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- Date Released: June 1, 1996
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: Bellmark Records / DM
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We Say...
Best known for their hijacking of the P-Funk mothership and their delirious, Parliament-sampling 1990 hit "The Humpty Dance," Digital Underground took their obsession with George Clinton's cosmic slop to the next logical step on 1996's Future Rhythm — total immersion. Here, Shock G's bouncy beats play second to buttery Funkadelic harmonies, late-Clinton digital trickery, raps right out of Let's Take It To The Stage, five-minute space-organ jams, aliens... and booties, booties, booties! This loose, futuristic concept record is so anally fixated it would make Sir Mix-A-Lot blush — inventing bootycentric reinterpretations of the original funkster's "One Nation Under a Groove" (e.g., "Every booty stink when they poo!"). Future Rhythm, the first album recorded after DU broke with Tommy Boy, revels in the type of industry-be-damned funkateer iconoclasm that has recently made Shock G an unexpected hero of Murs and the Definitive Jux camp. Free your ass... who cares what follows!
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They Say...
With each new album, Digital Underground develop and deepen their homage to George Clinton's P-Funk, coming up with new, inventive ways to carry on the tradition. Unlike the G-funk-inspired crews down in Southern California, DU play fast and loose with their inspiration, keeping true to the wild-ass eclecticism of P-Funk's best moments. On Future Rhythm, DU have added a concept of their own -- namely, the record is a concept album about moving funk and hip-hop into the next century. Unfortunately, the music never sounds any different than the group's previous releases, with the notable exception of the exclusion of the good-time party raps that always ranked among the crew's finer moments. So, the concept never quite takes hold, and the music is similar to the group's other recordings, but so what? Digital Underground has found a way to infuse hip-hop with not only the sound but the spirit of George Clinton in a way no other rapper (with the exception of Dr. Dre, who took the sound but ignored the spirit) has ever done. And that means that even their lesser efforts, such as Future Rhythm, have some fine cuts to offer.
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| 01. |  |
Walk Real Kool Feat. Shock-G / Erika |
4:00 |
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| 02. | |
Glooty-Us-Maximus Feat. Money-B / Knumskull / Saafir / Shock-G/ Humpty |
5:53 |
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| 03. | |
Oregano Flow (Gumbo Soup Mix) Feat. Shock-G |
3:47 |
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| 04. | |
Fool Get A Clue Feat. Shaquaan / Shabaam / Shock-G |
4:03 |
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| 05. | |
Rumpty Rump Feat. Money-B |
1:01 |
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| 06. | |
Food Fight Feat. Humpty / Del |
4:01 |
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| 07. | |
Future Rhythm Feat. Krazy-Horse / Mac-Mone |
3:52 |
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| 08. | |
Hokis Pokis (A Classic Case) Feat. Humpty / The Piano Man |
5:22 |
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| 09. | |
We Got More Feat. Shock-G / Knumskull / Yukmouth |
3:09 |
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| 10. | |
Hella Bump Feat. Krazy Horse / Shock-G |
4:27 |
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| 11. | |
Stylin' Feat. Kenya / Shock / Tyranny |
4:21 |
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| 12. | |
Midnite Snack Feat. The Piano Man |
0:56 |
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| 13. | |
Oregano Flow (Hot Sauce Mix) Feat. Shock-G |
4:18 |
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| 14. | |
Want It All Feat. D-Crew) |
5:32 |
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14 Total Tracks, 54:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Digital Underground - Main Performer // Mike Westbrook - ? // Mike Westbrook - ? // Cynthia - ? // Matt Kelly - ? // Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Performer // Tyranny - Performer // Sophia - ? // Saafir - Performer // Saafir - ? // Erich Baker - ? // Ron Brooks - ? // Michael Denten - ? // DJ Fuze - ? // Darrin Harris - ? // Shock-G - Performer // Shock-G - Art Direction // Jeremy "Jay-Z" Jackson - ? // Eric Janko - ? // Jennifer - ? // Mac-Mone - Performer // Money-B - Performer // Descaro Moore - ? // The Piano-Man - Performer // Robert - ? // Eric Robinson - ? // Steven - ? // Warren Williams - ? // Joshua Tobias - ? // Aaron ? - ? // Shock - Performer // Danny Wheeler - ? // Victor Hall - Programming // Victor Hall - Graphic Design // Victor Hall - Art Direction // Victor Hall - Design // Victor Hall - Photography // Victor Hall - Layout Design // Misty - ? // Juanita - ? // Atron Gregory - ? // Caryn Hirsch - Art Direction // Shakeem Bocaj - ? // Ken Brophy - ? // Kevin Hack - ? // Angelique Jean - ? // Kimberly Michaels - ? // Sookie Sook - ? // Quinton Washington - ? // Darron Weasler - ? // Jay Alexander - ? // Juanita Carter - ? // Anthony Parker - ? // Greg Jacobs - Programming // Greg Jacobs - Liner Notes // Greg Jacobs - Design // Greg Jacobs - Concept // Jeff Boyer - ?
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