Both Slug and Ant of Atmosphere are in their 40s, but they aren't planning on retiring from the hip-hop game anytime soon.
They dropped Southsiders earlier this year, and are currently on the road in support of the new disc. Today, the duo released their music video for "Arthur's Song." Only Slug is featured (at the very end), with most of the clip getting the lip synch treatment from an attractive young cemetery groundskeeper.
Check it:
Earlier this year, Slug — a Minneapolis native — described his rap upbringing.
"I consider myself an anthropologist when it comes to hip-hop," he told CleveScene. "I collect it. I look for it. I've been doing that my whole life. Technically - and I don't want to overstate this - this s--- saved my life. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood, kind of standard for your Bruce Springsteen song. But there were a lot of gangs in my neighborhood. It was a gang culture that was kind of insecure about its status.
"I got to see a lot of people go to jail. I got to see a lot of people die. I got to see a lot of stuff that shouldn't happen in Minnesota, or at least what people think of Minnesota."
Head of the Rhymesayers label, Slug has basically built a small hip-hop empire in the Midwest, which the North of Hell Tour is currently traversing.
Here are the remaining dates (with Prof and dem atlas):
11/01: Madison, WI @ State Street
11/02: Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose Tap House
11/04: Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
11/05: Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
11/06: Little Rock, AR @ Juanita's Cantina
11/07: Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Festival (Atmosphere only)
11/09: Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
11/10: Houston, TX @ House of Blues
11/11: New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's
11/12: Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
11/14: Richmond, VA @ The National
11/15: Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
11/16: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/17: New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
11/18: Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
11/20: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre
11/21: Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
11/22: Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
11/23: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue Mainroom
Meanwhile, fellow label star Brother Ali is still rolling on his Home Away From Home Tour, which lasts into mid-November. Check out the dates here:
10/31: Boston, MA @ Middle East
11/01: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
11/04: Montreal, QC, Canada @ Phi Centre
11/05: Toronto, ON, Canada @ Tattoo
11/06: London, ON, Canada @ London Music Hall
11/07: Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
11/08: Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11/10: Columbus, OH @ Skully's
11/11: Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
11/13: Madison, WI @ High Noon
11/14: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
