"All City" isn't the MOST BRILLIANT THING EVER, but it's pretty damn fun. Good beats, good bounce, and lyrics that are occasionally snap-worthy but always spunky. The subject matter mostly zeroes in on suburban girls and parties and the such, but it's self-aware and clever in a way that never takes itself too seriously. And the beats are always on point. Best tracks: "Last Night" and "Time to Rhyme."

This is the female version of the beastie boys and don't judge them there really are good and there could flow.

I was a fan of the old album. Northern State's vibe is fun with good timing and synergy that comes from playing off each other. They work the "old school" angle well yet bring freshness to a stagnating hip-hop genre with their smart, middle class long island female perspective.

Just last night I saw them headlining a show at the Mercury Lounge in nyc and they really sounded amazing. The presence of energy and enjoyment they have from making their music is indeed contagious. Since the show was at a small venue, the band was in the face of the crowd and kept the energy high to the end, as fans of the band might expect.

The tracks I've heard from this album have seemed to have a much cleaner sound than "Dyin' in Stereo". The sounds are poppier, snappier, and some of the electonica/guitar in songs like "Girl for all Seasons" makes the sound novel. However, when I compare their live performance to the professional quality sound found on the album, the album lacks the realness and energy present in their performance. Some of the production takes out the unique sounds of their voices and nudges their sound toward the realm of overproduced shlock like "Ja Rule" or "Brittany Spears".

Additionally, I wasn't impressed by the level of intelligence of the lyrics on this album when compared to "Dyin'...". However, the choruses didn't seem quite as repetitive and mind numbing as before, which was nice. All in all, it seemed like a step or two forward but several steps back. Still, the girls remain a solid alternative to the same old rap about bling, hoes, and guns.

One of the worst collections of pseudo-rap ever, which in this case is a bunch of whiny, mostly overweight and beauty challenged Beastie Girls wannabees. "Goes Gone Vile" would be a better title of this CD. Don't waste your money. It's even overpriced in the Amazon Marketplace at .01

This CD is about as offensive as that one would be. There should be a separate category in music stores to put CD's like this one in. It would be alongside Alvin and the Chipmunks, William Hung and Weird Al. Somebody must have had mighty fine connections to get this made. These girls have badly and very pretentiously co-opted a genre of music that is totally alien to where they came from.