Slug (rapper)
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Slug is the main alias of Sean Daley, (born in 1973[1]), who is an underground rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The name "Slug" is derived from Sean's childhood nickname "Little Sluggo", which came from his father's nickname "Sluggo". The backronym "Sean Likes Ugly Girls" was formed from his name as the title of an unofficial 5CD set. He also goes by the name Seven which he has tattooed (as Se7en) on his forearm.
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[edit] Ethnicity
Slug is one half white, one quarter black, and one quarter Native American. However, he identifies as being black, as a result of his grandfather being black and his father being half black, growing up with a largely black group of friends, and being immersed in hip hop culture from a young age.
[edit] Music and business
Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with now ex member, Derek Turner (Spawn). He is also one of the founders of the Minnesota Hip Hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Another notable project of Slug's is Felt, a collaboration with his friend, another underground rapper, MURS. Other projects he has been a part of include The Dynospectrum, in which he was known as "Sept Sev Seven Two", and Deep Puddle Dynamics. He is a member of a loose collective known as The Orphanage.
In 2005, Slug and MURS started up Women Records, a record label through which they would release the albums of rock bands that they were friends with. The label was set up as an imprint through Rhymesayers Entertainment.
[edit] Lyrical Themes
The most prominently recurring theme in Slug's music is a woman who he refers to as Lucy. He named an EP The Lucy EP after her and mentions her on almost every Atmosphere album, a notable song being Fuck You Lucy. Slug has stated that whilst Lucy was originally used to write about his on-off girlfriend and mother to his son, Lucy has evolved past this to be a device to write about women in general and even disguise political statements.[2]
[edit] Discography
Atmosphere (for more information see Atmosphere Discography)
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- Overcast! (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 1998)
- Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2001)
- God Loves Ugly (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2002)
- Seven's Travels (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2003)
- Headshots: SE7EN (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2005)
- You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2005)
Felt
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- Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2002)
- Felt, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2005)
With Deep Puddle Dynamics
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- Taste of Rain, Why Kneel? (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2000)
With The Dynospectrum
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- The Dynospectrum (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 1998)
Releases Featured
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- Aesop Rock - Float, Slug performs vocals on the track I'll Be OK (Mush Records, 1999)
- Unknown Prophets - World Premier, Slug performs vocals on the track Never (2000)
- Sage Francis - Still Sick... Urine Trouble, Slug features on the tracks Slug & Sage Freestyle part I and Slug & Sage Freestyle part II (Strange Famous Records, 2000)
- Eyedea - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart, Slug performs vocals on the track Forget Me (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2001)
- Sage Francis - Sick Of Waiting Tables, Slug performs vocals on the track Days Grow Old as well as featuring on the tracks Orphanage Freestyle Part 1 and Orphanage Freestyle Part 2 (Strange Famous Records, 2001)
- Heiruspecs - Small Steps, Slug performs vocals on the track In Regrets (Interlock, 2002)
- Sage Francis - Sick Of Waging War, Slug performs vocals on the track Embarrassed (Strange Famous Records, 2002)
- Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun, Slug performs vocals on the tracks Blah Blah Blah and Missing Teeth (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2003)
- Vakill - The Darkest Cloud, Slug performs vocals on the track Fallen (Molemen Records, 2003)
- Sage Francis - Sickly Business, Slug performs vocals on the track Doomage (Strange Famous Records, 2004)
- Molemen - Killing Fields, Slug performs vocals on the track My Alien Girlfriend (2006, Molemen Records)
- P.O.S. - Audition, Slug performs vocals on the tracks Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter) and Bush League Psyche-Out Stuff (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2006)
- El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead, Slug performs vocals on the track The League of Extraordinary Nobodies, (Definitive Jux, 2007)
- Evidence - The Weatherman LP, Slug performs vocals on the track Line Of Scrimmage, (ABB Records, 2007)
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Ant | Atmosphere | Brother Ali | Blueprint | DJ Abilities | Dynospectrum | Eyedea & Abilities | Felt | I Self Devine | MF DOOM | Mr. Dibbs | Oliver Hart | P.O.S. | Slug | Soul Position |
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