Overcast! (album)

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Overcast!
Atmosphere Overcast Cover.jpg
Studio album by Atmosphere
Released August 5, 1997 (1997-08-05)
Recorded 1996-1997
Genre Hip hop
Length72:40
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Ant
Atmosphere chronology
Overcast! EP
(1997))
Overcast!
(1997)
Headshots Se7en
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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RapReviews(9.5/10) [2]

Overcast! is the debut studio album by Minneapolis hip hop group Atmosphere, released in August 5, 1997 on Rhymesayers Entertainment. It's the only Atmosphere album to feature MC Spawn trading verses with Slug. Before the album's release, Spawn left the group due to conflicting motives. [3]

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Contents

The cover art is inspired by that of Judgment! , released in 1964 by jazz pianist Andrew Hill.

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."1597"3:04
2."Brief Description"4:16
3."Current Status" (featuring Beyond)3:40
4."Complications"5:04
5."4:30 am"3:10
6."Adjust" (featuring Beyond)4:44
7."Clay"3:48
8."@"2:17
9."Sound Is Vibration"3:57
10."Multiples"4:13
11."Scapegoat"3:52
12."Ode to the Modern Man (Lightning Blend)"4:01
13."WND"3:08
14."Multiples (Reprise)"1:48
15."Caved In"3:44
16."Cuando Limpia El Humo"5:12
17."The Outernet"5:22
18."Untitled"7:16

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