The Future Is Now


The Future Is Now is the debut album by the New York City hip hop group Non Phixion, released in March 2002 on Uncle Howie Records. The album garnered acclaim among critics and fans, and is considered to be an underground classic. A double disc Platinum Edition of the album was released in 2004, with the second disc featuring instrumental versions of the fourteen full-length tracks found on disc one. The Future Is Now features an all-star production lineup, including legends such as DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor and JuJu of The Beatnuts, as well as group affiliate Necro, Dave 1 of Chromeo and T-Ray. The album features guest appearances from Necro, MF DOOM, The Beatnuts, Al Tariq, Marley Metal, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, and Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory. The album's cover art was created by Mear One.
The album was a minor underground hit, breaking into the top fifteen on Billboard's Independent Albums and Heatseekers charts, and peaking at #65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album includes the singles "Black Helicopters", "Drug Music" b/w "If You Got Love" and "Rock Stars" b/w "The C.I.A. is Trying to Kill Me". "Black Helicopters" was the only charting single from the album, peaking at #46 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.

Track listing

#TitleProducerPerformer
1"Futurama"Necro
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Third verse: Ill Bill
  • Chorus: Ill Bill
2"Drug Music"Large Professor
  • Intro: Uncle Howie
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Sabac Red
  • Third verse: Goretex
  • Chorus: Goretex
  • Turntables: DJ Eclipse
    • 3"The C.I.A. is Trying to Kill Me"Necro
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Sabac Red
  • Third verse: Goretex
  • Chorus: Ill Bill
    • 4"If You Got Love"Pete Rock
  • First verse: Goretex, Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Third verse: Ill Bill
  • Chorus: Ill Bill, Pete Rock
  • Turntables: Pete Rock
    • 5"There Is No Future"Necro
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Necro
  • Third verse: Goretex
  • Fourth verse: Sabac Red
  • Chorus: Ill Bill
    • 6"Uncle Howie"
  • Skit performed by: Uncle Howie
    • 7"Rock Stars"DJ Premier
  • First verse: Goretex, Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Sabac Red, Ill Bill
  • Third verse: Goretex, Sabac Red
  • Turntables: DJ Premier
    • 8"Say Goodbye to Yesterday"Necro
  • First verse: Sabac Red
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Pre-Chorus: Sabac Red
  • Chorus: Cenophia Mitchell
    • 9"Black Helicopters"Necro
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Third verse: Sabac Red
  • Chorus: Ill Bill
    • 10"Strange Universe"Necro
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: MF DOOM
  • Third verse: Goretex
    • 11"Cult Leader"Dave One
  • Performed by: Ill Bill
  • Turntables: A-Trak
    • 12"It's Us"Large Professor
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Third verse: Sabac Red
  • Chorus: Ill Bill
    • 13"Suicide Bomb"JuJu
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: JuJu
  • Third verse: Marley Metal
  • Fourth verse: Psycho Les
  • Fifth verse: Moonshine
  • Sixth verse: Goretex
  • Seventh verse: Sabac Red
  • Eighth verse: Al' Tariq
    • 14"Where You Wanna Go"
  • Skit performed by: Uncle Howie
    • 15"We Are the Future"Large Professor
  • First verse: Ill Bill
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Third verse: Sabac Red
  • Turntables: DJ Eclipse
    • 16"The C.I.A. is Still Trying to Kill Me"T-RayNecro
    • First verse: Ill Bill
    • Second verse: Sabac Red
    • Third verse: Goretex
    • Chorus: Ill Bill
    • Live instrumentation: Stephen Carpenter,
    Christian Olde Wolbers,
    Raymond Herrera

    Samples

    Futurama
    The C.I.A Is Trying to Kill Me
    Drug Music
    If You Got Love
    Rock Stars
    Say Goodbye to Yesterday
    Black Helicopters
    Strange Universe
    Cult Leader
    It's Us
    Suicide Bomb
    We Are the Future

    Album

    Singles