Of Cities Explained

Of Cities
Type:studio
Artist:DJ Signify
Cover:DJ Signify - Of Cities album art.jpg
Genre:Hip hop
Label:Bully Records
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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] It features guest appearances from Aesop Rock and Matt Kelly.[1]

Critical reception

Dave Segal of The Stranger gave the album a favorable review, stating, "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." 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."[2]

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

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Listen: DJ Signify, "Low Tide" (feat. Aesop Rock). Impose. Blake. Gillespie. December 4, 2008. June 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211519/http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/chatter/listen-dj-signify-low-tide-feat-2. June 29, 2018. live.
  2. Web site: DJ Signify "Low Tide feat. Aesop Rock". XLR8R. Jennifer. Marston. November 21, 2008. June 29, 2018.
  3. Web site: The Best Hip-Hop of 2009 (Page 1 of 4). PopMatters. Andrew. Martin. Michael. Miller. Quentin B.. Huff. December 14, 2009. June 29, 2018.