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

Personnel

References