All City:Northern State

Title:  All City

Label: Sony

Genre: grrrl hip-hop

Rating: 5.9 of 7

Oh Sweet Jesus YES! It’s the return of Northern State, the all girl hip-hop tri-force that is only rivaled by the Beastie Boys for white power. The New York-based rap trio is Julie "Hesta Prynn" Potash, Correne "Guinea Love" Spero, and Robyn "DJ Sprout" Goodmark, three college graduates whose love for rap overshadowed their love for… well anything else. First appearing on the scene in 2001, the girls have made quite a following over the years, and not only have they signed to Sony, but ?uestlove, Pete Rock and Har Mar Superstar (the white equivalent to Prince) make guest appearances on their latest discs (and also provide the best tracks). The beats are amazing, the production is spotless and the rhymes are… well actually pretty damn good, though it’s hard, at least for me, to relate to some of them. One part De La Soul, one part Grand Puba, one part Queen Latifah, one part Liz Phair, and all the rest Beastie Boys, Northern State is better than you think…

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