Southsiders (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Southsiders
| type = studio album
| artist = Atmosphere
| cover = SouthsidersAtmosphere.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|05|06}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=59|s=41}}
| label = Rhymesayers Entertainment
| producer = Ant
| prev_title = The Family Sign
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Fishing Blues
| next_year = 2016
}}
Southsiders is the seventh studio album by American hip hop duo Atmosphere. The album was released via Rhymesayers Entertainment on May 6, 2014. The title Southsiders refers to the south side of Minneapolis.{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shooting-the-shit-with-slug-of-atmosphere-news.10406.html |title=Shooting The Shit With Slug (Of Atmosphere) |publisher=Hotnewhiphop.com |date=2014-05-05 |accessdate=2014-07-24}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=David|last=Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/southsiders-mw0002639987 |title=Southsiders - Atmosphere | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2014-05-06 |accessdate=2014-05-10}}
|rev3 = Consequence of Sound
|rev4 = Exclaim!
|rev4Score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/atmosphere-southsiders|title=Atmosphere - Southsiders|work=Exclaim!|first=Mark|last=Bozzer|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=July 23, 2016}}
|rev5 = HipHopDX
|rev6 = Paste
|rev7 = Pitchfork Media
|rev8 = RapReviews
|rev9 = Respect.
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
|rev2Score = A−{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Atmosphere| title=Robert Christgau: CG: Atmosphere }}
|rev10 = XXL
}}
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".
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 through the independent hip hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment.{{cite web|last=Tardio |first=Andres |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.28752/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-05-11-2014 |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 5/11/2014 |publisher=HipHopDX |date=2014-05-14 |accessdate=2014-05-14}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Camera Thief
| length1 = 4:46
| title2 = Arthur's Song
| length2 = 3:21
| title3 = The World Might Not Live Through the Night
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Star Shaped Heart
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = I Love You Like a Brother
| length5 = 3:31
| title6 = Southsiders
| length6 = 3:12
| title7 = Bitter
| length7 = 4:19
| title8 = Mrs. Interpret
| length8 = 3:48
| title9 = Fortunate
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = Kanye West
| length10 = 4:02
| title11 = We Ain't Gonna Die Today
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = My Lady Got Two Men
| length12 = 4:22
| title13 = Flicker
| length13 = 4:46
| title14 = January on Lake Street
| length14 = 4:04
| title15 = Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now
| length15 = 4:44
| title16 = She Don't Know Why She Love It
| note16 = Deluxe Edition bonus track
| length16 = 4:06
| title17 = Hell
| note17 = Deluxe Edition bonus track
| length17 = 3:38
| title18 = I Don't Need No Fancy Shit
| note18 = Deluxe Edition bonus track
| length18 = 3:07
| title19 = Idiot
| note19 = Deluxe Edition bonus track
| length19 = 3:57
| title20 = Prelude to Hell
| note20 = Deluxe Edition bonus track
| length20 = 2:52
| total_length = 77:30
}}
Chart positions
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2014)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|UKR&B|33|date=2014-05-17|accessdate=May 11, 2014}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Atmosphere|album=Southsiders|accessdate=May 31, 2014}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|3|artist=Atmosphere|album=Southsiders|accessdate=May 31, 2014}} |
| US Independent Albums{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280167/atmosphere/chart |title=Atmosphere - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-07-24}}
| style="text-align:center;" |2 |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (2014)
! Position |
|---|
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2014|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" |77 |
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References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|688275|Southsiders}}
{{Atmosphere}}
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