Can I Keep This Pen?

Can I Keep This Pen?
Studio album by Northern State
Released August 28, 2007
Genre Alternative hip hop, Indie rock
Label Ipecac
Producer Chuck Brody
Northern State chronology
All City
(2004)All City2004		 Can I Keep This Pen?
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[4]
LAS Magazine6/10[5]
NowNN[6]
Pitchfork Media5/10[7]
Popmatters6/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin6/10[10]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[11]

Can I Keep This Pen? is the third album from New York-based Rap trio Northern State. This album saw a slight departure in song styling, with some obvious Pop/Indie influences, and as many Pop songs as traditional Rap songs.

Track listing

  1. "Mic Tester" – 1:47
  2. "Better Already" – 2:57
  3. "Oooh Girl" – 2:57
  4. "Mother May I?" (featuring Chuck Brody) – 3:15
  5. "Away Away" – 3:35
  6. "Good Distance" – 3:25
  7. "Iluvitwhenya" – 3:16
  8. "Sucka Mofo" – 3:12
  9. "Cold War" – 2:26
  10. "Run Off the Road" – 2:33
  11. "Things I'll Do" – 3:26
  12. "Cowboy Man" – 3:41
  13. "Three Amigas" (featuring Murray Hill) – 3:41
  14. "Fall Apart" (featuring Kaki King) – 3:51

References

  1. ↑ "Can I Keep This Pen? – Northern State". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ Can I Keep This Pen? at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (August 28, 2007). "Northern State: Can I Keep This Pen?". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (September 7, 2007). ""Can I Keep This Pen?" Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Weiss, Dan (August 24, 2007). "Northern State Can I Keep This Pen?". LAS Magazine. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ Richards, Jason (August 23–29, 2007). "NORTHERN STATE Can I Keep This Pen? (Ipecac)". Now. Now Communications. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  8. ↑ Sawdey, Evan (September 23, 2007). "Northern State: "Can I Keep This Pen?"". Popmatters. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ Serpick, Evan (August 23, 2007). "Can I Keep This Pen? : Northern State". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on September 4, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Reilly, Phoebe (September 24, 2007). "Northern State, 'Can I Keep This Pen?' (Ipecac)". Spin. SpinMedia. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ Butler, Nick (September 4, 2007). "Northern State – "Can I Keep This Pen?"". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
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