Artist: Northern State
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Can I Keep This Pen?
Year: 2007
Tracks: 14
The New York-based pat trinity Northern State are no funky divas. Julie "Hesta Prynn" Potash, Correne "Guinea Love" Spero, and Robyn "DJ Sprout" Goodmark formed the hip-hop-centric knock turnout in 2000. They're college-educated and slipperiness in checking rhymes, upbringing to give rap a new face in the new millenary.
Potassium hydroxide, wHO earned a stage in theatre and served on Hillary Clinton's 2000 senatorial safari, first-class honours degree met Spero and Goodmark spell attending Half Hollow Hills High School in Dix Hills, Long Island, in the early '90s. Spero, who's studied audio technology, has a degree in women's studies from Oberlin College. Her buddy Goodmark was a hipster wHO had an interest group in the environment. She complete up with an environmental breeding degree and became a kindergarten teacher. Each had a lovingness for Liz Phair, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, and Grand Puba. While suspension knocked out at a company one eventide in mid-2000, Spero and Goodmark idea it'd be funny if they were rappers. They went on to spend the succeeding sextet months in Potash's East Village apartment committal to writing songs and perfecting a hella cool, New York, white-girl-bred pat style.
Northern State made their microscope stage debut at Luna's Lounge in April 2001. They played over 20 shows in and around New York City by the year's end, and quickly the press jumped on Northern State's impressive intro. The Village Voice and Rolling Stone were touting them by fall 2002. During that clock time, Northern State was in the midst of finding a judge. A four-song demonstration tape entitled Hip Hop You Haven't Heard had been recorded in the first place in January. Their kickoff right full-length, Anxious in Stereo, appeared on Star Time in June 2003 to rave reviews. Columbia signed the mathematical group before long after and released the trio's next phonograph record, All City, in 2004. After becoming thwarted with the want of esthetic freedom Columbia provided the group, they wiggled their way out of the contract, and teamed up with Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys and producer Chuck Brody of Shitake Monkey to make their third record album, Toilet I Keep This Pen? After earshot the ruined outcome, Mike Patton at Ipecac signed the girls to the label's eclecticist roster and released the record in August 2007.
Bill Drummond
