Not in Kansas Anymore
| Not in Kansas Anymore | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 41:39 | |||
| Label | Imago | |||
| Producer | Michael Ivey | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Not in Kansas Anymore is the second album by the group Basehead, released in 1993 via Imago.[4][5][6]
Music and lyrics[edit]
The music style of Not in Kansas Anymore fuses elements of funk, hip hop, psychedelic, rock, rhythm and blues, and soul.[1][3] The first half of the album is about racism; the second half deals with dating norms and rituals.[7]
Reception[edit]
Rolling Stone reviewer Danyel Smith called the album "an alternative to the benign bullshit music that floods the chain stores and commercial radio waves."[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "although it retains many of the same qualities of their critically acclaimed debut [...] there's nothing that has the same sense of discovery that made Play with Toys an interesting record."[1]
Trouser Press called it "a shade less ambitious" than the debut but "nearly as good."[4] Colson Whitehead, in The Village Voice, gave the album a mixed review, writing that it possessed even more of an indie rock sound than the debut.[8]
Spin listed it as one of the 20 best albums of 1993.[9]
The album didn't receive much airplay or sales.[10]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Not in Kansas" | Ivey | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Introductions" | Ivey | 1:00 |
| 3. | "Brown Kisses Pt. One" | Ivey | 1:00 |
| 4. | "I Need a Joint" | Ivey, Lofton | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Pass the Thought" | Ivey | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Greener Pastures" | Ivey | 2:21 |
| 7. | "Brown Kisses Pt. Too" | Ivey | 2:34 |
| 8. | "Commercial Break" | Ivey | 0:31 |
| 9. | "Shouldna Dunnit" | Ivey | 0:47 |
| 10. | "Split Personality" | Ivey | 2:24 |
| 11. | "Not the Same" | Ivey | 2:31 |
| 12. | "Hoes on Tour Part One" | Ivey | 1:36 |
| 13. | "The Popeye Philosophy" | Ivey | 2:29 |
| 14. | "Hoes on Tour Part Two" | Ivey | 1:10 |
| 15. | "Fluffy and Richard" | Ivey | 3:09 |
| 16. | "Hoes on Tour Deel Drie" | Ivey | 0:36 |
| 17. | "Nite Out on the Town" | Ivey | 2:26 |
| 18. | "Do You Wanna Fuck (Or What)?" | Ivey | 4:21 |
| 19. | "Hoes on Tour Part Four" | Ivey | 0:42 |
| Total length: | 41:39 | ||
Personnel[edit]
- Michael Ivey – guitar, vocals and other stuff
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review of Not in Kansas Anymore". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ "Spring Album Roundup: From Naughty and Nice Rap to Willie Country". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1993.
- ^ a b c Smith, Danyel (May 13, 1993). "Review of Not in Kansas Anymore". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ a b "TrouserPress.com :: Basehead". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ "BASEHEAD GETS TO SECOND JOE BROWN" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Group, Vibe Media (November 24, 1994). "The Suits". Vibe. Vibe Media Group – via Google Books.
- ^ Kot, Greg (May 7, 1993). "REWRAPPING THE MUSIC". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ "From the Archives: Colson Whitehead's Music Criticism At The Voice (Part 1) | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com. October 27, 2011.
- ^ "Basehead, Not In Kansas Anymore (Imago) SPIN". www.spin.com.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography of Basehead". Allmusic. Retrieved January 28, 2012.