Hear the Welcome to MN single with Slug, Toki Wright, Joe Horton and Dem Atlas

This year's tour song is a colorful one with all four of the rappers who will crisscross the state in February.

December 19, 2013 at 6:46PM
Rhymesayers Entertainment's annual Soundset music festival took place on a chilly Sunday afternoon, May 26, 2013 at Canterbury Downs in Shakopee. Hometown hero Slug of Atmosphere on the main stage Sunday evening.
Slug of Atmosphere (Dml - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

An annual local hip-hop tradition on par with the Fifth Element parking lot sale and Soundset booker J Bird's calls to A Tribe Called Quest, Rhymesayers issued a new single today featuring Slug and the other three rappers taking part in Atmosphere's upcoming Welcome to Minnesota Tour. Titled "Color in the Snow," the guests are, in order of appearance: Dem Atlas, Joe Horton (of No Bird Sing) and Toki Wright.

As usual, the tune is laced with Minne-centric lyrics, including Slug's line about being "from Minnesota, but I don't shoot deer," or this laugher from Toki Wright: "It's me and Garrison Keillor on the four-wheeler sipping tequila." We're not sure, but we think the color referred to in the song's title might be yellow -- which really makes this about a true Minnesotan anthem.

Tickets are still on sale to the Feb. 12-17 Welcome to Minnesota shows in Mankato, Duluth, Rochester and Fargo (but not Minneapolis).

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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