He has released a large amount of solo material over his career, his most commercially successful being the 2013 self titled LP which topped the US Heat charts. An early reviewer of Nickatina's CD release party stated "a quick-witted rapper who spits as hard as Kurupt does". His reputation on the West Coast hip hop scene started to grow dramatically following the release of albums such as 'Tears Of a Clown' and 'These R the Days'. Later that year Nickatina founded his own record label Fillmoe Coleman which he continued to occasionally release his own material on throughout his career. After he decided to ditch the Dre Dog tag, he began to release material under the name Andre Nickatina including the albums 'Cocaine Raps' and 'Raven In My Eyes' which were both praised for their high production values and interesting tones and mixes. He released to albums under the pseudonym, the 1993 debut 'The New Jim Jones' and 1995 'I Hate You With A Passion' which received moderate commercial success, making waves in the Hip Hop Billboard Charts. Adams is a hip hop artist who began his career under the name Dre Dog. Slug has appeared on tracks by Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, Blowfly, Brother Ali and more.Andre L. Atmosphere have released nine albums on Rhymesayers and have collaborated with Tom Waits, Doom, El-P and more. The group's deeply emotional and personal lyrics and intense touring schedule made them allies with the punk and alternative rock communities, and 2003's Seven's Travels was released in conjunction with Epitaph Records.
Atmosphere's debut album, 1997's Overcast!, promptly became a galvanizing moment for both Minneapolis rap and the personal, confessional style of underground rap that would follow. In 1995, Slug cofounded the Rhymesayers Entertainment record label in his hometown of Minneapolis, releasing freestyle and live performance cassettes of his crew Headshots. Atmosphere performs every year, of course, and guests have included Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Migos, Lauryn Hill, Future, Nas, Snoop Dogg and many more.Ītmosphere - rapper Sean "Slug" Daley and DJ/producer Anthony "Ant" Davis - have built one of independent rap's defining empires. In 2008, Slug and his Rhymesayers label co-owners founded Soundset, an annual music festival in Minneapolis which has since become America's premiere hip-hop gathering. Thanks to their electric live shows and dedicated fan base, Atmosphere have appeared at Bonnaroo, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, Governors Ball, the HFStival and more, as well as headlining treks like 2008's Paint the Nation tour, 2011's The Family Vacation tour, 2014's North of Hell tour and 2018's Mi Vida Local tour.
In the early years, Atmosphere toured with the DIY determination of a punk band, and ultimately landed on the 2003, 20 editions of the Vans Warped Tour. Atmosphere shows have been known to include freestyles, feats of turntablism and, of course, rapper Slug's deeply emotional lyrics and asides. Since the mid '90s, Minneapolis duo Atmosphere have built one of the defining careers of independent hip-hop - especially due to their frequent, commanding live performances.
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