Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)
April 16, 2008
Artist: Atmosphere
Album: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Year: 2008
Label: Rhymesayers
Order Online: Fifth Element
Download: Here
This needs no introductions. All I can say is fucking buy this when it drops and catch him on tour! Remember, you can’t download a t-shirt!
Entry Filed under: 2008, Atmosphere, Hip-Hop. Tags: Atmosphere, Hip-Hop, life gives you lemons, paint that shit gold, Rhymesayers.
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1.
Gnarshred | April 17, 2008 at 2:40 am
I… Love you…. Nuff said
Def. Buying this shit next week!
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sadclownunderground | April 17, 2008 at 6:10 am
Slug and Ant are coming to my city next week and I am going to be there. I’m hoping I can get on the “Atmosphere Karaoke”. It should be total blast.
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Joe KooL | April 17, 2008 at 8:07 am
wow, thanks for the preview, i have copies coming to my cd store..but i just want to skim through it, im buying the ltd. ed..
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Chadbrochill | April 17, 2008 at 4:06 pm
AHHH dude thanks but im scared i dont know i i want to preview it or just buy it and listen to it but this is awesome thanks
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Joe KooL | April 17, 2008 at 5:42 pm
be careful with this page homie..
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Spleenz | April 17, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Buying the limited edition…but this sure as hell will hold me over
Thanks so much!!!! 
Much <3
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sadclownunderground | April 17, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I’ve been thinking doing the same kinda blog with maybe 3 or 4 picks from the album I’m posting. I just love sharing the music I love with other people.
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jon | April 18, 2008 at 12:15 am
i was so psyched what happened to it
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Jesse | April 19, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Yeah so, link doesn’t work.
I’m planning on hitting up the midnight release of this shit at the fifth element. But I gotta get in a listen if I can.
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Adam | April 20, 2008 at 4:59 am
I preordered the limited edition copy from Fifth Element and I got it in the mail today. The packaging is awesome and it came autographed by Slug. Sorry to say the album doesn’t live up to the hype. All the songs are real slow and he’s talking about some wierd shit. He also sings every chorus. Usually I can relate to their music but not on this one. I’ve been a fan of Atmosphere since 98′ and I’m sorry to say that I feel this is his weakest album. I’m not trying to deter you from purchasing this album but thought I would give you my honest opinion. I know how it is to get hyped up for an album only to be disappointed in the end. True fans of Atmosphere will still find the album entrtaining but definitely not what they expected.
-Adam
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dp_snatch | April 20, 2008 at 8:50 am
yes sir the link doesn’t work.
oh and something off subject. i just recently got into this artist: busdriver, and i’ve been listening to only him for a week straight. if you don’t know him, you should listen to a couple of his albums: temporary forever, and roadkillovercoat. sorry i don’t have any online albums.
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unnamedfeeling | April 22, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I live in Turkey, which means there isn’t any way to get a CD from US without paying a fortune to shipping. I’m dying to buy some Atmosphere stuff, you know “you can’t download a t-shirt”, but the shipping issues prevents me. I want to get Deluxe Edition but there’s no way, so i downloaded that album. Somebody please tell me i don’t have to buy a plane ticket to Minneapolis to watch Sad Clown Bad Dub #13 (:
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Merk | April 23, 2008 at 8:58 pm
couldn’t disagree with you more Adam. Obviously your opinion is your opinion and I’m not saying that you can’t speak it, but I’m gonna give my thoughts and maybe it could shed a lil different light on the album for you.
I’m pretty sure that anyone that has ended up posting on a blog dedicated (mostly) to Atmosphere and it’s Rhymesayers counterparts has grown with Slug and Ant from the start. Even if the fan wasn’t there from the beginning we still caught the fever and now have every damn mixtape from overcast to lemons somewhere on our computer or in our “milk crates”. That’s what I love about this album. It just shows such a growth within the boys. It’s like the evolution of Atmosphere i think, and this album shows a great deal of maturation from Slug’s lyrics to Anthony’s “drumkit”
Definitely… not the same album that we’ve come to expect from Atmosphere. It’s slowed down a lil bit more, but i dont think that has taken away anything from the rhymes. If anything this album has some of the most detailed and enjoyable story telling that I’ve ever heard from Slug. The album title is relevant in almost every song on the album. Every protagonist in each song has shit going on in their life right? With a first listen it’s just another pessimistic, narcissistic story session with Ant, but on the 2nd (and many more) listens it’s so much more. I think it’s about finding the smallest of things in negative situations and just working with it. It may not be much, but if it’s all you got, run with it… paint it gold. The transient in “waitress” gets shit all over when he’s in that cafe, but he loves getting some attention, “in her music box” talks about a less than desirable situation for a young girl driving around with her dad, but she’s happy right where she is.
I think i’m rambling at this point, but bottom line is I think that Slug started with a theme with this album, and stuck to it and Ant found beats and melodies that compliment everything to fullest. It may not have the big huge beats that Seven’s and You Can’t Imagine had, but I think this one has all the appeal just for the intricacies that become prevalent after a couple more listens.
Great driving album. Not necessarily for rolling down the windows and making your ears bleed, but just to roll and listen for you own enjoyment.
There’s my (lenghty) opinion. I’m curious to see what everyone else thinks.
Peace, and thanks to SCU for getting this up. I’m in Canada so the lim edition might be all but a dream for me, but i’m copping the disc at the toronto show tommorow night.
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Merk | April 23, 2008 at 8:58 pm
shiiiiit…. sorry guys….. that was way longer than i thought.. haha.. hopefully it wans’t all for nothing.
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BuddhaJ | April 24, 2008 at 12:40 am
You put that real well Merk, I completely agree with you, that this album doesn’t necessarily catch you with all the tracks on the first play through but every track is solid with keeping on the theme. After more listens, it all turns gold haha
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Aethaeran | April 27, 2008 at 3:56 am
downloads not workin’ homie
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Pete | April 30, 2008 at 9:22 pm
hey guys i was just wondering if any of you have used the rapidshare website and gotten a premium account..i am a little skeptical about it so i want to know if its legit and worth it….as for lemons, i have only listened to it once or twice but that was enough to love it….its more mellow than you cant imagine and shows that they are still very versatile and will not fall off for awhile
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Jarle | May 1, 2008 at 9:59 pm
is the itunes bonus track ‘vanity sick’ in this file?
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grego | May 5, 2008 at 8:10 am
does anyone know where i can find the song “date with divinity” i have been dying to find this song after hearing it on the dvd. please help me out.
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Merk | May 7, 2008 at 9:00 pm
grego.. the songs called god’s bathroom floor. it’s off the overcast album. You can get the album on any torrent site really, or you could pay for it http://www.fifthelementonline.com/
anyways… enjoy.
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grego | May 8, 2008 at 8:45 am
i have that album but i dont see that song on it
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CokedUpSpaceCoyote | May 9, 2008 at 2:53 am
It’s on the cassette E.P. version, which may or may not be available.
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Merk | May 9, 2008 at 2:14 pm
grego…. promise you buy lemons and go to their next show when they come to town.
Happy Mother’s Day
http://rapidshare.com/files/113684136/12-slug-god_s_bathroom_floor-ftd.mp3.html
(i should mention i’ve never done a rapidshare file before, so hopefully that works)
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grego | May 10, 2008 at 8:13 am
merk, i can give you one better. i jsut saw them play wiht abstract rude on tuesday night out in la and talked to slug and i bought a shirt. so i hope that would be worth it
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Merk | May 11, 2008 at 10:33 pm
haha… definitely…. my conscience is clear now, thanks man.
enjoy the tune, hope it worked.
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grego | May 11, 2008 at 11:53 pm
yea it did thanks again i appreciate it
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buckshot | May 20, 2008 at 2:19 am
is there a way i cant upload a song here? im tryin to figure out the name of the song
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Merk | May 20, 2008 at 2:03 pm
you could always use http://www.rapidshare.com and upload it there and copy and paste the link into here.
Or you could create a music page on myspace (like 2 minutes to do) and put it up there and post the link. That would save people from downloading the whole song that they might already have.
Or you could just post the lyrics, or google the lyrics… that always helps.
just a few thoughts.
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coopAloop | May 20, 2008 at 5:05 pm
could anyone upload/tell me where to find “keyboard” or “vanity sick” (besides buying lemons again, on itunes), I’ve been listening to them on youtube constantly and I can’t find ‘em anywhere else, if anyone could help me out that would be greatly appreciated….oh and major props on this site man
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Merk | May 21, 2008 at 12:03 pm
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42425200/atmosphere?tab=summary
that should work coopAloop. as long as you’re set up to dl torrents. I’m not sure what the strength of the torrent is (i’m at work right now) but that’s where i found them after my small ass town didn’t have any deluxe editions to buy.
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Kaisen | July 20, 2008 at 1:58 pm
will there ever be an update on this website?
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jebus | August 18, 2008 at 4:03 pm
you dead brah?
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buckshot | August 27, 2008 at 7:10 am
this place is dead