As far as Slug – and Atmosphere as a group – I think it’s ironic that the album with the title that is the most overtly begrudging towards the music industry and how it has shaped their careers was the one with the most critical success since Lucy Ford. But unlike Lucy Ford, it was also their biggest crossover in terms of mainstream appeal, with songs even popping up in basketball apparel commercials (AND-1?).

How do you reconcile that as artists? It’s like Bowfinger winning the best picture Oscar. In the end, I think whatever they throw at me I will love and I do agree that it’s nice to hear Slug lose the edge a bit and appreciate some of the smaller things that may have escaped him during his drunken binges of emo-torment introspection.

Not quite sure where I’m going with this, but I gotta think that they weren’t 100% serious with the title of You Can’t Imagine…maybe they really are secretly having a lot of fun despite all the bullshit in hip-hop today. I hope so because at this point, it’s a little like when Eminem says “They say I can’t rap about being broke no more…”. Slug and Ant are cutting straight to the fresh squeezed lemonade these days…as industry vets, hopefully they’re just sharing a little inspiration for those still trying to find some halfway decent lemons.

Those two other guys get smoked. Any procurable content out there by either of these guys? Would love to hear some beats behind their flows.

Overwhelmingly blonde as well. Hmmm….