The Family Sign

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The Family Sign
Studio album by
Atmosphere
ReleasedApril 12, 2011 (2011-04-12)
GenreHip hop
Length51:06
LabelRhymesayers Entertainment
ProducerAnt
Atmosphere chronology
To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EP's
(2010) 		The Family Sign
(2011) 		Southsiders
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBCfavorable[3]
Consequence of SoundC+[4]
HipHopDX4.0/5[5]
Pitchfork Media5.8/10[6]
Slant Magazine[7]

The Family Sign is the sixth studio album by American hip hop group Atmosphere. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on April 12, 2011. The album debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200 selling 28,000 copies in its first week.[8]

Reception[edit]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Family Sign received an average score of 73% based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Commenting on Slug's writing on The Family Sign for College Magazine, Taylor Jaymes wrote that he "is as much a rapper as he is a poet."[9]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."My Key"4:20
2."The Last to Say"4:16
3."Became"4:45
4."Just for Show"3:39
5."She's Enough"3:19
6."Bad Bad Daddy"3:33
7."Millennium Dodo"3:21
8."Who I'll Never Be"3:08
9."I Don't Need Brighter Days"4:05
10."Ain't Nobody"3:17
11."Your Name Here"3:37
12."If You Can Save Me Now"3:52
13."Something So"3:41
14."My Notes"2:18
15."Millennium Dodo 2" (iTunes deluxe edition bonus track)3:56
16."Cut You Down" (iTunes deluxe edition bonus track)4:14
Total length:59:21

Personnel[edit]

  • Slug – Vocals
  • Ant – Production
  • Nate Collis – Guitar
  • Erick Anderson – Keyboards

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Family Sign by Atmosphere". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Atmosphere - The Family Sign". AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Adam. "Atmosphere - The Family Sign - Review". BBC. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Young, Alex (April 11, 2011). "Atmosphere – The Family Sign". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Cooper, Roman (April 11, 2011). "Atmosphere - The Family Sign". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  6. ^ Patrin, Nate (April 13, 2011). "Atmosphere: The Family Sign". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  7. ^ Cole, Matthew (April 8, 2011). "Atmosphere - The Family Sign". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/17/2011". HipHopDX. April 20, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  9. ^ "Atmosphere: The Family Sign ⋆ College Magazine". College Magazine. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  10. ^ "Atmosphere Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Atmosphere Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  12. ^ "Atmosphere Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2011". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

External links[edit]

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