SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — "Chicago was our first baby step out of Minneapolis," says Sean "Slug" Daley, frontman of Twin Cities' indie hip-hop kingpins Atmosphere. On this scorching SoCal Sunday, he's reflecting on Atmosphere's gradual but inexorable rise to the upper echelon of independent hip-hop — along with Chicago's role in that ascent — before the group's first main-stage appearance at Rock the Bells, rap's most high-profile commercial festival. It is Aug. 19, the second of the festival's kickoff dates in the desert city that spawned the Hells Angels, and it's topping 97 degrees at National Orange Show Events Center, the sprawling fairgrounds-style venue hosting Rock the Bells 2012....
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