Of Cities

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Of Cities
DJ Signify - Of Cities album art.jpg
Studio album by DJ Signify
Released January 20, 2009 (2009-01-20) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length47:24
Label Bully Records
Producer DJ Signify, Blockhead
DJ Signify chronology
Sleep No More
(2004)		Of Cities
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cyclic Defrost favorable [2]
Electronic Musician 3.5/5 [3]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 [4]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
RapReviews.com8/10 [6]
The Stranger favorable [7]
XLR8R 7/10 [8]

Of Cities is the second studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Signify. It was released on Bully Records on January 20, 2009. [1]

DJ Signify is an underground hip hop producer from Brooklyn, New York.

Bully Records was an independent record label founded in 2002 in Montreal. It is maintained, funded, and run by Marc-Olivier Boileau (Marco). The label first released mostly 7" singles and EPs, but has since expanded to release CDs, box sets, and DVDs.

Contents

Critical reception

Dave Segal of The Stranger gave the album a favorable review, saying, "Signify gives us 16 tracks—including six brief interludes ripe for bumper usage in NPR's hipper segments—on Of Cities that bring the funk, but stoically, with urban grime and urbane grimness." [7] Jennifer Marston of XLR8R said: "He's still pushing his drum-heavy style, which is tight as ever, but he's also reeled in shades of glitch, new wave, Kraut-rock, and other genres for the tracks." [9]

<i>The Stranger</i> (newspaper) Alternative biweekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington,

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<i>XLR8R</i> web magazine

XLR8R is a website that covers music, culture, style, and technology. It was originally also a print magazine.

PopMatters named it the 3rd best instrumental hip hop album of 2009. [10]

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Sickness"5:17
2."Low Tide" (featuring Aesop Rock)4:21
3."Interlude 1"0:52
4."Costume Kids"4:41
5."Delight to the Sadist" (featuring Matt Kelly)3:21
6."Interlude 2"1:18
7."Vanessa"5:00
8."Interlude 3"0:36
9."1993"3:31
10."Interlude 4"0:55
11."Sink or Swim" (featuring Aesop Rock)3:44
12."The Gods Get Dirty"4:27
13."Interlude 5"1:19
14."Bollywood Babies"4:08
15."Interlude 6"0:30
16."Hold Me Don't Touch Me"3:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Aesop Rock American rapper

Ian Matthias Bavitz, better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American hip hop recording artist and producer residing in Portland, Oregon. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it went on hiatus in 2010. betterPropaganda ranked him at number 19 at the Top 100 Artists of the Decade.

Blockhead (music producer) American musician

Tony Simon, better known by his stage name Blockhead, is an American hip hop record producer and disc jockey from Manhattan, New York. Aside from his solo efforts released on the Ninja Tune label, he is most associated with producing tracks for Aesop Rock. He has been a member of the groups such as Party Fun Action Committee and The Mighty Jones.

Joe Beats American musician

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  2. ↑ Stronell, Wayne (December 17, 2008). "DJ Signify – Of Cities (Bully Records)". Cyclic Defrost . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ Herman, Max (January 15, 2009). "DJ Signify, Of Cities (Bully)". Electronic Musician . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gary, Kevin S. (January 23, 2009). "DJ Signify - Of Cities". HipHopDX . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ Martin, Andrew (January 15, 2009). "DJ Signify: Of Cities". PopMatters . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Patrick (January 26, 2010). "DJ Signify :: Of Cities :: Bully Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Segal, Dave (January 15, 2009). "DJ Signify: Of Cities". The Stranger . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Ivers, Brandon (January 14, 2009). "DJ Signify - Of Cities". XLR8R . Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ Marston, Jennifer (November 21, 2008). "DJ Signify "Low Tide feat. Aesop Rock"". XLR8R . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ Martin, Andrew; Miller, Michael; Huff, Quentin B. (December 14, 2009). "The Best Hip-Hop of 2009 (Page 1 of 4)". PopMatters . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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