All City (Northern State album)

All City is the second full-length album by New York City-based hip hop group Northern State, released on August 17, 2004 on Columbia Records. It is also their major-label debut, as it was their first album released for Columbia.^[1][2] It has also been described as their first "real record", because some do not consider their debut album Dying in Stereo to be a full-length album, but an EP.^[3] The album's first single was "Girl for All Seasons", for which a music video was made at the Siberia club in New York City.^[4]

All City
Studio album by Northern State
Released	August 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)
Genre	Pop rap
Length	41:34
Label	Columbia
Northern State chronology
Dying in Stereo (2002) All City (2004) Can I Keep This Pen? (2007)

Recording

All City was recorded in Philadelphia with a handful of guest artists, including Martin Luther McCoy (on "Siren Song"), Har Mar Superstar (on "Summer Never Ends"),^[5] and the High & Mighty (on "Think Twice").^[4] Also contributing to the album's recording were ?uestlove, as well as DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, and Pete Rock, both of whom helped produce the album.^[6][7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Elle Girl	3.5/4[10]
The New York Times	mixed[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Spin	C+[13]
Stylus Magazine	A[14]
The Village Voice	A[15]

All City received generally favorable reviews from music critics^[8] and was named one of the 50 best albums of 2004 by Rolling Stone.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ignite"	3:51
2.	"Girl for All Seasons"	2:56
3.	"Nice With It"	3:45
4.	"Last Night"	3:28
5.	"Think Twice"	4:13
6.	"Don’t Look Down"	4:00
7.	"Siren Song"	3:39
8.	"Style I Bring"	3:58
9.	"Time To Rhyme"	4:30
10.	"Speaking for Me"	3:33
11.	"Summer Never Ends"	3:38

Personnel

• Jim Bottari – engineer, mixing
• Chuck Brody – engineer
• Katie Cassidy – additional personnel, guitar, harp, photography
• Thera L. Choice – beat box, drum programming, organ, piano
• Fusako Chubachi – design
• Chris Conway – engineer
• DJ Drez – additional personnel, cut
• DJ Mighty Mi – audio production, producer
• Chris Fargo – additional personnel, guitar
• John Fields – acoustic bass guitar, additional personnel, bass, beats, guitar (electric), producer, synthesizer, wurlitzer, wurlitzer piano
• Mark Grant – engineer
• Mike Halpern – additional personnel, drums, percussion
• Steven Halpern – additional personnel, bass, drum programming, guitar, guitar (bass), keyboards, organ, piano, programming
• Michael Halsband – cover photo, photography
• Har Mar Superstar – additional personnel, featured artist, guest artist, primary artist, vocals
• The High & Mighty – additional personnel, featured artist, guest artist, vocals
• Rob Hill – additional personnel, bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards, mixing, programming, strings, synthesizer
• Dana Klein – additional personnel, vocals
• Thera L – additional personnel, drum programming, organ, piano
• Alice Lord – additional personnel, violin
• Rogelio Lozano – bass, guitar
• Colin Malley – interpretation
• Manifest – audio production, producer
• Mr. Eon – additional personnel, vocals
• Mister Wohlsen – engineer
• Muggs – audio production, producer
• Peter Phillips – mixing, producer
• Hesta Prynn – group member, member of attributed artist, piano, vocals
• Damian Quiñones – additional personnel, piano, reproduction, sound effects, vocals
• Geoffrey Rice – assistant engineer
• Pete Rock – additional personnel, audio production, vocals
• Johnny Rodeo – engineer
• Sami Ryan – assistant engineer
• Skotch Rockie – bass
• Spero – engineer, member of attributed artist, vocals
• Sprout – drum machine, drums, group member, member of attributed artist, photography, vocals
• Jamey Staub – engineer, mixing
• Yutakha – engineer
• Grover Zinn – engineer