Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs is a compilation by the Minneapolis hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 group Atmosphere

Atmosphere (music group)

Atmosphere is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group is composed of rapper Slug and DJ/Producer Ant...

, released on February 1, 2001 on Rhymesayers Entertainment

Rhymesayers Entertainment

Rhymesayers Entertainment is an independent hip hop record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley, Anthony Davis, Brent Sayers and Musab Saad....

. The album collects the previously released EPs

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Lucy, Ford 1 and Ford 2. Its introspective lyrics as well as its unusual beats has made it a favorite amongst Atmosphere fans. It is the only Atmosphere album not produced solely by Ant

Ant (producer)

Ant is a hip hop producer whose full name is Anthony Davis.He is best known as being one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, but has worked with many other artists and projects, mostly with Rhymesayers Entertainment, such as Brother Ali, I Self Devine, Felt and The Dynospectrum...

.

Track listing

All tracks by Sean Daley

Slug (rapper)

Sean Michael Daley, better known by his stage name Slug or "'Sep Seven'", is an American rapper. He is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one fourth of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner...

1. "Between the Lines" – 5:19
2. "Like Today" – 4:02
3. "Tears for the Sheep (A City of Fools)" – 2:51
4. "Guns and Cigarettes" – 4:21
5. "Don't Ever Fucking Question That" – 4:17
6. "It Goes" – 4:27
7. "If I Was Santa Claus" – 3:50
8. "Aspiring Sociopath" – 5:24
9. "Free or Dead" – 4:46
10. "Party for the Fight to Write" – 3:53
11. "Mama Had a Baby and His Head Popped Off" – 4:24
12. "They're All Gonna Laugh @ You" – 2:04
13. "Lost and Found" – 4:39
14. "The Woman with the Tattooed Hands" – 3:30
15. "Nothing But Sunshine" – 11:38
    • Includes hidden track "Homecoming", featuring El-P

Samples

• "Between the Lines"
  • "Virgo" by Cannonball Adderley
  • "I Am Love" by The Jackson 5
    The Jackson 5
    The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
    
    
• "Like Today"
  • "Since We Said Goodbye" by The Counts
    The Counts
    The Counts is a R&B doo-wop band that started in 1953 and is still performing today. Band members include lead singer Chester Brown, James Lee, Robert Penick, Robert Wesley, and Robert Young. The Counts are also known as The Original Counts for the fact they have not replaced any members in their...
    
    
• "Tears for the Sheep(A City Of Fools)"
  • "Cry Like A Baby" by Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
    
    
• "Guns and Cigarettes"
  • "Oh Babe" by Cannonball Adderley
• "It Goes"
  • "Walking with the Blues" by Ben Sidran
    Ben Sidran
    Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock pianist, organist, vocalist and writer born in Chicago, noted for his work with the early Steve Miller Band.-Biography:...
    
    
• "Aspiring Sociopath"
  • Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta composed by Béla Bartók
    Béla Bartók
    Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
    
    
• "Party for the Fight to Write"
  • "Shu Ba Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" by Steve Miller Band
    Steve Miller Band
    The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
    
    
  • "Like A Seed" by Morgana King
    Morgana King
    Morgana King is an American singer and actress. She is a noted jazz singer, who is regarded as a "musician's singer." The musical œuvre of her stylized vocal artistry spans a period of more than four decades and has an "appeal that bridges generations, tastes and life styles"."She is, like all...
    
    
• "Mama Had a Baby and His Head Popped Off"
  • "Sensuality" by The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...
    
    
• "The Woman with the Tattooed Hands"
  • "Blue Sky & Sliver Bird" by Lamont Dozier
    Lamont Dozier
    Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
    
    
• "Don't Ever Fucking Question That"
  • "Just As Long We Have Love" by Wilbert Longmire
• "Nothing But Sunshine"
  • "Virgo" by Cannonball Adderley
• "Lost and Found"
  • "Glad" by Traffic
    Traffic (band)
    Traffic were an English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands. The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason...
    
    

Personnel

• Jason Heinrichs
  Jason Heinrichs
  Jason Heinrichs is a musical producer who works with many bands and artists. He plays piano, guitar, and drums in many of his productions....
  
  / AKA Anomaly - Engineer, Remixer
• Jel
  Jel
  Jel is a hip hop producer and rapper for the Anticon label. He is a part of the hip hop duo Themselves and is also heavily involved in the bands Subtle and 13 & God.-Style:...
  
  – Producer
• Jon Keeler – Paintings

External links

• Rhymesayers Entertainment