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Track Listing
1. Thousand Words, A
2. Trinity
3. At the Party
4. Man's Dollar, The
5. Vicious Cycle
6. Signal Flow (You Can't Fade Me)
7. All the Same
8. Dying in Stereo
| Details | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Northern State: Hesta Prynn (rap vocals, keyboards); DJ Sprout (rap vocals, bass, programming); Guinea Love (rap vocals, turntables).
Additional personnel: LCD, Swayze (guitar); Katie Cassidy (harp); Evil (keyboards); E. Schneider, S. Halpern (bass); Seth Johnson (drums, congas); T. Choice (sound effects); P. Valfer; J. Hand; Good.
Producers: Northern State, GoodandEvil, Pamela Valfer.
Recorded at GoodandEvil, Brooklyn, New York; Electric Wilburland, Ithaca, New York.
DYING IN STEREO marks the debut of Long Island rap group Northern State. MCs Hesta Prynn, Spero, and Sprout rap over spare beats about the world they know--an arguably privileged, white, suburban Long Island world of house parties and malls. Vaguely political at times, their rhymes could be considered shrewd, and are definitely novel, if nothing else. What its MCs lack in lyrical skill and flow is partly compensated by the mini-album's many fun moments, lending credence to the group's admission that it all started as a joke.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...Staccato beats navigate fast-moving samples and the trio's breathlessly vituperative raps...
Uncut (06/01/2003)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Their debut mini-LP sounds like an all-girl early Beastie Boys, even down to the trio's voices...
Mojo (05/01/2003)
...Utilitarian beats, charmingly lumpy flow, and some of the more amusingly literate rhymes around... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (06/06/2003)
At the Party ranked #12 in Entertainment Weekly's 2003 Records of the Year
Entertainment Weekly (12/26/2003)
...DYING IN STEREO's eight songs are smarter, more fun, and less strident than most indie hip-hop... - Grade: B+
Spin (08/01/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Like the Beasties, these ladies combine cleverness and spunk, and their left-field references (Snoopy, Chekhov, THE BELL JAR) are both funny and politically aware...
Rolling Stone (06/12/2003)
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