My Field Trip to Planet 9
| My Field Trip to Planet 9 | ||||
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| Released | July 13, 1993[1] | |||
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| Length | 59:50 | |||
| Label | Qwest | |||
| Producer | Justin Warfield, QDIII, Prince Paul | |||
| Justin Warfield chronology | ||||
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| Singles from My Field Trip to Planet 9 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
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[edit]
Jason Ankeny of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "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 said, "[Warfield's] raps, with their tired mix of criminal boasting, gratuitous weirdness and hip-hop cliches, leave almost no impression at all."[4]
In 2015, Fact placed it at number 43 on the "50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" list.[5]
Track listing[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b c Ankeny, Jason. "My Field Trip to Planet 9 - Justin Warfield". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ Patrick, Jonathan (December 9, 2014). "The 10 Best Forgotten New York Hip-Hop Records". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
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
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Justin Warfield". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ Himes, Geoffrey (August 11, 1993). "Recordings". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (July 30, 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
External links[edit]
- My Field Trip to Planet 9 at Discogs (list of releases)
