Atmosphere drop 'This Lonely Rose' featuring Blueprint and Aesop Rock ahead of Rhymesayers 20
by Leah Garaas
November 11, 2015
Anticipating Rhymesayers 20th Anniversary Concert at the Target Center next month, Atmosphere have dropped a new track featuring labelmates Blueprint and Aesop Rock.
Ant's swaggering beat and Plain Ole Bill's scratches on "This Lonely Rose" highlight Slug's signature flow. Aesop Rock and Blueprint's verses provide a smart, sonic contrast to the earnest chorus sung by Blueprint ("This lonely rose, with thorns to show / It grows alone, to hard to hold"), and G Koop's fine instrumentation polishes off the track.
No word on a follow up to 2014's Southsiders just yet, but Atmosphere did release "Finer Things" featuring deM atlaS before embarking on a European tour together in September. What we do know is that both tracks highlight a handful of talented Rhymesayers artists and would sound massive performed live at the big 20th anniversary concert on Dec. 4 at the Target Center.