All City
by Northern State
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Aug 17, 2004
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. AllMusic
    60
    There are occasional lapses in the lyrics department.
  2. Alternative Press
    40
    The ladies aren't ready to carry an album by themselves. [Oct 2004, p.146]
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  3. Blender
    60
    Only on the album-closing "Summer Never Ends"... do the gals sound like they're relaxed and doing their own thing--not trying to make Paula's Boutique. [Sep 2004, p.140]
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  5. Rolling Stone
    60
    Hip-hop for the modern fabulous woman.
  6. Spin
    58
    They're Old Schooled enough to ace history, but the science they drop is strictly C+. [Sep 2004, p.120]
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  7. The New York Times
    50
    It can be rough going, especially when the three rappers fall back on stilted clichés. [30 Aug 2004]

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User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. PunkIsDead
    Aug 11, 2005
    1
    Har Mar Superstar is the only way to make a Northern Star album worse than it already is. They need to change the album title to "All Har Mar Superstar is the only way to make a Northern Star album worse than it already is. They need to change the album title to "All Sh*tty". ...coming to an Urban Outfitters playlist near you!… Full Review »
  2. Patrick
    Dec 23, 2004
    10
    Unbelieveable. Again rap has been reinvented - and NS is to thank for it. I am SO SICK and tired of the bling-hos-weed-40oz bullshit the Unbelieveable. Again rap has been reinvented - and NS is to thank for it. I am SO SICK and tired of the bling-hos-weed-40oz bullshit the record industry has been cramming down our throats. Kudos for Columbia for signing these wicked white muses. With "All City" they just mad the Rolling Stone "Top 50 albums of 2004" i.e. the other posters with 0 ratings are f**king idiots. They need to go back to smoking meth and shut the hell up. Don't listen to them - listen to the critics - they have a unified voice. Northern State are for real and are the freshest thing to happen to rap since Eminem.… Full Review »
  3. JaneV
    Oct 28, 2004
    0
    These bunch of liberal queens wouldn't know a thing about what the real world- or reality is. They are a product of the rich suburbs. These bunch of liberal queens wouldn't know a thing about what the real world- or reality is. They are a product of the rich suburbs. Get a real job and stop whining about the real world. they are TALENTLESS… Full Review »
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