Earlier in the year Minneapolis hip-hop group Atmosphere released their new album Southsiders. They brought its songs, as well as their older ones upstate to The Hudson Project for a lively set that got everyone in the crowd involved. It always helps enhance a hip-hop set when there’s a real sense of energy put towards the show. Thankfully there was plenty of that to be found in their set.
I last caught Atmosphere during Bonnaroo 2011 and remember how much of a showman that frontman and rapper Slug was. He has a natural ability to connect with an audience. He doesn’t act above us, but rather as one of us. This level of communication and mutual understanding respect is so hard to find in a festival made up of “stars”, so it’s a refreshing thing for sure.
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