Altered State is the first studio album by Albany, New York hip hop musician Stu Dent, better known by the moniker Sev Statik.

Sev Statik, real name Joseph Evans, created the Stu Dent pseudonym due to contractual obligations with Tunnel Rats, a group of which he was a member at the time.

[4] HipHopHotSpot.com was also positive toward the album, claiming that "Through exceptional flow, metaphor, intensity, and real tight conceptual rhymes Stu Dent brings fans into the focal point of classic entertainment that never runs dry.

[4] Altrap.com found his approach similar to "the nature of Self Scientific, Encore, and Divine Styler, "where the acknowledgment of living righteously, the praise of God / Allah, and the quest to make it in the world without compromising oneself and the art of Hip-Hop.

"[4] Musically, Altrap.com compared the release to Company Flow, Mr. Len, Funcrusher Plus, and the output of Definitive Jux, and mentioned that the song "Simply Put" sounds like an early RZA track.