Back on the Planet

Back on the Planet
Studio album by Ras G
Released August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
Genre Instrumental hip hop
Length 44:02
Label Brainfeeder
Producer Ras G
Ras G chronology
Raw Fruit
(2013)		 Back on the Planet
(2013)		 Raw Fruit Vol. 2
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(70/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound(6/10)[3]
Exclaim!(6/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media(7.8/10)[5]
PopMatters[6]
The Skinny[7]
XLR8R(6/10)[8]

Back on the Planet is a studio album by American hip hop producer Ras G.[9] It was released on Brainfeeder in 2013.[9]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, Back on the Planet received an average score of 70 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny called the album "a perfect, psychedelic hybrid of dusty LA beat-scene boom-bap and the cosmic jazz excursions of the Sun Ra Arkestra."[7] 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."[4]

Meanwhile, Gary Suarez of PopMatters said: "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."[6] Lainna Fader of XLR8R felt that "[Back on the Planet] 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."[8]

Track listing

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

  1. 1 2 "Back on the Planet - Ras G". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Back on the Planet - Ras G". AllMusic. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Moore, Marcus J. (August 8, 2013). "Ras G - Back on the Planet". Drowned in Sound.
  4. 1 2 Keating, Daryl (August 9, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". Exclaim!.
  5. ↑ Raymer, Miles (August 12, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". Pitchfork Media.
  6. 1 2 Suarez, Gary (August 13, 2013). "Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program: Back on the Planet". PopMatters.
  7. 1 2 Gieben, Bram E. (July 31, 2013). "Ras_G – Back on the Planet". The Skinny.
  8. 1 2 Fader, Lainna (August 27, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". XLR8R.
  9. 1 2 Kangas, Chaz (August 6, 2013). "Ras G Tells Us About Timelessness". LA Weekly.

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