This Was Supposed to Be the Future
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| Studio album by The Nextmen | ||||
| Released | June 2007 | |||
| Genre | Hip Hop, | |||
| Length | 55:48 | |||
| Label | Antidote / Sanctuary | |||
| Producer | The Nextmen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| bbc.co.uk/music | "soulful and complete" Link |
| thebeatsurrender.co.uk | 7/10 Link |
| celebritiesworldwide.com | 6/10 Link |
| Future Music Magazine | 9/10 Link |
| IndieLondon.co.uk |
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| Time Out London |
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| 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.
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.
All music composed by Brad Ellis & Dom Betmead.
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.
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