Word: slugged
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think Alexis thought she had to out-slug her, which is not the way to beat her,” Graham said. “This was a match where if Alexis could get a few more shots in play and make her [Gordon] work a bit more, she could have...
...doubts to the full impact of Slug’s work were quelled as the God Loves Ugly tour hit the Middle East. Brushing off notions that he is the rap equivalent of a whining emo boy, Slug lit the stage like a firecracker and had the hoodie-laden audience at his fingertips from the get-go. Sharing the limelight with fellow wordsmiths Blueprint and MURS (of Living Legends fame), he tore through a carefully orchestrated set of Atmosphere classics old and new, with the crowd belting out the choruses right along with him. The obligatory freestyle cypher was almost...
He’s far from gangsta infamy—but to tens of thousands, Slug is already a hero. It’s perhaps indicative of the current hip-hop climate that so many youths have latched onto his brand of reflective lyricism. While most mainstream and independent emcees seem perennially obsessed with the exterior—be it ice, skills, intelligence, or hip-hop itself—Slug raps about what eats at him inside. Check “Shrapnel” from the new Atmosphere album, God Loves Ugly: “Check your mail, climb your...
Atmosphere’s hip hop looks past hollow braggadocio, reviving the music’s original impulse to reach out rather than push back. Slug sees no future in battle rhymes: “You can’t feed your kids with a battle rap. You can make your kids think you’re the dopest battle rapper in the world, but you can’t feed them.” Instead, he aligns himself with conscious emcees KRS-One and Chuck D, as well as songwriters like Tom Waits and Stevie Wonder...
...Slug is riding the crest of a wave to success, and he knows it. The next Atmosphere album, Seven’s Travels, is said to be a happier affair, his “De La Soul-ish” record. But he’s staking his ambitions one at a time. “Some day I just want to inspire some kid to be a really good rapper instead of a really good coke dealer, you know...