The Future Now Resembles the Past by Kinte is the third installment in an Afrofuturist hip-hop trilogy. Part 1, The Future Is Ours, was the warning. Part 2, The Future Is Here, showed the future arriving. Now Part 3 shows humanity slipping backward, repeating the same mistakes it promised to learn from.
This album tells a darker chapter where the Eden Protocol has not been activated, the last rainforest is decaying, the children of the algorithm become the system, and the future begins to look like the past all over again. But even in the collapse, the final track leaves a small glimmer of hope that the next generation may finally break the cycle.
Samples come from Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army, Telekon by Gary Numan, and Warriors by Gary Numan.
Track Listing and Samples
Intro (The Cycle Begins Again)
Sample: “Listen to the Sirens” from Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army
We Were Warned Before
Sample: “This Wreckage” from Telekon by Gary Numan
The Future Now Resembles the Past
Sample: “Warriors” from Warriors by Gary Numan
Eden Protocol Not Activated
Sample: “I Dream of Wires” from Telekon by Gary Numan
Cities Under Glass Are Cracking
Sample: “This Prison Moon” from Warriors by Gary Numan
The Last Rainforest Is Now in Decay
Sample: “The Iceman Comes” from Warriors by Gary Numan
Children of the Algorithm Became the System
Sample: “Remind Me to Smile” from Telekon by Gary Numan
New Kings in Tomorrow
Sample: “My Centurion” from Warriors by Gary Numan
Digital Ancestors Deleted
Sample: “My Shadow in Vain” from Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army
The Oceans Came Back for Their Names
Sample: “The Aircrash Bureau” from Telekon by Gary Numan
Build the Walls Again
Sample: “The Dream Police” from Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army
The Children Still Remember the Sun
Sample: “We Are Glass” from Telekon by Gary Numan
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