite Atmosphere album. I like when they're in boom bap mode, but I think I need to let this album marinate, and I'll appreciate more on repeated listens.

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Post by Neuro »

malpractice wrote:
Ramen wrote:
malpractice wrote:i only got through 30 seconds of that
That isn't you in that video?
you know im a girl, right?
a hot librarian at that

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