When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold is the fifth studio album

Studio album

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by the Minneapolis hip hop

Hip hop

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group Atmosphere

Atmosphere (music group)

Atmosphere is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group is composed of rapper Slug and DJ/Producer Ant...

. It was released on Atmosphere's own Rhymesayers Entertainment

Rhymesayers Entertainment

Rhymesayers Entertainment is an independent hip hop record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley, Anthony Davis, Brent Sayers and Musab Saad....

label

Record label

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on April 22, 2008 to considerable critical acclaim. It was praised for Ant

Ant (producer)

Ant is a hip hop producer whose full name is Anthony Davis.He is best known as being one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, but has worked with many other artists and projects, mostly with Rhymesayers Entertainment, such as Brother Ali, I Self Devine, Felt and The Dynospectrum...

's synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

-based production and Slug

Slug (rapper)

Sean Michael Daley, better known by his stage name Slug or "'Sep Seven'", is an American rapper. He is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one fourth of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner...

's storytelling

Storytelling

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rap

Rapping

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.
Because of concerns over piracy

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, Rhymesayers decided not to send advance copies to critics; instead, the label invited critics to listening parties.

The album was released in two different packages: a standard digipak

Digipak

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and a limited edition (25,000 copies) 36-page hard-cover book featuring an illustrated children's story written by Slug and a bonus DVD

DVD

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entitled Sad Clown Bad Dub 13
Sad Clown Bad Dub 13
Sad Clown Bad Dub 13 is a DVD that was released exclusively on the deluxe version of When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold by Atmosphere. It features the band live at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, MN at the end of the Everybody Loves a Clown tour...

containing over an hour of live footage and extras. The 33 rpm record version is printed on yellow vinyl.

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold debuted at number 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, selling about 36,000 copies in its first week. It is Atmosphere's first album to reach the top ten of the Billboard 200 and the highest charting release from the independent label

Independent record label

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Rhymesayers.

Track list

"Like the Rest of Us" – 3:20
"Puppets" – 3:41
- Additional vocals: Channy Casselle, Nate Collis
"The Skinny" – 3:36
"Dreamer" – 4:04
"Shoulda Known" – 3:06
- Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  : Nate Collis
- Contains replayed elements from "Somebody Told Me" by The Eurythmics
"You" – 3:14
"Painting" – 3:00
- Lap steel guitar
  Lap steel guitar
  The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
  
  : Dustin Kiel
- Contains replayed elements from "Atom Heart Mother Suite" by Pink Floyd
  Pink Floyd
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"Your Glasshouse" – 3:58
- Additional vocals, sound effects: Tunde Adebimpe
  Tunde Adebimpe
  Babatunde Omoroga "Tunde" Adebimpe is an American musician, actor, and director best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. His vocal method often involves improvisation, the use of effects and repeating sampled loops....
- Contains a sample of: "Rolling" By Ronnie Laws
  Ronnie Laws
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"Yesterday" – 3:23
- Rhodes piano
  Rhodes piano
  The Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
  
  : Erick Anderson
- Contains replayed elements from "Love Finds Its Own Way" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
  Gladys Knight & the Pips
  Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...
"Guarantees" – 4:32
- Additional vocals: Nate Collis
"Me" – 3:40
- Additional vocals: Mankwe Ndosi
"Wild Wild Horses" – 4:14
- Trumpet
  Trumpet
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  : Kyle Borchert
- Contains samples from "The Masquerade is Over" by David Oliver
  David Oliver
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"Can't Break" – 3:33
- Synthesizer: Nate Collis
- Additional vocals: Joe Mabbott, Anthony Davis
"The Waitress" – 3:00
- Contains a sample of "It Seems So Hard" by Sun
  Sun
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"In Her Music Box" – 4:20
- Flute: Rajiah Johnson
- Contains replayed elements from "Time Machine" by Gary Wright
  Gary Wright
  Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...

iTunes "Bonus Video Version" bonus tracks

16. Vanity Sick - 2:52

17. Sunshine (Live) [Video]

18. Guarantees (Live) [Video]

Personnel

Atmosphere

Anthony Davis
Ant (producer)
Ant is a hip hop producer whose full name is Anthony Davis.He is best known as being one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, but has worked with many other artists and projects, mostly with Rhymesayers Entertainment, such as Brother Ali, I Self Devine, Felt and The Dynospectrum...

– keyboard
Keyboardist
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s, turntable
Phonograph
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s, production
Sean Daley – vocals

Additional personnel

Brett Johnson – bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Erick Anderson – piano
Piano
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, synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

s
Brian McLeod – drums
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Nate Collis – guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Joe Mabbott – percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

s, engineering
Mankwe Ndosi - vocals

External links

Articles

"Purple Rain Dogs: Tom Waits for Prince Fans--Or How Atmosphere Went Electro" - City Pages
City Pages
City Pages is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It features news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism. It is printed in a tabloid format, and is available free every Wednesday...

(4/30/08).

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