Back on the Planet

Back on the Planet
Studio album by Ras G
Released	August 6, 2013
Genre	Instrumental hip hop
Length	44:02
Label	Brainfeeder
Producer	Ras G
Ras G chronology

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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

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

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gollark: So it doesn't end up simpler.

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gollark: I mean, which is simpler? `add(x, y) and sub(x, y)` or `perform_arithmetic_operation("add", x, y) and perform_arithmetic_operation("sub", x, y)`?

References

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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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

Back on the Planet at Discogs (list of releases)

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[laweekly-1] 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.

[metacritic-2] "Back on the Planet - Ras G". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[allmusic-3] Jeffries, David. "Back on the Planet - Ras G". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 18, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[drownedinsound-4] 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.

[exclaim-5] Keating, Daryl (August 9, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[pitchfork-6] Raymer, Miles (August 12, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[popmatters-7] 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.

[theskinny-8] 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.

[xlr8r-9] Fader, Lainna (August 27, 2013). "Ras G: Back on the Planet". XLR8R. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.