Overcast! (album)

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Overcast!
Atmosphere Overcast Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 1997 (1997-08-05)
Recorded1996–1997
Genre Hip hop
Length72:40
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Ant
Atmosphere chronology
Overcast! EP
(1997)
Overcast!
(1997)
Headshots Se7en
(1999)
Remaster cover
Overcast atmosphere 20 anniversary.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
RapReviews(9.5/10) [2]

Overcast! is the debut studio album by Minneapolis hip hop group Atmosphere, released on August 5, 1997, on Rhymesayers Entertainment. It is 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]

Contents

Development

The cover art is inspired by that of Judgment! , released in 1964 by jazz pianist Andrew Hill. The album contains several tracks featured on Overcast! (EP), however notably absent is "God's Bathroom Floor".

Releases

The album was remastered and re-released in 2017 with new artwork and bonus tracks. [4]

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

2017 remaster bonus tracks

Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Broken Rewind Button (feat. Beyond)"4:22
2."Bus Benches"2:02
3."Pea King"3:49

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. RapReviews review
  3. Todd E. Jones. "Can't You Imagine Atmosphere Having Fun?". MVRemix Urban. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  4. remaster