All City (Northern State album)

All City

Studio album by Northern State

Released

August 17, 2004

Genre

Pop rap

Length

41:34

Label

Columbia

Northern State chronology

Dying in Stereo
(2002)

All City
(2004)

Can I Keep This Pen?
(2007)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Elle Girl	3.5/4
Metro Times	(favorable)
The New York Times	(mixed)
Rolling Stone
Spin	C+
Stylus Magazine	A
The Village Voice	A

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. 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. 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.

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"), and the High & Mighty (on "Think Twice"). 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.

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

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