Dying in Stereo explained

Dying in Stereo
Type:Studio
Artist:Northern State
Cover:Dying_in_Stereo.jpg
Genre:Hip hop music
Label:Startime International
Columbia
Prev Title:Hip Hop You Haven't Heard
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:All City
Next Year:2004

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."

Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics.[2] 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",[3] 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)."[4] Many other critics also compared Dying in Stereo's music to that of the Beastie Boys.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Columbia Records Set to Release All City, Eagerly-Awaited New Album From Northern State . . 24 May 2004 . 4 July 2017.
  2. https://www.metacritic.com/music/dying-in-stereo/northern-state Dying in Stereo
  3. Idov, Michael (2003) "Northern State Dying in Stereo", Pitchfork Media, July 17, 2003
  4. Web site: Dying in Stereo . Drowned in Sound . 13 April 2003 . 29 May 2014 . McKeating, Scott . 29 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529170548/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3303/reviews/6670-northern-state-dying-in-stereo . dead .
  5. Web site: Northern State Start the Party . . 15 July 2003 . 29 May 2014 . Reilly, Phoebe.