Not in Kansas Anymore

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Not in Kansas Anymore
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Studio album by
Basehead
Released1993
Recorded1993
Genre Alternative hip hop, alternative rock
Length41:39
Label Imago
Producer Michael Ivey
Basehead chronology
Play with Toys
(1992)		Not in Kansas Anymore
(1993)		 Faith
(1996)

Not in Kansas Anymore is the second album by the group Basehead, released in 1993 via Imago. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Music and lyrics

The music style of Not in Kansas Anymore fuses elements of funk, hip hop, psychedelic, rock, rhythm and blues, and soul. [4] [5] The first half of the album is about racism; the second half deals with dating norms and rituals. [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Select U+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svg [8]

Rolling Stone reviewer Danyel Smith called the album "an alternative to the benign bullshit music that floods the chain stores and commercial radio waves." [5] 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." [4]

Trouser Press called it "a shade less ambitious" than the debut but "nearly as good." [1] Colson Whitehead, in The Village Voice , gave the album a mixed review, writing that it possessed even more of an indie rock sound than the debut. [9]

Spin listed it as one of the 20 best albums of 1993. [10]

The album didn't receive much airplay or sales. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Not in Kansas"Ivey3:45
2."Introductions"Ivey1:00
3."Brown Kisses Pt. One"Ivey1:00
4."I Need a Joint"Ivey, Lofton3:04
5."Pass the Thought"Ivey3:48
6."Greener Pastures"Ivey2:21
7."Brown Kisses Pt. Too"Ivey2:34
8."Commercial Break"Ivey0:31
9."Shouldna Dunnit"Ivey0:47
10."Split Personality"Ivey2:24
11."Not the Same"Ivey2:31
12."Hoes on Tour Part One"Ivey1:36
13."The Popeye Philosophy"Ivey2:29
14."Hoes on Tour Part Two"Ivey1:10
15."Fluffy and Richard"Ivey3:09
16."Hoes on Tour Deel Drie"Ivey0:36
17."Nite Out on the Town"Ivey2:26
18."Do You Wanna Fuck (Or What)?"Ivey4:21
19."Hoes on Tour Part Four"Ivey0:42
Total length:41:39

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "TrouserPress.com :: Basehead". www.trouserpress.com.
  2. ↑ "BASEHEAD GETS TO SECOND JOE BROWN" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ↑ "The Suits". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. November 24, 1994.
  4. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review of Not in Kansas Anymore". Allmusic . Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. ↑ Kot, Greg (May 7, 1993). "REWRAPPING THE MUSIC". chicagotribune.com.
  7. ↑ "Spring Album Roundup: From Naughty and Nice Rap to Willie Country". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1993.
  8. ↑ Higginbotham, Adam (April 1993). "DC Basehead: Not In Kansas Any More". Select : 74. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ "From the Archives: Colson Whitehead's Music Criticism At The Voice (Part 1) | The Village Voice". www.villagevoice.com. October 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Basehead, Not In Kansas Anymore (Imago) SPIN". www.spin.com.
  11. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography of Basehead". Allmusic . Retrieved January 28, 2012.
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