Length 32:37 Dying in Stereo(2002) Release date 3 June 2002 | Hip Hop You Haven't Heard(2002) Dying in Stereo(2002) | |
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Released June 3, 2002 (2002-06-03) | ||
Northern state a thousand words
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."
Contents
Northern state dying in stereo
Reception
The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. 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", 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)." Many other critics also compared Dying in Stereo's music to that of the Beastie Boys.
Track listing
- A Thousand Words 3:37
- Trinity 4:11
- At the Party 3:42
- The Man's Dollar 3:28
- Vicious Cycle 4:39
- Signal Flow (You Can't Fade Me) 4:07
- All the Same 4:05
- Dying in Stereo 4:47
Songs
1A Thousand Words3:37
2Trinity4:11
3At the Party3:42