The Family Sign

Studio album by Atmosphere

Released

April 12, 2011

Genre

Hip hop

Length

51:06

Label

Rhymesayers Entertainment

Producer

Ant

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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
BBC	favorable^[3]
Consequence of Sound	C+^[4]
HipHopDX	4.0/5^[5]
Pitchfork Media	5.8/10^[6]
Slant Magazine	^[7]

The Family Sign is a 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

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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Billboard 200^[9]	13
Independent Albums^[10]	2
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[11]	3

References

1 2 "The Family Sign by Atmosphere". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Jeffries, David. "Atmosphere - The Family Sign". AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Kennedy, Adam. "Atmosphere - The Family Sign - Review". BBC. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Young, Alex (April 11, 2011). "Atmosphere – The Family Sign". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Cooper, Roman (April 11, 2011). "Atmosphere - The Family Sign". HipHopDX. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Patrin, Nate (April 13, 2011). "Atmosphere: The Family Sign". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Cole, Matthew (April 8, 2011). "Atmosphere - The Family Sign". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/17/2011". HipHopDX. April 20, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ "Atmosphere - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ "Atmosphere - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ "Atmosphere - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2016.

External links

The Family Sign at Discogs (list of releases)

Atmosphere

Ant Slug Nate Collis Erick Anderson

Studio albums	Overcast! God Loves Ugly Seven's Travels You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold The Family Sign Southsiders Fishing Blues

Compilation albums	Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's Headshots: Se7en

Mixtapes	Strictly Leakage

EPs	Overcast! Sad Clown Bad Dub Sad Clown Bad Dub II The Lucy EP Ford One Ford Two Sad Clown Bad Dub 3 Sad Clown Bad Dub 5 Sad Clown Bad Dub 6 Random Vol. 3/Sad Clown Bad Dub 7 Happy Clown Bad Dub 8/Fun EP Sad Clown Bad Summer 9 Sad Clown Bad Fall 10 Sad Clown Bad Winter 11 Sad Clown Bad Spring 12 Leak at Will To All My Friends, Blood Makes the Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EP's The Lake Nokomis Maxi Single

Singles	"They Lied" "Uptown Jesus" "Modern Man's Hustle" "GodLovesUgly" "Cats Van Bags" "Trying to Find a Balance" "National Disgrace" "Watch Out" "Say Hey There" "Shoulda Known" "Sunshine" "Guarantees" "You" "Your Glasshouse" "To All My Friends" "The Last to Say" "Bitter" "Kanye West" "Southsiders Remix" "My Best Half" "Fnr Thngs" "This Lonely Rose" "Trying to Fly" "Salma Hayek" "Fireflies" "Windows"

Related articles	Discography Rhymesayers Entertainment

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