This Was Supposed to Be the Future

This Was Supposed to Be the Future
Studio album by The Nextmen
Released June 2007
Genre Hip Hop,
Length 55:48
Label Antidote / Sanctuary
Producer The Nextmen
The Nextmen chronology
Get Over It
(2003)
This Was Supposed to Be the Future
(2007)
Join the Dots
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
bbc.co.uk/music"soulful and complete" Link
thebeatsurrender.co.uk7/10 Link
celebritiesworldwide.com6/10 Link
Future Music Magazine9/10 Link
IndieLondon.co.uk Link
Time Out London Link
Touch Magazine"an exceptional album" Link

This Was Supposed to Be the Future is the third studio album by The Nextmen. It was released in June 2007 on Antidote Records. It was a change in their sound; a prevalence of songs over rap tracks. Ten different vocalists appear on the album. Zarif appears the most, with three tracks, and LSK and Dynamite MC both appear twice. The first single was "Let It Roll", featuring Alice Russell. The second single was "Something Got You", featuring singer-songwriter Zarif. At their album launch, The Nextmen performed as a full 10 piece band, with members of the Part Time Heroes.

Artwork

Joe Pilbeam commissioned the Brighton-based illustrator Alex Young to create an image showing childhood fantasies of what the future might be like. Youngs's design, of the same theme, for the first single "Let It Roll" was voted the third best record cover of 2007 in a poll of 3,000 people carried out by Art Vinyl.[1]

Track listing

All music composed by Brad Ellis & Dom Betmead.

No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Let It Roll"  Alice Russell3:26
2."Blood Fire"  Dynamite MC3:41
3."Did No Wrong"  Joe Dukie4:17
4."Tuffen Up"  LSK4:00
5."Knowledge Be Born"  Kidz In The Hall3:18
6."Something Got You"  Zarif3:35
7."Concentrate"  Dynamite MC3:00
8."The Drop"  Joe Dukie4:16
9."Let It Be"  Niney The Observer4:22
10."Move"  Zarif4:09
11."Piece of the Pie"  Demolition Man4:37
12."Camera Tricks"  Sway and Bridgette Amofah2:55
13."Memory Lane"  LSK4:56
14."This Was Supposed To Be The Future"  Zarif5:23
Total length:55:38

Tracks 1, 3 and 14 feature trumpet by Toby Vane of Part Time Heroes. Track 8 features horns by Toby Laing and Joe Lindsay of Fat Freddy's Drop. Tracks 9 and 13 features horns by Toby Vane and Johnny Tarr.

References

  1. Byrne, Ciar (2008-01-14). "Vinyl countdown: 2007 was a vintage year for album cover art". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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