All City (Northern State album)

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All City
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Studio album by
Northern State
ReleasedAugust 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)
Genre Pop rap
Length41:34
Label Columbia
Northern State chronology
Dying in Stereo
(2002)		All City
(2004)		 Can I Keep This Pen?
(2007)

All City is the second full-length album by New York City-based hip hop group Northern State, released on August 17, 2004 on Columbia Records. It is also their major-label debut, as it was their first album released for Columbia. [1] [2] It has also been described as their first "real record", because some do not consider their debut album Dying in Stereo to be a full-length album, but an EP. [3] The album's first single was "Girl for All Seasons", for which a music video was made at the Siberia club in New York City. [4]

Contents

Recording

All City was recorded in Philadelphia with a handful of guest artists, including Martin Luther McCoy (on "Siren Song"), Har Mar Superstar (on "Summer Never Ends"), [5] and the High & Mighty (on "Think Twice"). [4] Also contributing to the album's recording were ?uestlove, as well as DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, and Pete Rock, both of whom helped produce the album. [6] [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Elle Girl 3.5/4 [10]
The New York Times mixed [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Spin C+ [13]
Stylus Magazine A [14]
The Village Voice A [15]

All City received generally favorable reviews from music critics [8] and was named one of the 50 best albums of 2004 by Rolling Stone . [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ignite"3:51
2."Girl for All Seasons"2:56
3."Nice With It"3:45
4."Last Night"3:28
5."Think Twice"4:13
6."Don’t Look Down"4:00
7."Siren Song"3:39
8."Style I Bring"3:58
9."Time To Rhyme"4:30
10."Speaking for Me"3:33
11."Summer Never Ends"3:38

Personnel

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  10. ↑ "Platter Party". Elle Girl . 3 (6): 114. September 2004.
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