''Back on the Planet'' is a studio album by American hip hop producer

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. It was released through

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on August 6, 2013.

Critical reception

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, 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". 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

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." Daryl Keating of ''

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'' 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." Meanwhile, Gary Suarez of ''

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'' 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

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side project." Lainna Fader of ''

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'' 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."

Track listing

References

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* {{Authority control 2013 albums Brainfeeder albums Hip hop albums by American artists