Music Review

Not in Kansas Anymore (1993)

Basehead
Reviewed by Bill Wyman | Mar 19, 1993
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Basehead; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Basehead is the product of the questioning mind of Michael Ivey, creator of a percolating, spare universe for his lilting raps on sex and society, dope and race. As on his remarkable 1991 debut album, Play With Toys, Ivey takes rap to a new intellectual level of searching songwriting brilliance. Check Not in Kansas Anymore out. A-

Originally posted Mar 19, 1993 Published in issue #162 Mar 19, 1993 Order article reprints

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