''The Future Is Now'' is the only studio album by the American hip hop group

Non Phixion Non Phixion (pronounced ''Non-Fiction'') is an American hip-hop group from Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. ...

. It was released on March 26, 2002, via Uncle Howie/Landspeed Records. Recording sessions took place at Fast Forward Studios,

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, No Mystery Studios, Battery Studios, Area 51 and Chung King House Of Metal in

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, and at the Music Grinder in

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was handled by Necro,

Large Professor William Paul Mitchell (born March 21, 1972), better known by the stage name of Large Professor (also Extra P. and Large Pro), is an American rapper and music producer. Based in New York City, he is known as a founding member of the underground ...

, Dave 1,

DJ Premier Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He has been frequently lauded as one of hip hop's greatest producers by publications such as '' ...

, JuJu,

Pete Rock Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapping, rapper. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned along ...

and

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. It features

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s from

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, Marley Metal, MF Doom, Moonshine, Necro,

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and

The Beatnuts The Beatnuts is an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu (born Jerry Tineo on December 14, 1968) is a Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez ...

. The album's cover art was created by

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, and the logo is a tribute to Canadian metal band Voivod. The album reached number 65 on the

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chart and number 14 on both the

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and the

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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

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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''.

Track listing

Personnel

— producers & recording (tracks: 6, 14), mixing (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 16), art direction **William "

Ill Bill William Braunstein (born July 14, 1972), professionally known by his stage name Ill Bill, is an American rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York City. Having gained fame in the underground hip hop group Non Phixion, Ill Bill is known ...

" 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 John Fuentes (born February 7, 1977), professionally known by his stage name SaBac Red (or simply Sabac), is an American rapper and audio engineer from New York City. He is a member of hip hop quartet Non Phixion and the "on hold" supergroup ...

" 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 "

" 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 The Beatnuts is an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu (born Jerry Tineo on December 14, 1968) is a Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez ...

" Fernandez — rap vocals (track 13) *J. "Moonshine" Moronta — rap vocals (track 13) *Berntony "Al' Tariq" Smalls — rap vocals (track 13) *Christopher "

" Martin — scratches, producer & mixing (track 7) *Alain "

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" Macklovitch — scratches (track 11) *

— guitar (track 16) *

— bass (track 16) *

— drums (track 16) ;Production *William "

" Mitchell — producer (tracks: 2, 12, 15), mixing (tracks: 2, 15) *David " Dave 1" Macklovitch — producer & mixing (track 11) *

Todd Ray Todd Ray, known professionally as T-Ray, is an American record producer and mixing engineer, known for producing Cypress Hill 1993 single " I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" and having founded the Venice Beach Freakshow in 2006, as well as creating a ...

— 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 *Trevor "Karma" Gendron — art direction, design, layout *Kalen "

" Ockerman — artwork, design, painting *

Ricky Powell Ricky Powell (November 20, 1961February 1, 2021) was an American photographer who documented popular culture including hip hop, punk rock, graffiti, and pop art. His photographs have been featured in ''The New York Times'', the ''New York Post' ...

— photography *

Michael Lavine Michael Lavine (born October 13, 1963, San Francisco) is a portrait photographer based in New York City. He grew up in Denver, and graduated from Denver's South High School in 1981. After graduating high school, Lavine headed to the Pacific North ...

— photography *

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— photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Future Is Now, The 2002 debut albums Non Phixion albums Albums produced by Todd Ray Albums produced by Pete Rock Albums produced by DJ Premier Albums produced by the Beatnuts Albums produced by Necro (rapper) Albums produced by Large Professor