Bobby Digital Presents Northstar

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Northstar | type = studio | artist = [[Northstar (rap group)|Northstar]] | cover = Bobby Digital Presents Northstar.jpg | alt = | released = January 20, 2004 | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=44|s=57}} | label = [[Koch Records|Koch]] | producer = {{hlist|[[RZA]] (also [[Executive producer|exec.]])|[[Armand van Helden]]|DR Period|Jose "Choco" Reynoso|[[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]]|Mix Jive Musick}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[West Coast Killa Beez]] | next_year = 2005 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllHipHop]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 9, 2004 |title=RZA Presents Northstar |url=https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/rza-presents-northstar/ |access-date=November 23, 2023 |website=[[AllHipHop]] |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev2 = [[AllMusic]] | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Theakston |first=Rob |title=Northstar - RZA Presents Northstar Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rza-presents-northstar-mw0000314993 |access-date=November 23, 2023 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[HipHopDX]]'' | rev3score = 2/5<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryce |first=Jeff |date=January 23, 2004 |title=RZA Presents... - Northstar |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.371/title.rza-presents-northstar |access-date=November 23, 2023 |website=[[HipHopDX]] |language=en}}</ref> | rev4 = [[laut.de]] | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johannesberg |first=Stefan |title=Wu-Tang Goes Westcoast! Mit Armand Van Helden!! |url=https://www.laut.de/Northstar/Alben/Bobby-Digital-Presents-Northstar-6428 |access-date=November 23, 2023 |website=[[laut.de]] |language=de}}</ref> | rev5 = RapReviews | rev5score = 5.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Damon |date=January 20, 2004 |title=Northstar :: Bobby Digital Presents Northstar – RapReviews |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2004/01/northstar-bobby-digital-presents-northstar/ |access-date=November 23, 2023 |website=www.rapreviews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> }} '''''Northstar''''' is an eponymous debut studio album by Californian hip hop duo [[Northstar (rap group)|Northstar]]. It was released in 2004 through [[MNRK Music Group|Koch Records]]. [[Hip hop production|Production]] was handled by [[Armand van Helden]], [[Mathematics (producer)|Allah Mathematics]], DR Period, Jose "Choco" Reynoso, Mix Jive Musick, and [[RZA]], who also served as presenter and executive producer. It features guest appearances from fellow [[List of Wu-Tang Clan affiliates|Wu-Tang Clan affiliates]], such as [[Kinetic 9]], [[Freemurder]], Calvin Cooler, [[Shacronz]], Midnight, Tonebone, Shoshot, [[9th Prince]], [[Kryme Life]], [[Trife Diesel|Trife Da God]], [[Suga Bang Bang]], Solomon Childs and Doc Doom.

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Luv Allah | note1 = featuring [[Kinetic 9]] | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Christ Bearer (rapper)|Andre Johnson]]|[[Meko the Pharaoh|Reginald Grier]]|[[Kinetic 9|Samuel Craig Murray]]}} | extra1 = [[Armand van Helden]] | length1 = 4:10 | title2 = We Got It | note2 = featuring [[Freemurder]] | writer2 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|[[Freemurder|Timothy Drayton]]}} | extra2 = [[Mathematics (producer)|Mathematics]] | length2 = 2:50 | title3 = Skit | note3 = featuring Calvin Cooler | writer3 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|J. Klien}} | extra3 = | length3 = 1:15 | title4 = Red Rum | note4 = featuring [[Shacronz]] and Poppa Don | writer4 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|[[Shacronz|Shaleek Drayton]]}} | extra4 = [[RZA]] | length4 = 4:08 | title5 = Skit | note5 = featuring Calvin Cooler | writer5 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier}} | extra5 = | length5 = 0:23 | title6 = Crazy | note6 = featuring Tonebone, Midnight and Shoshot | writer6 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|A. Harris|J. Saxton|K. Willis}} | extra6 = Mix Jive Musick | length6 = 4:26 | title7 = Nuttin | note7 = featuring [[9th Prince]] | writer7 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier}} | extra7 = Armand van Helden | length7 = 3:49 | title8 = Skit | note8 = featuring Calvin Cooler | writer8 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|Klien}} | extra8 = | length8 = 1:00 | title9 = See Me | note9 = featuring Freemurder | writer9 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|T. Drayton}} | extra9 = RZA | length9 = 3:29 | title10 = 64 | writer10 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier}} | extra10 = RZA | length10 = 3:00 | title11 = So So Serious | note11 = featuring T.M.F. | writer11 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|[[Kryme Life|Anthony Rayshaun Jones]]|[[Trife Diesel|Theodore Bailey]]}} | extra11 = Jose "Choco" Reynoso | length11 = 2:34 | title12 = Duckie | writer12 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier}} | extra12 = Mathematics | length12 = 2:51 | title13 = Ballin' | note13 = featuring [[Suga Bang Bang]] and Solomon Childs | writer13 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|Walbert Dale|Carl Wheeler|[[Raphael Saadiq|Charlie Ray Wiggins]]}} | extra13 = DR Period | length13 = 3:59 | title14 = Destiny | note14 = featuring Kinetic 9 | writer14 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|Murray}} | extra14 = RZA | length14 = 4:16 | title15 = Black Knights of the Northstar | note15 = featuring Doc Doom! and Midnight | writer15 = {{hlist|Johnson|Grier|Dante Cunningham}} | extra15 = Mix Jive Musick | length15 = 2:47 | total_length = 44:57 }}

==Personnel== *Andre "[[Christ Bearer (rapper)|Christ Bearer]]" Johnson – vocals *Reginald "[[Meko the Pharaoh]]" Grier – vocals *Samuel C. "[[Kinetic 9]]" Murray – vocals (tracks: 1, 14) *Timothy "[[Freemurder]]" Drayton – vocals (tracks: 2, 9) *Calvin Cooler – voice (tracks: 3, 5, 8) *Shaleek "[[Shacronz]]" Drayton – vocals (track 4) *Midnight – vocals (tracks: 6, 15) *Tonebone – vocals (track 6) *Shoshot – vocals (track 6) *Terrance "[[9th Prince]]" Hamlin – vocals (track 7) *Anthony "[[Kryme Life]]" Jones – vocals (track 11) *Theodore "[[Trife Diesel|Trife]]" Bailey – vocals (track 11) *[[Suga Bang Bang]] – vocals (track 13) *Walbert "Solomon Childs" Dale – vocals (track 13) *Deshawn "Doc Doom!" Cunningham – vocals (track 15) *[[Armand van Helden]] – producer (tracks: 1, 7) *Ronald "[[Mathematics (producer)|Allah Mathematics]]" Bean – producer (tracks: 2, 12) *Robert "[[RZA]]" Diggs – producer (tracks: 4, 9, 10, 14), executive producer, presenter *Mix Jive Musick – producer (tracks: 6, 15) *Jose "Choco" Reynoso – producer (track 11) *Darryl "DR Period" Pittman – producer (track 13) *Jeff Gilligan – art direction, design *Joe Giron – photography *Cliff Cultreri – A&R

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|297028|North Star – Northstar}}

[[Category:2004 debut albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by RZA]] [[Category:MNRK Music Group albums]] [[Category:Northstar (rap group) albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Mathematics]]