Southsiders

For other uses, see Southsider (disambiguation).
Southsiders
Studio album by Atmosphere
Released May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)
Genre Hip hop
Length 59:41
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Ant
Atmosphere chronology
The Family Sign
(2011)
Southsiders
(2014)
New Music
(2015)

Southsiders is a studio album by American hip hop duo Atmosphere. The album was released via Rhymesayers Entertainment on May 6, 2014. The title of Southsiders refers to the south side of Minneapolis.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundC+[4]
CuepointA–[5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
HipHopDX[7]
Pastefavorable[8]
Pitchfork Media6.3/10[9]
RapReviews.com7/10[10]
Respect.favorable[11]
XXLXL[12]

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".[2]

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.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Camera Thief"  4:46
2."Arthur's Song"  3:21
3."The World Might Not Live Through the Night"  4:15
4."Star Shaped Heart"  3:19
5."I Love You Like a Brother"  3:31
6."Southsiders"  3:12
7."Bitter"  4:19
8."Mrs. Interpret"  3:48
9."Fortunate"  3:36
10."Kanye West"  4:02
11."We Ain't Gonna Die Today"  3:45
12."My Lady Got Two Men"  4:22
13."Flicker"  4:46
14."January on Lake Street"  4:04
15."Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now"  4:44
16."She Don't Know Why She Love It" (deluxe edition bonus track)4:06
17."Hell" (deluxe edition bonus track)3:38
18."I Don't Need No Fancy Shit" (deluxe edition bonus track)3:07
19."Idiot" (deluxe edition bonus track)3:57
20."Prelude to Hell" (deluxe edition bonus track)2:52

Chart positions

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[14] 33
US Billboard 200[15] 8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 3
US Independent Albums[17] 2

References

  1. "Shooting The Shit With Slug (Of Atmosphere)". Hotnewhiphop.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for Southsiders by Atmosphere". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. Jeffries, David (2014-05-06). "Southsiders - Atmosphere | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  4. Madden, Michael (2014-05-09). "Atmosphere – Southsiders | Album Reviews". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  5. Christgau, Robert (September 12, 2014). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  6. Bozzer, Mark (May 6, 2014). "Atmosphere - Southsiders". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  7. Johnsen, Homer (2014-05-05). "Atmosphere - Southsiders | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  8. Hayden, Mack (2014-07-09). "Atmosphere: Southsiders Review :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  9. Greene, Jayson (2014-05-09). "Atmosphere: Southsiders | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  10. "Atmosphere :: Southsiders :: Rhymesayers Entertainment". Rapreviews.com. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  11. Ahmadi, Kevin. "Album Review: Atmosphere – Southsiders : RESPECT". Respect-mag.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  12. Rys, Dan (2014-05-12). "Atmosphere Adds Another Revealing Effort To Their Catalog With 'Southsiders'". Xxlmag.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  13. Tardio, Andres (2014-05-14). "Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 5/11/2014". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  14. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  15. "Atmosphere – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Atmosphere. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  16. "Atmosphere – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Atmosphere. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  17. "Atmosphere - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
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