My Field Trip to Planet 9
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| Released | July 13, 1993[1] | |||
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| Length | 59:50 | |||
| Label | Qwest | |||
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My Field Trip to Planet 9 is the debut studio album by Justin Warfield. It was released on Qwest Records on July 13, 1993.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [2] |
| NME | 8/10[3] |
| Select | 3/5[4] |
| The Source |  [5] |
| The Village Voice | A−[6] |
| Vox | 7/10[7] |
Jason Ankeny of AllMusic wrote, "The hip-hop debut of Justin Warfield is built around old-school rhythms fleshed out with some intriguing samples, drawn largely from the canon of '60s psychedelic rock."[1] Geoffrey Himes of The Washington Post was more critical, saying, "[Warfield's] raps, with their tired mix of criminal boasting, gratuitous weirdness and hip-hop cliches, leave almost no impression at all."[8]
In 2014, The Village Voice's Jonathan Patrick listed My Field Trip to Planet 9 as one of "The 10 Best Forgotten New York Hip-Hop Records", writing, "Perhaps best labeled as psychedelic rap (mostly on account of its subject matter), My Field Trip to Planet 9 plays out like a hippie's take on golden-era hip-hop".[9] The following year, Fact ranked it as the 43rd-best trip hop album of all time.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tequila Flats" | 0:30 |
| 2. | "Introduction by Eliis Dee" | 1:01 |
| 3. | "Dip Dip Divin'" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "K Sera Sera" | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Fisherman's Grotto" | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Live from the Opium Den" | 4:56 |
| 7. | "Glass Tangerine" | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Guavafish Centipede (Aquatic Meditations)" | 1:27 |
| 9. | "Teenage Caligula" | 2:22 |
| 10. | "Cool Like the Blues" | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Drugstore Cowboy" | 5:11 |
| 12. | "Pick It Up Y'all" | 4:31 |
| 13. | "B-Boys on Acid" | 4:17 |
| 14. | "Stormclouds Left of Heaven" | 4:01 |
| 15. | "Thoughts in the Buttermilk" | 4:57 |
| 16. | "Tequila Flats (Ghosts of Laurel Canyon)" | 0:44 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Justin Warfield – vocals, production, mixing
- QDIII – production, mixing
- Prince Paul – production, mixing
- Ellis Dee – vocals
- Scott Harding – guitar, recording, mixing
- Goffrey Moore – bass guitar
- Michael Blake – saxophone
- Steven Bernstein – trumpet
- Bob Morse – recording, mixing
- Jason Roberts – recording
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Kevin Kosmann – art direction
- Anne Elliott Cutting – photography
References
- ^ a b c Ankeny, Jason. "My Field Trip to Planet 9 – Justin Warfield". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Justin Warfield: My Field Trip to Planet 9". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 330. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ George, Iestyn (January 29, 1994). "Planet Sweet". NME. p. 43.
- ^ Higginbotham, Adam (March 1994). "Justin Warfield: My Field Trip to Planet 9". Select. No. 45. p. 78.
- ^ Johnson, Brett (August 1993). "Justin Warfield – My Field Trip to Planet 9 by Justin Warfield". Record Report. The Source. No. 47. New York. pp. 84, 87.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (October 19, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ McCann, Ian (March 1994). "Justin Warfield: My Field Trip to Planet Nine". Vox. No. 42. p. 107.
- ^ Himes, Geoffrey (August 11, 1993). "Recordings". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ Patrick, Jonathan (December 9, 2014). "The 10 Best Forgotten New York Hip-Hop Records". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (July 30, 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
External links
- My Field Trip to Planet 9 at Discogs (list of releases)