BASEHEAD

 Not in Kansas Anymore

1992

Play With Toys

1991

Discogs

 

 

Biography

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Basehead is the creation of Michael Ivey, a middle-class suburban kid from Maryland. Ivey recorded the bulk of Basehead's 1992 debut, Plays With Toys, on a four-track at home with various friends. Combining laid-back, stoned hip-hop rhythm tracks, pop hooks, drawled raps, and pseudo-folky guitar, the record received glowing reviews in alternative publications and was played frequently on college radio. Ivey assembled a touring band and used them on parts of Basehead's 1993 follow-up, Not in Kansas Anymore. The critical reception was mixed and the record didn't receive much airplay or sales. The following year Ivey assembled the alternative hip-hop collection B.Y.O.B., which featured several of his own contributions; Basehead's Faith followed in 1996. 

 

 

Not In Kansas Anymore

 

Tracklist

1		Not In Kansas
3:44
2		Introduction	1:00
3		Brown Kisses (Part One)	2:25
4		I Need A Joint	3:03
5		Pass The Thought	3:48
6		Greener Pastures	2:21
7		Brown Kisses (Part Too)	2:34
8		Commercial Break
0:31
9		Shouldna Dunnit	0:47
10		Split Personality
2:24
11		Not The Same	2:31
12		Hoes On Tour (Part One)	1:36
13		The Popeye Philosophy	2:29
14		Hoes On Tour (Part Two)	1:10
15		Fluffy And Richard
16		Hoes On Tour (Deel Drie)	0:36
17		Nite Out On The Town	2:26
18		Do You Wanna Fuck (Or What?)	4:21
19		Hoes On Tour (Part Four)	0:42

 

 

  

 

Play With Toys

Tracklist

1

Intro

1:02
2		2000 BC

4:16
3		Brand New Day	4:27
4		Not Over You	4:38
5		Better Days	3:10
6		Ode To My Favorite Beer	3:42
7		Hair	3:49
8		Evening News	4:32
9		I Try	3:53
10		Play With Toys

4:03
11		Outro

2:57