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Slug's on the cover of Atmosphere's album "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having".

Sean Daley, (born on September 7, 1973) better known by his stage name Slug, is an underground rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has rapped since he was young. The name "Slug" is derived from Sean's childhood nickname "Little Sluggo", which came from his father's nickname "Sluggo". The backronym "Sean Likes Ugly Girls" was formed from his name as the title of an unofficial 5CD set. He also goes by the name Seven (from another alias Sep Seven, primarily found on his early cassette tape releases the "Headshots" collection, which comes from his birthday September 7th which he has tattooed (as Se7en) on his forearm.

Daley's ethnicity has been the subject of many questions. He is one half white, one quarter black, and one quarter Native American. However, he identifies somewhat as being black, as a result of his grandfather being black and his father being half black, growing up with a largely black group of friends, and being immersed in hip hop culture from a young age.

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.

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.

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.

The most prominently recurring theme in Slug's music is a woman who he refers to as Lucy. He named an EP The Lucy EP 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.[1]

• 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."

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)
• When life gives you lemons, paint that shit gold. (Rhymesayers Entertainment, April 22, 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)
• Fat Pat -Bright Light's Big City, Slug performs on the track Ghetto Mindstate, (Wreckshop Records/ Rap-A-Lot Records, 2007)

Blockhead-Slug performs vocals on track five of "Block in the Box (promo CD 2005)."