Not in Kansas Anymore
Not in Kansas Anymore | ||||
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Studio album by Basehead | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop, alternative rock | |||
Length | 41:39 | |||
Label | Imago | |||
Producer | Michael Ivey | |||
Basehead chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Not in Kansas Anymore is the second album by Basehead.
Music and lyrics
The music style of Not in Kansas Anymore fuses elements of funk,[1][2] hip hop,[1][2] psychedelic,[1] rock,[2] rhythm and blues[2] and soul.[2]
Reception
Rolling Stone reviewer Danyel Smith called the album "an alternative to the benign bullshit music that floods the chain stores and commercial radio waves."[2] 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] The album didn't receive much airplay or sales.[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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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
- Michael Ivey – guitar, vocals and other stuff
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review of Not in Kansas Anymore". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography of Basehead". Allmusic. Retrieved January 28, 2012.