My Field Trip to Planet 9
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 wrote, "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." Geoffrey Himes of The Washington Post was more critical, saying, " raps, with their tired mix of criminal boasting, gratuitous weirdness and hip-hop cliches, leave almost no impression at all."In 2014, The Village Voices Jonathan Patrick listed My Field Trip to Planet 9 as one of "The 10 Best Forgotten New York Hip-Hop Records", writing, "Perhaps best labeled as psychedelic rap, My Field Trip to Planet 9 plays out like a hippie's take on golden-era hip-hop". The following year, Fact ranked it as the 43rd-best trip hop album of all time.
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