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Sean Daley, (born on September 7, 1972) better known by his stage name Slug, is a rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). He is also one of the founders of the Minnesota Hip Hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Biography

The son of Valerie and Craig Daley, Slug's nickname comes from his father's; his dad was known to his friends as "Sluggoo" and thus they began to call Sean "little Sluggoo," which he eventually shortened to "Slug."¹ Slug was a member of a loose group known as The Rhymesayers Collective prior to the formation of Atmosphere. Its other members were Stress (Siddiq Ali) and Spawn (Derek Turner). Slug DJed behind the scenes and let Stress and Spawn handle lyrics. Later calling themselves Urban Atmosphere and garnering some underground notoriety, the group eventually formed a strong relationship with Ant (Anthony Davis) and began collaborating on music. Along with MC Musab (then Beyond), rapper Mr. Gene Poole, and the Abstract Pack they formed the mid-Nineties crew Headshots, with Slug appearing on the underground tape series HeadShots (1-7) (see Discography below). Every HeadShots volume allowed a member of the clique to showcase their talent, and HeadShots Vol. Seven was Slug's tour de force.

Another notable project of Slug's is Felt, a collaboration with his friend, another underground rapper, MURS. Other projects he has been a part of include The Dynospectrum, in which he was known as "Sept Sev Seven Two", and Deep Puddle Dynamics. He is a member of a loose collective known as The Orphanage, along with Aesop Rock, Eyedea, Blueprint, and Illogic.

In 2005, Slug and MURS started up Women Records, a record label through which they would release the albums of rock bands that they were friends with. The label was set up as an imprint through Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Lyrical themes

The most prominently recurring theme in Slug's music is a woman who he refers to as Lucy. He named an EP Lucy Ford after her and mentions her on almost every Atmosphere album, a notable song being Fuck You Lucy. Slug has stated that whilst Lucy was originally used to write about his on-off girlfriend and mother to his son, Lucy has evolved past this to be a device to write about women in general and even disguise political statements.²

Personal life

Slug was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father is of African American and Native American descent, and his mother is White American.

Slug attended Washburn High School and was raised in South Minneapolis.³⁴ Slug has a son named Jacob with his on-again off-again girlfriend.

The name "Slug" is based on his father's nickname "Sluggo." As a child, Sean was called "Little Sluggo." He also goes by the name SepSeven, from his birthday September 7th.

In popular culture

• Rapper Pigeon John, in the song "Freaks! Freaks!" on his 2006 album Pigeon John and the Summertime Pool Party, says, "underground hip hop equals no women, except for a Slug show, so you know where-the-where-the Pigeon go."
• Rapper Luckyiam.PSC, in the song "Tears and Pain (Never Ending Streets)" on the 2005 Living Legends album Classic, follows Eligh's "he always had the heat by his hand," with, "he put a Slug in your heart like an Atmosphere fan."
• Rapper MC Lars, In the song "Mr Raven" on the 2004 EP "Laptop" with "Now I'll never be Slug or Murs, under that black raven's curse."
• Rapper Cage Kennylz, in the song "The Death of Chris Palko", from the 2006 album Hell's Winter on Definitive Jux Records, namechecks him by rapping "In this Atmosphere I'm an imbalanced Slug on a seesaw/Spit through Bazooka Teeth my tongue is the C-4", also mentioning Aesop Rock.

Discography

Atmosphere (for more information see Atmosphere Discography)

• Overcast! (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 1998)
• Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2001)
• God Loves Ugly (Rhymesayers Entertainment/Fat Beats, 2002)
• Seven's Travels (Rhymesayers Entertainment/Epitaph Records, 2003)
• Headshots: SE7EN (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2005)
• You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2005)
• Sad Clown Bad Summer (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2007)
• Sad Clown Bad Fall (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2007)
• Sad Clown Bad Winter (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2007)
• Strictly Leakage (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2008)
• When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Rhymesayers Entertainment, April 22, 2008)
• Sad Clown Bad Spring (Rhymesayers Entertainment, April 1, 2008)

Felt

• Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2002)
• Felt, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2005)

With Deep Puddle Dynamics

• Taste of Rain, Why Kneel? (Anticon, 2000)

With The Dynospectrum

• The Dynospectrum (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 1998)

Releases Featured

• Beyond - Comparison, Slug performs vocals on the tracks B.L.A.K. Culture and Unaligned Sperms (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 1996)
• Aesop Rock - Float, Slug performs vocals on the track I'll Be OK (Mush Records, 1999)
• Unknown Prophets - World Premier, Slug performs vocals on the track Never (2000)
• Sage Francis - Still Sick... Urine Trouble, Slug features on the tracks Slug & Sage Freestyle part I and Slug & Sage Freestyle part II (Strange Famous Records, 2000)
• Eyedea - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart, Slug performs vocals on the track Forget Me (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2001)
• Living Legends - Almost Famous, Slug performs vocals on the tracks Night Prowler and Nothing Less, (Legendary Music, 2001)
• Sage Francis - Sick Of Waiting Tables, Slug performs vocals on the track Days Grow Old as well as featuring on the tracks Orphanage Freestyle Part 1 and Orphanage Freestyle Part 2 (Strange Famous Records, 2001)
• Heiruspecs - Small Steps, Slug performs vocals on the track In Regrets (Interlock, 2002)
• DJ Murge - Search And Rescue, Slug performs vocals on the track Gotta Love 'Em (Battle Axe Records, 2002)
• Prime - Madman (single), Slug performs vocals on the track Lambslaughter (Molemen Records, 2002)
• Sage Francis - Sick Of Waging War, Slug performs vocals on the track Embarrassed (Strange Famous Records, 2002)
• Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun, Slug performs vocals on the tracks Blah Blah Blah and Missing Teeth (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2003)
• Vakill - The Darkest Cloud, Slug performs vocals on the track Fallen (Molemen Records, 2003)
• Fred Ones - Phobia Of Doors 12", Slug performs vocals on the track Sex And More (Traffic Entertainment Group, 2004)
• Sage Francis - Sickly Business, Slug performs vocals on the track Doomage (Strange Famous Records, 2004)
• X-Ecutioners - Revolutions, Slug performs vocals on the track (Even) More Human Than Human (2004, Sony Records)
• D-Tension - You're A Bitch Too (single), Slug performs vocals on the track You're A Bitch Too (Brick Records. 2005)
• Molemen - Killing Fields, Slug performs vocals on the track My Alien Girlfriend (2006, Molemen Records)
• P.O.S. - Audition, Slug performs vocals on the tracks Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter) and Bush League Psyche-Out Stuff (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2006)
• El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead, Slug performs vocals on the track The League of Extraordinary Nobodies, (Definitive Jux, 2007)
• Evidence - The Weatherman LP, Slug performs vocals on the track Line Of Scrimmage, (ABB Records, 2007)
• Grayskul - Bloody Radio, Slug performs vocals on the track The Office, (Rhymesayers, 2007)
• Luckiam.PSC - produced by Eligh, Slug performs on the track Unsatisfied and Fuck Heros, (Living Legends/ Legendary Music, 2002) Slug also appears on the track Borrowed time, (Most Likely to Succeed(extra credit volume 3)/ Legendary Music
• Blockhead -Slug performs vocals on track five of "Block in the Box (promo CD 2005)."
• DJ Abilities - For Persons With DJ Abilities (Mixtape), Slug performs vocals on the track Atmosphere Exclusive (Rhymesayers Enterpainment, 2000)
• Casino Royale - Hank Mobley's Sound of Love (album), Slug performs vocals on the track Pea King (Anal Log Music, 1996)
• DJ Vadim - USSR: The Art of Listening, Slug performs vocals on the track Edie Brikell (Ninja Tune, 2002)

References

External links

• Interview at britishhiphop.co.uk, June 2008