Overcast!
Encyclopedia
Overcast! is the debut studio album
by Minneapolis hip hop
group Atmosphere
, released in 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.
The cover art is inspired by that of Judgment!
, released in 1964 by jazz pianist Andrew Hill
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Minneapolis hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
group Atmosphere
Atmosphere (music group)
Atmosphere is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group is composed of rapper Slug and DJ/Producer Ant...
, released in 1997 on Rhymesayers Entertainment
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Rhymesayers Entertainment is an independent hip hop record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley, Anthony Davis, Brent Sayers and Musab Saad....
. It's the only Atmosphere album to feature MC
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Spawn trading verses with Slug
Slug (rapper)
Sean Michael Daley, better known by his stage name Slug or "'Sep Seven'", is an American rapper. He is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one fourth of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner...
. Before the album's release, Spawn left the group.
The cover art is inspired by that of Judgment!
Judgment!
Judgment! is a 1964 studio album by jazz pianist Andrew Hill released on the Blue Note Records label. Composed of a rhythm section and vibraphone - played by Bobby Hutcherson - Hill weaves his music around a complex harmonic structure.-The pieces:...
, released in 1964 by jazz pianist Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...
.
Track listing
- "1597"
- Contains a sample of "Finale: Allegro Molto" by Ludwig Van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
- Contains a sample of "Finale: Allegro Molto" by Ludwig Van Beethoven
- "Brief Description"
- "Current Status (featuring Beyond)"
- "Complications"
- "4:30 am"
- Contains a sample of "Vital Nerve" by Company FlowCompany FlowCompany Flow is an American underground hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York City at one time associated with the independent record label Rawkus Records. Rapper/producer El-P and DJ/producer Mr...
- Contains a sample of "Vital Nerve" by Company Flow
- "Adjust (featuring Beyond)"
- "Clay"
- Contains samples from "Steam Forest" and "Water Moon" by Andreas VollenweiderAndreas VollenweiderAndreas Vollenweider is a Swiss musician. His music has been categorized as World Music, Jazz, New Age and even Classical; two of his albums were number 1 on the Billboard charts simultaneously in the categories Classical, Jazz, Pop and Crossover for more than 11 weeks. His music could be...
- Contains samples from "Steam Forest" and "Water Moon" by Andreas Vollenweider
- "@"
- "Sound is Vibration"
- "Multiples"
- "Scapegoat"
- Contains a sample of "Walking Back to Waterloo" by Bee GeesBee GeesThe Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
- Contains a sample of "Walking Back to Waterloo" by Bee Gees
- "Ode to the Modern Man (Lightning Blend)"
- "WND"
- "Multiples (Reprise)"
- "Caved In"
- Contains a sample of "Moonstreams" by Grover Washington, Jr.Grover Washington, Jr.Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...
- Contains a sample of "Moonstreams" by Grover Washington, Jr.
- "Cuando Limpia El Humo"
- Contains a sample of "The First Garden" by Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
- Contains a sample of "The First Garden" by Stevie Wonder
- "The Outernet"
- Contains a sample of "The Indianapolis Story" by John WilliamsJohn WilliamsJohn Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
- Contains a sample of "The Indianapolis Story" by John Williams
- "Overcast"
- "Primer (Hidden Track)"