This Was Supposed To Be The Future
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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.
. Tracks 9 and 13 features horns by Toby Vane and Johnny Tarr.
The Nextmen
The Nextmen are a UK production/songwriting group consisting of Dom Search and Brad Baloo . Often incorporating hip hop drum sets and electronic basslines into their sound, they have worked with many artists from the UK, US and Jamaica...
. It was released in June 2007 on Antidote Records
Antidote Records
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. It was a change in their sound; a prevalence of songs over rap tracks. Ten different vocalists appear on the album. Zarif
Zarif
Zarif Davidson, known professionally as Zarif, is a British singer-songwriter of Scottish-Iranian-Jewish descent whose music ranges from soul to funk to pop. She performs with a nine piece band and sometimes plays keyboard and guitar.-Biography:...
appears the most, with three tracks, and LSK and Dynamite MC
Dynamite MC
Dynamite MC, is an MC from Gloucester, England. He originally gained prominence in jungle/drum and bass, working with Roni Size and Reprazent, but has also released hip hop material.-Career:...
both appear twice. The first single was "Let It Roll", featuring Alice Russell
Alice Russell (singer)
Alice Russell is a British soul singer. She was born in 1975, the daughter of an organist, and grew up in Framlingham in Suffolk. At the age of nine, following in her father and sisters' musical footsteps, Alice began taking lessons on Cello, and sang in choirs, before studying art and music in...
. The second single was "Something Got You
Something Got You
"Something Got You" is the second single from the album, This Was Supposed to Be the Future by The Nextmen. The song features singer/songwriter Zarif....
", featuring singer-songwriter Zarif
Zarif
Zarif Davidson, known professionally as Zarif, is a British singer-songwriter of Scottish-Iranian-Jewish descent whose music ranges from soul to funk to pop. She performs with a nine piece band and sometimes plays keyboard and guitar.-Biography:...
. At their album launch, The Nextmen
The Nextmen
The Nextmen are a UK production/songwriting group consisting of Dom Search and Brad Baloo . Often incorporating hip hop drum sets and electronic basslines into their sound, they have worked with many artists from the UK, US and Jamaica...
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.Tracklisting
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 DropFat Freddy's Drop
Fat Freddy’s Drop is a seven-piece band from Wellington, New Zealand, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by musicians from other bands in Wellington, Fat Freddy’s Drop...
. Tracks 9 and 13 features horns by Toby Vane and Johnny Tarr.