''When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold'' is the fifth

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by the

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hip hop group

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. It was released on Atmosphere's own

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on April 22, 2008. It was praised for

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-based production and

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rap. The album features a cameo performance by singer-songwriter

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, who performs guitar and

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on the song "The Waitress".

Release

The album was released in two different packages: a standard

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and a limited edition (25,000 copies) 36-page hard-cover book featuring an illustrated children's story written by Slug and a bonus

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entitled ''Sad Clown Bad Dub 13'' containing over an hour of live footage and extras.

Reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68 out of 100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ''When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold'' debuted at number 5 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 36,000 copies in its first week. It is Atmosphere's first album to reach the top ten of the ''Billboard'' 200 and the highest charting release from the

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Track listing

Personnel

Atmosphere * Anthony Davis – keyboards,

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, production * Sean Daley – vocals Additional personnel *Brett Johnson – bass guitar *Erick Anderson – piano, synthesizers *Brian McLeod – drums *Nate Collis – guitar *Joe Mabbott – percussion, engineering *Mankwe Ndosi – vocals * Rajiah Johnson – flute *

– beatboxing, guitar, shaker (on "The Waitress")

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