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Slug

Sean Daley, (born on September 7, 1972) better known by his stage name Slug, is a rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). He is also one of the founders of the Minnesota Hip Hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Biography

The son of Valerie and Craig Daley, Slug's nickname comes from his father's; his dad was known to his friends as "Sluggo" and thus they began to call Sean "little Sluggo," which he shortened to "Slug", Slug has also known to be an acronym for Sean Loves Ugly Girls.[1] Slug was a member of a loose group known as The Rhymesayers Collective prior to the formation of Atmosphere. Its other members were Stress (Siddiq Ali) and Spawn (Derek Turner). Slug DJ'd behind the scenes and let Stress and Spawn handle lyrics. Later calling themselves Urban Atmosphere and garnering some underground notoriety, the group eventually formed a strong relationship with Ant (Anthony Davis) and began collaborating on music. Along with MC Musab (then Beyond), rapper Mr. Gene Poole, and the Abstract Pack they formed the mid-Nineties crew Headshots, with Slug appearing on the underground tape series HeadShots (1-7) (see Discography below). Every HeadShots volume allowed a member of the clique to showcase their talent, and HeadShots Vol. Seven was Slug's tour de force.

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, along with Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, Eyedea, Blueprint, and Illogic.

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.

Lyrical themes

The most prominently recurring theme in Slug's music is a woman whom he refers to as Lucy. He named an EP Lucy Ford 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] Slug is also to have said that Lucy also is sometimes symbolised as hip-hop itself.

Personal life

Slug was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father is of African American and Native American descent, and his mother is White American.

Slug attended Washburn High School and was raised in South Minneapolis.[3][4] Slug has a son named Jacob with his on-again off-again girlfriend.

He also goes by the name SepSeven, from his birthday September 7th.

  • Pigeon John, in the song "Freaks! Freaks!" on his 2006 album Pigeon John and the Summertime Pool Party, says, "underground hip hop equals no women, except for a Slug show, so you know where-the-where-the Pigeon go."
  • Luckyiam.PSC, in the song "Tears and Pain (Never Ending Streets)" on the 2005 Living Legends album Classic, follows Eligh's "he always had the heat by his hand," with, "he put a Slug in your heart like an Atmosphere fan."
  • MC Lars, In the song "Mr Raven" on the 2004 EP "Laptop" with "Now I'll never be Slug or Murs, under that black raven's curse."
  • Cage Kennylz, in the song "The Death of Chris Palko", from the 2006 album Hell's Winter on Definitive Jux Records, namechecks him by rapping "In this Atmosphere I'm an imbalanced Slug on a seesaw/Spit through Bazooka Teeth my tongue is the C-4", also referencing Aesop Rock.
  • Big Jess, from the group Unknown Prophets in the song "Never", from the 2002 album World Premier, says, "Never believe one day i'd be rhymin with Slug"

Discography

Atmosphere (for more information see Atmosphere Discography)

Felt

With Deep Puddle Dynamics

With The Dynospectrum

Releases Featured

References

  1. ^ [1], Live Wire Interview with Slug
  2. ^ Slug Interview
  3. ^ Hicks, Dylan (October 24, 2003), "ATMOSPHERE'S SLUG CAN SLING HIS BANANA FRITTERS," Saint Paul Pioneer Press
  4. ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (January 27, 2006) "Rock 'n' Roll High Schools" Star Tribune
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