Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

Axiomatic Euphoria · 07-08-2009, 11:11 PM

This is my first attempt at writing an album review, so be gentle ^^

Album: When Life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold
Artists: Atmosphere
Album cover- Album: When Life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold
Artists: Atmosphere
Album cover-

Sound: 7
Lyrics: 10
Originality: 9
Overall: 8.75

Rated - Nonexplicit

Comments: Slug and Ant of Atmosphere have come a long way since their lyrically charged debut, Overcast. They have gone through many transformations, and with each new album coming out, you never know what you will get till you give it a listen. They have created their own brand of hip hop that exists outside the macho, violent, sexist, and obscene world that dominates most of this genre. When Life Gives you Lemons, You paint that Shit Gold, is the fifth full length studio release by Atmosphere, and easily one of the best. It took the Story telling formula that had worked so well in their previous album You Can’t imagine how much fun were having, and took it one step further. It takes it to a much more personal level. I couldn’t help by smile when listening to "You" and “In her music box”, and I couldn’t help but cry when listening to “yesterday”. Each song on this great album expresses a different emotion. Hope, determination, desperation, sadness, regret, happiness. It is truly an emotional experience.

This album shines in more way than one. Besides the lyrical content displayed by MC slug, producer Ant has probably done the best work of his career on this album. His synthesizer based beats are unique, creative, and just absolutely brilliant. They possibly even outshine Slug.

If you are a fan of Atmosphere I highly recommend this album. If not, it wouldn’t be the best album to break your atmo cherry with, however it wouldn’t be the worst either. Give it a listen if you have not!

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Aqualung · 07-08-2009, 11:54 PM

Wow, that's a great review! When I read a review I like to know what genre the music sort of fits into, but it's not like I was inconvenienced, cause it turns out this is pretty good music. I did a YouTube search and found Guaruntee, which is quite enjoyable. Thanks for reviewing the album and introducing me to a new artist.

Axiomatic Euphoria · 07-09-2009, 12:22 AM

No problem, and thanks for the praise. I will probably write more reviews in the near future, whenever I suddenly get the urge to do so.

RickenbackerBassPlayer · 07-11-2009, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axiomatic Euphoria

No problem, and thanks for the praise. I will probably write more reviews in the near future, whenever I suddenly get the urge to do so.

Please feel free to write reviews, seems like Feat. artists and review forums are dead and filled of spam. Let us bring them alive!

console_predator · 07-23-2009, 07:32 PM

love this mp3'

Melylou · 04-29-2010, 04:37 AM

great review for a brilliant album... this one means a lot to me, I would also reccomend it for someone's first Atmosphere experience. It was mine.

goose_brothers · 12-16-2010, 06:35 AM

hey just lisent to one of the songs and its good!!

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Axiomatic Euphoria Mr. tambourine Man Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Souvlaki Space Station Posts: 46 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Rep Power: 36	This is my first attempt at writing an album review, so be gentle ^^ Album: When Life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold Artists: Atmosphere Album cover- Album: When Life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold Artists: Atmosphere Album cover- Sound: 7 Lyrics: 10 Originality: 9 Overall: 8.75 Rated - Nonexplicit Comments: Slug and Ant of Atmosphere have come a long way since their lyrically charged debut, Overcast. They have gone through many transformations, and with each new album coming out, you never know what you will get till you give it a listen. They have created their own brand of hip hop that exists outside the macho, violent, sexist, and obscene world that dominates most of this genre. When Life Gives you Lemons, You paint that Shit Gold, is the fifth full length studio release by Atmosphere, and easily one of the best. It took the Story telling formula that had worked so well in their previous album You Can’t imagine how much fun were having, and took it one step further. It takes it to a much more personal level. I couldn’t help by smile when listening to "You" and “In her music box”, and I couldn’t help but cry when listening to “yesterday”. Each song on this great album expresses a different emotion. Hope, determination, desperation, sadness, regret, happiness. It is truly an emotional experience. This album shines in more way than one. Besides the lyrical content displayed by MC slug, producer Ant has probably done the best work of his career on this album. His synthesizer based beats are unique, creative, and just absolutely brilliant. They possibly even outshine Slug. If you are a fan of Atmosphere I highly recommend this album. If not, it wouldn’t be the best album to break your atmo cherry with, however it wouldn’t be the worst either. Give it a listen if you have not! Other images: Alternative album cover-

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Axiomatic Euphoria Mr. tambourine Man Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Souvlaki Space Station Posts: 46 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Rep Power: 36	No problem, and thanks for the praise. I will probably write more reviews in the near future, whenever I suddenly get the urge to do so.

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console_predator Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 35	love this mp3'

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Melylou Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 20 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 28	great review for a brilliant album... this one means a lot to me, I would also reccomend it for someone's first Atmosphere experience. It was mine.

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goose_brothers Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 18	hey just lisent to one of the songs and its good!!

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