Dying in Stereo

Dying in Stereo is the second release by New York City-based alternative hip hop group Northern State. It was first released on June 3, 2002 on Startime International, and then re-released in May 2003 by Columbia Records.[1] It has been described variously as an EP and a "mini-album". Nevertheless, it is usually described as their official debut album, since their only previous release (Hip Hop You Haven't Heard) was 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."[2]

Dying in Stereo
Studio album by
Northern State
ReleasedJune 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)
GenreHip hop music
Length32:37
LabelStartime International
Columbia
Northern State chronology
Hip Hop You Haven't Heard
(2002)		 Dying in Stereo
(2002)		 All City
(2004)

Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics.[3] 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",[4] 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)."[5] Many other critics also compared Dying in Stereo's music to that of the Beastie Boys.[6]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
Drowned in Sound1/10[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[8]
NME6/10[9]
Pitchfork Media0.8/10[4]
PopMatters(mixed)[2]
Robert ChristgauA[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
SpinB[6]

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. "Columbia Records Set to Release All City, Eagerly-Awaited New Album From Northern State" (Press release). Sony Corporation. 24 May 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. Powers, Devon (30 June 2003). "Dying in Stereo Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. Dying in Stereo, Metacritic
  4. Idov, Michael (2003) "Northern State Dying in Stereo", Pitchfork Media, July 17, 2003
  5. McKeating, Scott (13 April 2003). "Dying in Stereo". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  6. Reilly, Phoebe (15 July 2003). "Northern State Start the Party". Spin. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  7. Wilson, MacKenzie. "Dying in Stereo". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  8. Hermes, Will (6 June 2003). "Dying In Stereo (2003)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. Carhart-Harris (2 June 2003). "Dying in Stereo". NME. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  10. "CG: Northern State". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. 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.
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