Sean Daley. better known as his phase name Slug. is an American rapper composing half of a hip-hop group dubbed Atmosphere. He is the lyrist and singer. while his good friend Anthony Davis ( known as Ant ) DJs and produces. He besides cofounded Rhymesayers Entertainment. an independent record label. The name Slug is derived from Little Sluggo after his father’s moniker. Sluggo. Slug has become to be known as an acronym for Sean Loves Ugly Girls. Sean Daley was born September 7. 1972 in Minneapolis. Minnesota. His female parent is Caucasic and male parent is Native American-African American.

There has been dispute by some over that Sean identifies himself as black. Slug mentioned in an interview that he pays no attending to that. His parents divorced before Sean was a adolescent and he grew up between his mother’s and his grandfather’s care. Atmosphere released their first album. “Overcast! ! . ” in 1997. This is the lone album that features poetries by Spawn. Slug’s friend who helped organize the group. Slug criticizes his first album with. “It’s obvious that I’m seeking so sleep togethering difficult on Overcast and you can see through it and state it’s non a individual it’s more of an effort at seeking to make full the niche. it was like I was seeking to turn out to myself that I was a rapper. ”

In 1999. Rhymesayers Entertainment opened. Fifth Element. an independent record store in Minneapolis. The thought was to non merely hold and artist owned record label. but besides a shop to sell the music they produce. Atmosphere so went on to bring forth eight more full albums. the latest being “The Family Sign. ” released in 2010. “My first battle was to formalize myself or even turn out to my immediate equals that I’m supposed to be a rapper.

I think that’s many rappers first battle devising music. which is why you get many people’s foremost records when they’re devising music are about “I’m over your caput like a bird of prey. I’m fresh. I’m so good at this. I’m fresh. ” From at that place. I started covering with some of my codependences every bit far as intoxicant. weed. adult females and proof. I stuck with that for a piece until I became a imitation of myself. Right around You Can’t Image How Much Fun We’re Having that’s when I started to switch and turn more into a narrator. ”

In most of Atmosphere’s albums. Slug strings out his volatile emotions and brings you to a dark topographic point in his head. He writes about his ideas. dependences. dependences. life. and relationships. Many of his vocals incorporate fictional characters and events that allude to existent people in his life and typify periods of his life. The bulk of Atmosphere’s vocal wordss are left up to reading by the hearer and there is much assorted feedback as to what many of their vocals mean. Lucy Ford is a reoccurring character in Slug’s wordss.

“When I wrote Lucy and when I was composing about Lucy. I thought that Lucy represented the duality between me and adult females and my ain defects as to why I couldn’t keep a meaningful relationship. every bit good as the type of adult females I was attracted to. ” Slug said. Womans are true Sean’s favourite topic to compose approximately. A 16 twelvemonth old miss was raped and murdered at a show performed in Albuquerque. New Mexico. He said. “That incident altered me and a batch of the things that I was making in my life. It altered a batch of the things that I stood for. the manner that I was handling myself. adult females. and fans. ” He wrote a vocal about it called “That Night. ”

The subject is sensitive for him and he goes on to state he would ne’er execute the vocal unrecorded. and that he skips it whenever he is listening to the album it’s on. Though there are existent emotions and ideas in his music. Slugs says his music isn’t autobiographical. Depressing wordss in a vocal don’t mean he isn’t a happy individual in existent life. He named an album “You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun Were Having” because Slug and Ant had a fantastic clip making the album. even though the wordss tap into thick emotion and self-destructive ideas.

Sean Daley is a hip-hop creative person who is on a different degree from mainstream blame. He doesn’t blame about how many guns he has or how much money he spends on diamonds ( possibly because he doesn’t have much money ) . He raps about existent life. love. emphasis and emotions people can associate to. “It’s non merely truly about me acquiring on the phase and holding the clip of my life speaking about how cool I am. It’s bigger than that. ”