Back on the Planet is a studio album by American hip hop producer Ras G.[1] It was released through Brainfeeder on August 6, 2013.[1]
| Back on the Planet | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 6, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Instrumental hip hop | |||
| Length | 44:02 | |||
| Label | Brainfeeder | |||
| Producer | Ras G | |||
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Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[4] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[6] |
| PopMatters |   [7] |
| The Skinny | [8] |
| XLR8R | 6/10[9] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a perfect, psychedelic hybrid of dusty LA beat-scene boom-bap and the cosmic jazz excursions of the Sun Ra Arkestra."[8] Daryl Keating of Exclaim! said: "Paradoxically fusing ancient, grinding rhythms and ultra-modern, plush beats, Back on the Planet skips between two distant eras while actively laughing at everything in the middle."[5]
Meanwhile, Gary Suarez of PopMatters gave the album 4 out of 10 stars, writing: "A glorified beat tape, for better or worse, it plays out like a pirate radio transmission from some collapsing Afro-Caribbean wormhole, broadcasting the sort of intemperate tinkering one might tolerate from a Wolf Eyes side project."[7] Lainna Fader of XLR8R commented that the album "is merely a collection of somewhat compelling, hip-hop-leaning beats that largely go nowhere; it's more like a dressed-up beat tape, and not a particularly exciting one at that."[9]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back on the Planet" | 3:57 |
| 2. | "All Is Well..." | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Cosmic Lounge Kisses" | 2:17 |
| 4. | "Along the Way" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "_G Spot Connection" | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Ommmmm..." | 2:53 |
| 7. | "One for Kutmah" | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Culture Riddim" | 1:35 |
| 9. | "Been Cosmic" | 2:04 |
| 10. | "Injera, Lentils, and Kale" | 2:21 |
| 11. | "Asteroid Storm..." | 2:50 |
| 12. | "Find Ya Self (Anu Wrld)" | 2:07 |
| 13. | "Natural Melanin Being..." | 3:29 |
| 14. | "Ancestral Data Bank" | 3:01 |
| 15. | "Children of the Hapi" | 3:22 |
| 16. | "Jus There..." (featuring Brotha There) | 2:05 |
References
edit- ^ a b Kangas, Chaz (August 6, 2013). "Ras G Tells Us About Timelessness". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "Back on the Planet - Ras G". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Jeffries, David. "Back on the Planet - Ras G". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 18, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Moore, Marcus J. (August 8, 2013). "Ras G - Back on the Planet". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Keating, Daryl (August 9, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Raymer, Miles (August 12, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Suarez, Gary (August 13, 2013). "Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program: Back on the Planet". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Gieben, Bram E. (July 31, 2013). "Ras_G – Back on the Planet". The Skinny. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Fader, Lainna (August 27, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". XLR8R. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
External links
edit- Back on the Planet at Discogs (list of releases)