Future Thursday

You niggas made a mistake,
you should’ve never put my rhymes with Dre;
them thug niggas have arrived and it’s judgement day.
Hey homie, if you feel me,
tell them tricks that shot me
that they missed—they ain’t kill me.

• 2Pac – Can’t C Me

Future Thursday

This came out around the time of Limp Bizkit, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, and the general MTV attack on the culture of the previous 10 years (the 90’s). I cannot overstate how different this was. It was the real future back when MTV had forced their vision of the future on us …

• Beastie Boys – Alive

Future Thursday

This tune isn’t exactly the future of House music, so why is it on Future Thursday? You play it now and you’ll still be hearing it in your head in the future.

“Growing up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park and Logan Square communities, Rafael ‘Lego’ Rodriguez dedicated himself to a career in music at a very early age. He landed himself a DJ residency at the well-known Chicago nightclub ‘Kaboom’ by the age of 19. His notoriety and growing fan base in 1992 led to a now 20 year residency at Chicago’s Legendary ‘Boom Boom Room’. Drawing from a wide spectrum of musical tastes as a DJ, Lego began producing his own music.

In 1999 Lego produced the EP ‘Flava In Ya Ear Vol. 2’ on Afterhours Records, which included ‘El Ritmo De Verdad’ which immediately became an anthem for the highly influential global party scene of Ibiza, which in-turn influenced the global nightclub and dance music communities. Hitting Number 1 on the International Dance Music Charts Lego was catapulted to international stardom. ‘El Ritmo De Verdad’ continues to rock dancefloors the world over to this day … ” — Traxsource

• Lego ‘El Ritmo De Verdad’ (Extended)

https://www.traxsource.com/title/817341/el-ritmo-de-verdad

Future Thursday

“Occasionally Q-Burns Abstract Message pops up in someone’s mix set, or mentioned in a blog post, or perhaps in an odd remix. But, for the most part, he’s a known unknown.[https://qburns.bandcamp.com/]”

Yeah, that “someone’s” mix set where I heard it was Andrew Weatherall’s 1996 BBC Essential Mix …

• Q-Burns Abstract Message – Mess Of Afros (Glenn Underground Mix)