My Field Trip to Planet 9

My Field Trip to Planet 9
Studio album by
Justin Warfield
ReleasedJuly 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)[1]
Genre
Length59:50
LabelQwest
Producer
Justin Warfield chronology
My Field Trip to Planet 9
(1993) 		The Justin Warfield Supernaut
(1995)
Singles from My Field Trip to Planet 9
  1. "K Sera Sera"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Fisherman's Grotto"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Pick It Up Y'all"
    Released: 1994

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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[2]
NME8/10[3]
Select3/5[4]
The Village VoiceA−[5]
Vox7/10[6]

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."[7]

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".[8] The following year, Fact ranked it as the 43rd-best trip hop album of all time.[9]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Ankeny, Jason. "My Field Trip to Planet 9 – Justin Warfield". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ George, Iestyn (January 29, 1994). "Planet Sweet". NME. p. 43.
  4. ^ Higginbotham, Adam (March 1994). "Justin Warfield: My Field Trip to Planet 9". Select. No. 45. p. 78.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 19, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  6. ^ McCann, Ian (March 1994). "Justin Warfield: My Field Trip to Planet Nine". Vox. No. 42. p. 107.
  7. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (August 11, 1993). "Recordings". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. ^ Patrick, Jonathan (December 9, 2014). "The 10 Best Forgotten New York Hip-Hop Records". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (July 30, 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
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