The Future Is Now Explained
The Future Is Now is the only studio album by the American hip hop group Non Phixion. It was released on March 26, 2002, via Uncle Howie/Landspeed Records. Recording sessions took place at Fast Forward Studios, D&D Studios, No Mystery Studios, Battery Studios, Area 51 and Chung King House Of Metal in New York, and at the Music Grinder in Los Angeles. Production was handled by Necro, Large Professor, Dave 1, DJ Premier, JuJu, Pete Rock and T-Ray. It features guest appearances from Christian Olde Wolbers, Marley Metal, MF Doom, Moonshine, Necro, Raymond Herrera, Stephen Carpenter and The Beatnuts. The album's cover art was created by Mear One, and the logo is a tribute to Canadian metal band Voivod.
The album reached number 65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 14 on both the Independent Albums and the Heatseekers Albums charts in the United States. It includes the singles "Black Helicopters", "Drug Music" backed with "If You Got Love", and "Rock Stars" backed with "The C.I.A. Is Trying to Kill Me". "Black Helicopters" was the only charting single from the album, peaking at No. 46 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. A double disc Platinum Edition of the album was released in 2004, with the second disc featuring instrumental versions. The remix of the song "Say Goodbye to Yesterday" was included in 2003 Biker Boyz: Music from the Motion Picture.
Personnel
- Non Phixion — producers & recording (tracks: 6, 14), mixing (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 16), art direction
- William "Ill Bill" Braunstein — vocals (tracks: 1–5, 7, 9–13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 11, 13), executive producer
- Mitchell "Goretex" Manzanilla — vocals (tracks: 1–5, 7–10, 12, 13, 15, 16), recording (track 10)
- John "Sabac Red" Fuentes — vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 12, 13, 15, 16), mixing (track 13)
- Eric "DJ Eclipse" Winn — scratches (tracks: 2, 15)
- Guest musicians
- Peter "Pete Rock" Phillips — backing vocals, scratches, producer & mixing (track 4)
- Ron "Necro" Braunstein — rap vocals (track 5), producer (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8–10, 16), mixing (tracks: 3, 8, 10)
- Cenophia Mitchell — additional vocals (track 8)
- Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile — rap vocals (track 10)
- Jerry "JuJu" Tineo — rap vocals & producer (track 13)
- Marley "Marley Metal" Fernandez — rap vocals (track 13)
- Lester "Psycho Les" Fernandez — rap vocals (track 13)
- J. "Moonshine" Moronta — rap vocals (track 13)
- Berntony "Al' Tariq" Smalls — rap vocals (track 13)
- Christopher "DJ Premier" Martin — scratches, producer & mixing (track 7)
- Alain "A-Trak" Macklovitch — scratches (track 11)
- Stephen Carpenter — guitar (track 16)
- Christian Olde Wolbers — bass (track 16)
- Raymond Herrera — drums (track 16)
- Production
- William "Large Professor" Mitchell — producer (tracks: 2, 12, 15), mixing (tracks: 2, 15)
- David "Dave 1" Macklovitch — producer & mixing (track 11)
- Todd Ray — producer (track 16)
- Bones — recording (tracks: 1, 5, 11)
- Dejuann Richardson — recording (track 2)
- Jeff Abell — recording (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14), mixing (tracks: 6, 14)
- Charles McCrorey — recording (track 4)
- Eddie Sancho — recording (track 7), mixing (track 9)
- M. "10K" Sutain — recording (track 9)
- Chris Conway — recording (track 13), mixing (tracks: 1, 5, 11–13, 16)
- Anton Pukshansky — recording (track 16)
- Jamie Staub — mixing (tracks: 2–4, 8, 10, 15)
- Kevin Hodge — mastering
- Henley Halem — executive producer, management
- Artwork
Charts
Notes and References
- May 18, 2002 . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . . . 114 . 20 . 49 . 0006-2510 . February 12, 2024.
- May 11, 2002 . Top Independent Albums . . . 114 . 19 . 61 . 0006-2510 . February 12, 2024.
- May 11, 2002 . Billboard Heatseekers . . . 114 . 19 . 61 . 0006-2510 . February 12, 2024.
