My Field Trip to Planet 9
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)[1]
Genre
Length59:50
LabelQwest
ProducerJustin Warfield, QDIII, Prince Paul
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[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

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason. "My Field Trip to Planet 9 - Justin Warfield". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  2. 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
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Justin Warfield". Robert Christgau. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  4. Himes, Geoffrey (August 11, 1993). "Recordings". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  5. 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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