Southsiders

Southsiders
Studio album by Atmosphere
Released May 6, 2014
Recorded 2013
Genre Hip hop
Length 59:41
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Atmosphere
Atmosphere chronology

The Family Sign
(2011)		 Southsiders
(2014)

Southsiders is the seventh studio album released by the hip hop duo Atmosphere. The album was released on May 6, 2014. The title of Southsiders refers to the south side of Minneapolis.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Robert Christgau A–[3]
Consequence of Sound C+[4]
Exclaim! 7/10[5]
HipHopDX [6]
Paste (positive)[7]
Pitchfork Media (6.3/10)[8]
RapReviews 7/10[9]
Respect. (positive)[10]
XXL (XL)[11]

Upon its release, Southsiders was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[12]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 23,159 copies in the United States.[13]

Track listing

  1. "Camera Thief" - 4:46
  2. "Arthur's Song" - 3:21
  3. "The World Might Not Live Through the Night" - 4:15
  4. "Star Shaped Heart" - 3:19
  5. "I Love You Like a Brother" - 3:31
  6. "Southsiders" - 3:12
  7. "Bitter" - 4:19
  8. "Mrs. Interpret" - 3:48
  9. "Fortunate" - 3:36
  10. "Kanye West" - 4:02
  11. "We Ain't Gonna Die Today" - 3:45
  12. "My Lady Got Two Men" - 4:22
  13. "Flicker" - 4:46
  14. "January On Lake Street" - 4:04
  15. "Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now" - 4:44
  16. "She Don't Know Why She Love It" (Bonus Track) - 4:06
  17. "Hell" (Bonus Track) - 3:38
  18. "I Don't Need No Fancy Shit" (Bonus Track) - 3:07
  19. "Idiot" (Bonus Track) - 3:57
  20. "Prelude to Hell" (Bonus Track) - 2:52

Chart positions

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[14] 33
US Billboard 200[15] 8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 3
US Independent Albums[17] 2

References

  1. ↑ "Shooting The Shit With Slug (Of Atmosphere)". Hotnewhiphop.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  2. ↑ David Jeffries (2014-05-06). "Southsiders - Atmosphere | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (September 12, 2014). "Expert Witness — Cuepoint". Medium. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Madden, Michael (2014-05-09). "Atmosphere – Southsiders | Album Reviews". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Johnsen, Homer (2014-05-05). "Atmosphere - Southsiders | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  7. ↑ Hayden, Mack (2014-07-09). "Atmosphere: Southsiders Review :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  8. ↑ Jayson Greene (2014-05-09). "Atmosphere: Southsiders | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  9. ↑ "Atmosphere :: Southsiders :: Rhymesayers Entertainment". Rapreviews.com. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  10. ↑ Ahmadi, Kevin. "Album Review: Atmosphere – Southsiders : RESPECT". Respect-mag.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  11. ↑ Rys, Dan (2014-05-12). "Atmosphere Adds Another Revealing Effort To Their Catalog With 'Southsiders'". Xxlmag.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  12. ↑ "Reviews for Southsiders by Atmosphere". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  13. ↑ Tardio, Andres (2014-05-14). "Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 5/11/2014". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  14. ↑ "2014-05-17 Top 40 R&B Albums Archive . Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Atmosphere Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Atmosphere. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Atmosphere Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Atmosphere. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Atmosphere - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-07-24.