Overcast!
Studio album by
Atmosphere
ReleasedAugust 5, 1997 (1997-08-05)
Recorded1996-1997
GenreHip hop
Length72:40
LabelRhymesayers Entertainment
ProducerAnt
Atmosphere chronology
Overcast! EP
(1997)		 Overcast!
(1997)		 Headshots Se7en
(1999)
Remaster cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[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]

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

  • All songs produced by Ant.
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

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ RapReviews review
  3. ↑ "MVRemix Urban Interviews Slug of Atmosphere | US and Canadian Underground Hip Hop and Soul - exclusive interviews, reviews, articles". www.mvremix.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  4. ↑ remaster
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