From URB Magazine
Haters better recognize, because Northen State is so much better than the premature hype that seems to have done more harm that good for these three wise women from the Island of Long (theyre now based in the Big Apple). If you dont know the score, their demo tape Hip-Hop You Havent Heard was so hot everybody from Rolling Stone to URB were quick to sing their praises. But like all things that blow up straight out of the gate (especially in the hyper-fickle city of New York) the backlash is quick, brutal and inevitable. All it takes is a spin of their high-steppin full-length debut to realize that these ladies are worthy of the praise. Big, old-school beats boom righteously while Guinea Love, Hesta Prynn and DJ Sprout kick real rhymes about what its really like being a young woman living in the city. While the albums starts out fun and funky, by set closers "All The Same" and the title cut things get disarmingly deep and serious. Dont sleep on Northern State theyve got the skills to pay the bills.
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