Dying in Stereo

Dying in Stereo
Studio album by Northern State
Released June 3, 2002
Genre Hip hop music
Length 32:37
Label Startime International
Northern State chronology

Hip Hop You Haven't Heard
(2002)		 Dying in Stereo
(2002)		 All City
(2004)

Dying in Stereo is the second release by New York City-based alternative hip hop group Northern State. It has been described variously as an EP and a "mini-album". Nevertheless, it is usually described as their official debut album, since their first release was just a self-released four-song demo. This led PopMatters to describe it as a "litmus test" that will determine "what will happen to white, female, feminist rappers, who aren’t pencil-thin or supermodel pretty."[1]

Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics.[2] The exceptions to this trend included Pitchfork Media, which gave it a scathing review in which the reviewer, Michael Idov, described the album as "the most heinous hip-hop release since MC Skat Kat went solo",[3] and Drowned in Sound, which described Northern State as "a pointless hybrid of the Beastie Boys and *N-tyce (from the female wing of the Wu)."[4] Many other critics also compared Dying in Stereo's music to that of the Beastie Boys.[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 77/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [6]
Drowned in Sound 1/10[4]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[7]
NME (6/10)[8]
Pitchfork Media [3]
Popmatters (mixed)[1]
Robert Christgau (A)[9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Spin (B)[5]

Track listing

  1. A Thousand Words 3:37
  2. Trinity 4:11
  3. At the Party 3:42
  4. The Man's Dollar 3:28
  5. Vicious Cycle 4:39
  6. Signal Flow (You Can't Fade Me) 4:07
  7. All the Same 4:05
  8. Dying in Stereo 4:47

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Powers, Devon (30 June 2003). "Dying in Stereo Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dying in Stereo, Metacritic
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Idov, Michael (2003) "Northern State Dying in Stereo", Pitchfork Media, July 17, 2003
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 McKeating, Scott (13 April 2003). "Dying in Stereo". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reilly, Phoebe (15 July 2003). "Northern State Start the Party". Spin. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Dying in Stereo". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Hermes, Will (6 June 2003). "Dying In Stereo (2003)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Carhart-Harris (2 June 2003). "Dying in Stereo". NME. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "CG: Northern State". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Hoard, Christian (June 12, 2003). "Northern State, Dying in Stereo". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on May 24, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2014.