Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's

In 2000, Atmosphere released two vinyl-only EPs, whose covers formed the front grill of a Ford truck when placed side by side. Shortly after, the crew packaged select songs from those EPs with new tracks — some referencing a love interest named Lucy — for this full-length release. *Lucy Ford* marked the first time Atmosphere consisted of just one MC, Slug, and the poetic frontman made the most of the spotlight. The result was a collection of smooth, jazzy productions (supplied almost exclusively by Atmosphere’s beatsmith Ant) that saw Slug playing insightful observer (“Between the Lines”), boastful b-boy (“Guns and Cigarettes”), and gripping storyteller (“Nothing But Sunshine”). Of course, there are also plenty of tracks about women — a trademark that set Atmosphere apart from other indie-rap groups of the time and led many to categorize the duo’s music as emo-hop — standouts include “Don’t Ever F\*\*\*\*\*g Question That” and “The Woman with the Tattooed Hands.”  A hidden track, “Homecoming,” is tacked on to the final song (“Nothing But Sunshine”) and featured a meeting of two indie-rap icons, New York City’s El-P and Minneapolis’ Slug, with each MC waxing poetic about his hometown.

Lucy Ford features the bulk of both the Ford vinyl EP and the Lucy vinyl EP on one cd. 15 Tracks including hits like The Woman With The Tattooed hands, Don't Ever Fucking Question That, Tears For The Sheep and more... Oh yeah, 7 minutes into the end of the last track and in comes Homecoming a slug and El-P (Company Flow) bonus track collabo. Production by Ant, Jel, Moodswing 9 and El-P.

Remember your sophomore year when that girl (let's call her Nicole) broke your heart, inspiring the most heartfelt poetry ...

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