Of Cities

Of Cities is the second studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Signify. It was released on Bully Records on January 20, 2009.[1]

Of Cities
Studio album by DJ Signify
Released	January 20, 2009[1]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:24
Label	Bully Records
Producer	DJ Signify, Blockhead
DJ Signify chronology
Sleep No More (2004) Of Cities (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Cyclic Defrost	favorable[2]
Electronic Musician	3.5/5[3]
HipHopDX	3.5/5[4]
PopMatters	[5]
RapReviews.com	8/10[6]
The Stranger	favorable[7]
XLR8R	7/10[8]

Critical reception

Dave Segal of The Stranger gave the album a favorable review, saying, "Signify gives us 16 tracks—including six brief interludes ripe for bumper usage in NPR's hipper segments—on Of Cities that bring the funk, but stoically, with urban grime and urbane grimness."[7] Jennifer Marston of XLR8R said: "He's still pushing his drum-heavy style, which is tight as ever, but he's also reeled in shades of glitch, new wave, Kraut-rock, and other genres for the tracks."[9]

PopMatters named it the 3rd best instrumental hip hop album of 2009.[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sickness"	5:17
2.	"Low Tide" (featuring Aesop Rock)	4:21
3.	"Interlude 1"	0:52
4.	"Costume Kids"	4:41
5.	"Delight to the Sadist" (featuring Matt Kelly)	3:21
6.	"Interlude 2"	1:18
7.	"Vanessa"	5:00
8.	"Interlude 3"	0:36
9.	"1993"	3:31
10.	"Interlude 4"	0:55
11.	"Sink or Swim" (featuring Aesop Rock)	3:44
12.	"The Gods Get Dirty"	4:27
13.	"Interlude 5"	1:19
14.	"Bollywood Babies"	4:08
15.	"Interlude 6"	0:30
16.	"Hold Me Don't Touch Me"	3:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• DJ Signify – turntables, production, arrangement, mixing
• Aesop Rock – vocals (2, 11), lyrics (2, 11)
• Matt Kelly – additional arrangement (2, 7, 16), guitar (5), keyboards (5)
• Blockhead – co-production (4, 9)
• Joe Beats – engineering
• Harris Newman – mastering
• Paul "Quo" Kwiakowski – artwork, layout
• Todd Lown – photography
• Chris Bryant – photography

References

1. Gillespie, Blake (December 4, 2008). "Listen: DJ Signify, "Low Tide" (feat. Aesop Rock)". Impose. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
2. Stronell, Wayne (December 17, 2008). "DJ Signify – Of Cities (Bully Records)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
3. Herman, Max (January 15, 2009). "DJ Signify, Of Cities (Bully)". Electronic Musician. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
4. Gary, Kevin S. (January 23, 2009). "DJ Signify - Of Cities". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
5. Martin, Andrew (January 15, 2009). "DJ Signify: Of Cities". PopMatters. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
6. Taylor, Patrick (January 26, 2010). "DJ Signify :: Of Cities :: Bully Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
7. Segal, Dave (January 15, 2009). "DJ Signify: Of Cities". The Stranger. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
8. Ivers, Brandon (January 14, 2009). "DJ Signify - Of Cities". XLR8R. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
9. Marston, Jennifer (November 21, 2008). "DJ Signify "Low Tide feat. Aesop Rock"". XLR8R. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
10. Martin, Andrew; Miller, Michael; Huff, Quentin B. (December 14, 2009). "The Best Hip-Hop of 2009 (Page 1 of 4)". PopMatters. Retrieved June 29, 2018.

External links

• Of Cities at Discogs (list of releases)
• Of Cities at AllMusic