Welcome to the Afterfuture

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Hip-hop no tan clásico, sí con otro tipo de ritmos y acompañamientos. Aun así, reivindicativo.

Typical turn of the century/start of the millennium hip-hop which is not an awful thing. Welcome to the Afterfuture is apt from the title down to the music, which blends minimal boom-bap with surprising detours to downtempo ambient in a little over an hour of nonstop creativity. Favorites: 5000 Miles West of the Future, Planet 10, Bladerunners, No. 1 St, To the Moon's Contractor, I Feel Like $100, The Animalist, Red Eye to Jupiter, Wipe Out on the Wave of Armageddon, Feb. 4th '99.

Not a fan of this one.

Weird: So your telling me I sat here for 1h2m and heard hardly any music in that time. If you want to sit there and listen to I'd say 50 mins of random quite noises and another 10 of sub-par rapping then this is your album. I get that the tracks hold meaning with the last song being in reference to a significant event (not sure what) and making some commentary on what happened, I understand that's important but that album from a musical perspective is just plain bad and I won't be listening to it again any time soon.

Not for me, or for many others judging by the number of streams the tracks have, most of which are likely to be the people doing this online activity

No, I'm pretty sure if you were Christian, your name might have still been Michael.

Hip hop. Futurista, apocalíptico. Rollo.

Only notable for having Company Flow on track 5. Every other contribution is frankly pathetic. Production is alright, but there's a lot of elements here that make the album come across as half-hearted. It's hard to believe it got so much praise from reviewers at the time. While Welcome to the Afterfuture explores some unique ideas, it's mostly aimless and poorly executed.

Delightful and compelling

While I love a lot of old, old school rap (Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, etc), I don't like modern hip-hop as much. But this is really good. So much so that, along with the previous album recommended to me, I've paused my recommendations so that I can give these two albums more time. - How did the 1001 project find this? At least on Spotify is has very few listens, and it's Wikipedia article is very sparse (implying it didn't make much of a splash). I'm glad they found it though. Very good. - Interesting looking at the reviews and ratings on here. Those who write anything seem to mostly a 4 or 5. But it's overall, it's only rated as 3 stars -- it appears to be the "fly by" voters throwing out 1s and pulling it down.

Best Song: No. 1 St. Nice chill, relaxed flow over a sweeping backing instrumental. Nice. Worst Song: Takes More Than 41. Sometimes a song can be so lo-fi that it just sounds underbaked, and lemme tell ya, this puppy's raw. Overall: It's pretty nice lo-fi hip hop. Does some nice weird conceptual stuff, but never gets too outlandish that it becomes unlistenable. Best for chill, background music.

4.0

There are some interesting rhythms and tunes but most of the songs aren't my cup of tea at all. It also doesn't feel like a coherent album, rather than different songs put together one after each other.

Absolutely awful. Painful to listen.

One of the takeaways from this exercise is that no matter how good some of the tracks are, anything with a run time over 50mins has to work veeeeeery hard to make it worthwhile. In saying that, Bladrunners is big track and the atmospheric breaks in The Moons Contractor etc were excellent

Not good, but not shitty enough. Also, this dude went to Hampshire College so that should explain some things.

Having also gone to school in Western Massachusetts, you can tell he's a Hampshire College graduate.

D 5000 Miles West of the Future - 2 Airwave Hysteria - 1 Planet 10 - 2 Takes More Than 41 - 2 Bladerunners - 1 No. 1 St. — 2 To the Moon’s Contractor - 1 I Feel Like $100 - 2 The Animist - 1 Red Eye to Jupiter - 1 Welcome to the Afterfuture - 1 Wipe Out on the Wave of Armageddon- 2 Feb. 4 ’99 - 1 When woofmeow taught me that Mike Ladd went to Hampshire College, I felt so grateful. She left out one thing though: he's white. Bet you didn't see that one coming. One of those classic Elvis moments.

A couple of really good songs. I love the late 90s early 2000s experimental music. Rating: 4.0

No thanks - it's just rap and weird noises - not of any interest to me at all.

Evokes images of a gang of future-cyber-punks huddled around a flaming trash can blasting this out of a boombox during the post-apocalypse. A really interesting hip hop album comprising a decaying industrial soundscape. The reflective final track 'Feb. 4 '99' is completely different, but somehow fits perfectly. Form matches function perfectly in this very cool and deliberately artistic endevour. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: Feb. 4 '99 Date listened: 02/06/23

I probably need to listen to this a couple more times to fully understand it, but I *would* listen to it a couple more times

What an odd pick for the list. Good beats, but Ladds flows aren't exactly awe-inspiring. Should just have Company Flow on here instead, or better yet, RTJ! 👉🤛

Love all the blips and the esoteric subject matter. Gets a little annoying in places with repetition and strange affectations, but mostly a really interesting listen. Ladd's Gun Hill Road really improves on the formula, but this album is still worth spending time with.

Grew on me. Flow is not to my taste, a bit awkward, but overall sound is nice.

Some cool stuff, collabs with company flow was dope.

Just okay and decent in general

Didn't really grab me - not very melodic.

I had never heard of Mike Ladd, I'm not into hip-hop. I don't actively seek it out so I'm not surprised. Nothing extraordinary here, the beats are fine and most of it was listenable, it makes for decent background music and the best I can say is I didn't not like it. Not essential for me.

Thought this had a really great sound. An album made in 2023 but def feels like they made it in the 90s.

Chill beats, thoughtful lyricsism. Just how I like it.

Probably influential but a bit too edgy for me to get into

Certainly a vibe here, but not my vibe. Irritated by some of the vulgar lyrics. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

Didn’t have much time to focus on this one. Good and chill instrumentals though!

Just not very good...

eh

I liked it. Some cool moods and some thought provoking rhymes. 4 stars

When I listen to rap lyrics I usually have three thoughts. 1) yeah, I guess I agree, the system sucks. 2) gross, no one needs to hear about this. And 3) why are you writing a song about this? This album was way more 1 that 2 and 3, and had the bonus of being musically competent.

For me it's a plus when I hear something new and I can't tell where or when it came from. Admittedly as I heard the first few minutes of this I buckled in for an hour of cold hard angry hip hop berating universal injustice. There was a rapid paradigm shift when I realized there was extensive riffing on Blade Runner and Buckaroo Banzai. Like wow, am I finally in a sector of a niche target demographic for something? I will need to circle back to listen closely for more nerd deep dives. "To the Moon's Contractor" is an extended cosmic trip that calls me back to the title screen theme for "Phantasy Star Online" on the Dreamcast. Avant-garde, liberated from all conventions, and ready to go to Planet 10.

Lot of great jams.

not my jam.

Meh

It's spaced-out, trippy, vibe does set it aside from other hip hop that has appeared on the list but I'm torn between whether or not that makes it better or worse. Next.

Another album I wasn't really looking forward to once I'd opened the site. The start was a real surprise - really interesting, great sound. Then it slowly morphed into boring hip hop albeit with some musical interludes though all basic repetitive phrases.

Not as good as I hoped it'd be

Productions a 4, vocals a 2 if I’m being generous. Let’s call it a 3.

Chill, futuristic space-rap in the same vein as Deltron 3030, Funcrusher Plus, or A Better Tomorrow (all of which have criminally been missed off this list). Instrumentally great, but a lot of tracks drag on longer than they should.

Nice production, crap vocals.

This album really grew on me. Creative record with mf doom / mad villain vibes. Great for a mold

Interesting sounds used. Didn’t stick with me tho. 2/5

Mi rimane poco o nulla

A puzzling inclusion, neither the best of any particular hip hop sub genre nor distinctive enough to make a significant mark. A few gems are scattered throughout but the album takes a long time to get going and by the time it does interest has waned. Ladd is no doubt an interesting, smart artist and is worth a listen but I can think of hundreds of rap albums to include here over this.

Started off ok but started to drag.

Nice surprise to see this hear. I bought this back in the day from a second hand CD shop as I was a big Company Flow fan, but it didn't do a great deal for me at the time. 20 years or so later it's much more resonant with me and still stands up remarkably well - a golden era for underground hiphop

Started out pretty good, but way too long with little of interest

beautiful

Wasn't a fan of his flow but I liked the subjects and the beats were amazing. Lots of different genres which made it a joy to listen to.

Awful

Rap

Pretty weird

Slick trip hop/intellectual rap, nice international samples, clever lyrics

Not really interesting in 2023. Maybe in 2000 when most were afraid of the millennium scarecrow.

Middling hip-hop record - on the intellectual side it's interesting but on the other hand clinical and devoid of too much emotion.

I think I've given rap music a fair chance and I've decided it's just not really my thing

This was good, kind of spooky at times but a well rounded album

Imagine looking at a black and white picture, simple isn’t it? Then imagine that black and white picture slowly turns into a picture with colour, gets a bit more complex! That’s what it’s like listening to this album.

first song and to the moon's contractor is really interesting

jj

Kind of won me over by the end! A high 4/5

Pretty good. A little long, but the core is solid. His other work might be interesting to check out.

this felt like it could have been great but was hamstrung by subpar production

baita som, não dava nada mas instrumentalzao show

Cool Keith vibes. Fun existential lyrics playful instrumentations

Difficult to find

Solid hip hop album. Slower paced, has lots of electronic elements. More something I would enjoy in the background instead of listen to actively. Standout is "Bladerunners"

a very interesting album, half rap half kind of spoken word over music. i can’t say i really enjoyed it but it also wasn’t bad

Interesting.

Just not a sound for me.

That was more or less a waste of space and time. Some weird electronic rap, not sure what this even was

It's funny, his third song "Planet 10" feels like was made by Marc Rebillet. There are some good songs, some really irritating.

I like the beats. The rhymes not so much.

Enjoyed this one a lot. Definitely deserves another listen

What the hell is this supposed to be????? If I'm reincarnated a thousand times and never hear this album again, then I will be happy. This has no place in 1001 albums to hear.

Not on Spotify so it was hard listening to the entire thing but what heard was

Proper experimental stuff, really enjoyed a lot of these tracks, shame theyre not on spotify

2/5 A nicer person might call this a soundscape. Yea, a soundscape of hell. It just sounded like someone got a new music editing program and put every sound effect on one track at the same time. Or, alternatively, leaned on the whole keyboard and called it done. This a cacophony of voices and noises and samples. Just. Ugh. Just not my thing.

Absolute garbage. Shame I can't give it 0 stars.

very interesting artsy rap album, wasn't available on spotify for some reason but the whole album was on youtube anyway. I should definitely give this a few more listens but its certainly extraordinary.

Não tem no deezer, assim não me pareceu um disco que valesse a pena dar a chance para a provável monotonia de um disco de hip-hop.

WHOA what the heck was that?

"Welcome to the Afterfuture" is the second full-length album by American hip-hop musician Mike Ladd. The album is recognized as one leading cutting edge hip-hop into avant garde and non-western traditions. I also put some of this music just plain in the experimental category as well. Lyrically this album can be somewhat all over the place but there are recurring themes of police states, a new world order and anti-imperialism. "5000 Miles West of the Future" begins things with heavy keyboards transitioning into more ambient music. Ladd talks and the mood is that of dread. It has a future sound. Jazz horns end things. Swirling strings and Hindu-type chants give "Airwave Hysteria" a totally different vibe. There's more funk with the keyboards. Dense rhyme content going into a history of imperialistic violence. The third song "Planet 10" slows things down a bit is no less weird. Slightly more soulful. A deeper male voice. A synthed-out female voice. Ambience with space sounds. "Where are we going?" "Bladerunners" features Company Flow and has string samples and a slow, funky groove. More traditional hip-hop rap. But, the lyrics keep the weirdness going describing a bad ass sexed-up dude and then goes into a political rant about police states. "Wipe Out on the Wave of Armageddon" caught my attention with the Shaft-like drum beat. Ambient synths smooth things out. The album ends with "Feb. 4 '99," spoken word lyrics talking about the future of money, woman and computers. A drone background. A clock-ticking beat with high-pitched keys. One of the best songs on the album. This album was a decent listen. It starts and ends strong. Things were always kept interresting.

It insists upon itself.

Some very interesting sounds & lyrical themes here, but overall a mixed bag. 2.5 stars

I had never heard of Mike Ladd. This is quite unlike any other hip-hop album aI’ve heard. The soundscape is unique - sometimes the backing is orchestral, often strings dominate. The beats sometimes dominate (5000 Miles West Of The Future). It can be funky (The Animist). Drums can dominate (Wipe Out On The Wave Of Armageddon). Sometimes the track is frenetic (Red Eye To Jupiter) & sometimes slow (Takes More Than 41). Sometimes you just focus on the words (For All Those Killed By Cops). My favourite line is from the title track : “I got swallowed by a record label In the tower of Babel”. Really enjoyed this.

Jeez, whose dick did Mike Ladd suck to get on this list? The terrible rapping over amateurish home recordings has very little to recommend it. Oh, and the appalling falsetto warbling at the end of Planet 10 is just flat out bad. The occasional guest appearance of a real rapper with flow, skills and charisma highlights the shortcomings of Mr Ladd. I am angry that this time-wasting compilation of half-arsed demos was included in the list. It does, however, feature prominently in my forthcoming book "A Million Albums You Can Happily Ignore For The Rest Of Your Life". (A note to Mr Ladd, on the off-chance you have googled himself and come across this review: your record is not hateful. But, if you search your heart of hearts, you know. You_know_ this is not one of 1001 albums that you should hear before you die. )

Buhangin

I liked Phil Lynott, he was taken too soon. I actually prefer the studio versions of most of these songs but there's no denying the live versions bring a lot of energy not to mention some amazing guitar snd drum virtuosity

I'm not a hip hop fan at all, but this was really interesting. The term I want to use to describe this is "progressive hip hop." Very interesting, innovative, and different from any other hip hop I've heard. I wish it was available on Spotify - I would definitely listen again. 3 stars.

Not for me

have any very good groves, but, i think that the woman singer is out of tone in many songs

C'est special et quekque chansons se demarque beaucoup dur este de l'labum. J'ai bien aimé 3.5

Not on spotify

Listen to this when you have more time and the wife doesn’t have to hear it.

Awefull

Well, I listened to it.

À jour pile pour le tiers de la liste 🥹

ce fut parfois intriguant bien que démesurément long

No one should have to work so hard to find shit like this on a streaming service in 2022.

Album unavailable on Amazon Music.

Good stuff. Nice beats throughout

The beginning was really bad. Didn't like that at all. Going further into the album, it got a bit better, but didn't convince me to vote more than 1 star.

Pas trippé honnêtement

I like this Mike lad. Reminds me of some chill outer space vibe nyc rapper shit. Get in with it weirdo. Noice.

As an entire album, "enjoy" is a strong word. However I hope to find more albums like this: hard-to-define, experimental pieces by artists I'm unfamiliar with. The track I was dreading listening to (an over 10 minutes-long "To the Moon's Contractor") ended up being one of the highlights for me. Then there's a song like "The Animist", which wears out its welcome about 2 minutes too soon. HL: "Planet 10", "Bladerunners", "Moon's Contractor", "Wipe Out" December 12, 2022 (late)

Not on Spotify so cba. Listened to the first two songs on YT. Sounds pretty nice.

It's an interesting album, even if it's hip hop, the mos interesting part is the music by itself.

Amazing

It’s hard to say a great deal about an album which never stays the same course for very long. But nevertheless I enjoyed the eclectic mix of moody ambient funk and trip-hop on offer here. A really great record which I’ll be seeking out on vinyl.

I have now been assigned 2 Hip Hop albums this week that are decent but not available on Spotify, what are the chances? It either tells me I need to virtue outside of streaming and listen to new music on YouTube, or to not trust streaming itself. Aside from 1st world problems, the production is pretty neat as the beats and backing tracks are smooth and cool. Not a fan of Mike Ladd's rapping and lyrics as it is quite mediocre, but didn't ruin the album.

Liked the almost easy melody done by a trumpet but otherwise not really super enthusiastic besides a couple cool bits

A very pleasant album to listen to, although that probably wasn't the intention (not fully, at least). It reminded me a little the Deltron 3030 album - both taking place in a future (or use future as a driving mechanism) to rap about current issues. I think this is a really good idea, it gives you a different perspective on the matter of things. It is such a Terra Incognita in music as of yet. Mike Ladd had a small contribution to the subgenre with his album Welcome to the Afterfuture. It's a hip hop album with quite few instrumental bits, like prominently "The Moon's Contractor". It's a very atmospheric track, nicely fitting into the whole theme of the album, but also defending itself on its own. The real highlight of the album is the closing track, a sort of an anthem, that is still very much important and valid - "Feb. 4 '99 (For All Those Killed by Cops)". It's a really great song, with interesting, important and quite moving lyrics. Unfortunately, rest of the album is not on par with the best tracks and I had mixed feelings about it. I definitely like the beats much more than the rapping style in general. I didn't like any of the guest appearances, and those songs bring the overall experience down in my opinion. Good idea, but mixed result.

Way to experimental, spoken word

Interesting, a bit different.......but then the almost inevitable rant on the last track which lost me completely ! 2*?

Not great but was half asleep.

Takes More Than 41 me hizo revisar la duración del disco. 1h 2 min. Esto no pinta nada bien. Las primeras 3 muy equis. Las instrumentales no me gustaron. En general siento que es un disco aburrido, aunque tiene partes interesantes pero no son lo suficiente para tener una buena impresión del disco. 1.5 que bajo a 1.

(Had to go to YouTube for this one. Not currently on streaming services in the US) An experimental, dystopian future hip-hop concept album in the vein of Dr. Octagon and Deltron 3030. While not quite as enjoyable or essential as those records, “Welcome to the Afterfuture” melds IDM-ish electronica and hip hop well and doesn’t sounded dated in the least. …but I’m gonna do the thing I find myself doing a lot while navigating this list: recommend an album that should’ve been included instead of this one. The aforementioned Deltron 3030, also released in 2000, works better as a concept record, with more interesting production, unique lyrical flow and more stylistic variation. No disrespect to Mike Ladd, Welcome to the Afterfuture is a very good record, and, thus far, is the most enjoyable of the records I don’t feel belong on the list: I’m especially enjoying the stereolab-ish “To the Moon’s Contractor”, there is an Air-like downtempo feel to a lot of the songs and, just now, a reference to listening to bootlegs of The Fall, which was unexpected for a sci-fi hip-hop record. I’m just a little puzzled by its inclusion over Deltron 3030’s, given how influential and highly regarded that record is. Solid 4/5.

This is interesting, although I wouldn't go as far as compelling. I didn't think I'd like it. It grew on me. I'll probably consider listening to it again, but it won't be soon.

Did not like the start, but the album grew on me as it went on.

Has cool Parys. Feel like it could get better on another listen, which I didn't have time for today. Will revisit this album

Yes. Interesting for sure. Would listen again but equally would be ok not to.

Dins la miríada innecessària de discos de hip hop de la llista, aquest se salva per la seva originalitat. Diferent, intel.ligent, amb unes bases prou engrescadores i unes lletres pròpies d'un catedràtic, com és l'autor

Too bad it isn't on Spotify. I liked this album and the beats is very much my type of hip-hop. I've never heard about Mike Ladd before and it was better than expected.

Can't get access to the album so I'm going with 2 stars

Not available on Spotify

Not on amazon music.

Not available on Spotify. From other reviews it sounds like I dodged a poor album. Cover art 4/5

Hiphopin valkea puoli... Hiphopin luvattu perse.. paljas... loistaa ilta-auringossa.... Aurinko vielä matalalla... Ei hohda oranssina.. saatika punaisena.. Valkoiset posket.. Hohde.. Soolona kaveri tuottanu... Aika hyvin osannu experimentaaliset biisit tuotattaa levylle... Ja hyvin hittaa tää levy... Spotifysta otettu pois tämä albumi... Miksi? Kuunteliko spotify itekkää.. ihan hyvää se on.. erilaista hipsukka hoppia.. Music Music Avantgarde, rikotaan vähän länsimaisia tottumuksia..Ei silti kuullosta oudolta tai pakotelta rikkomiseslta. Kaveri taitaa tämän lajin... ..... niin... ....Joskus on näissä saatanallissa genreissä ongelmana se että ne ovat lyriikoiltaan vastenmielisiä.. irstaita... ja rivoja.. ehkä tämäkin oli... ei kuitenkaan hyppinyt silmille.. Referenssejä blade runneriin ja star warssiin.. se hyväksyttävää, vaikka länsimaista hapatusta.. olen yrittänyt vähentää... Taikina pallo kasvaa.. hapatteen takia.. Maha meikäläiselle ei sovi.. Amerikkalaismalli, E-Luokan kerma E-1....

Cool usage of samples and musical styles together with nice flow. Unfortunately I really did not feel it today, so I have to give 3 stars. 3 is minimum for music I can respect, but I can't give more, because it did not hook me.

I wouldn't complain about this as background music, but I also wouldn't seek it out again. I enjoyed Mike's use of samples and synths though.

Rap not really my thing but these instrumentals and vintage lyrics were kinda cool.

Exploring, pushing, and in some places blasting past the established boundaries and assumptions of hip-hop at that time. How this guy and his collaborators were able to capture the sound of 20 years of hip-hop music to come, is really amazing.

Love the angry racial sci-fi.

avant hard

I mean... it's okay. It's hardly an album that you need to listen to before you die though is it? It's not groundbreaking or mindblowing - this is all (so far) the same kind of shit I've heard before. It builds off people like Shadow & Dr Octagon and doesn't really beat out its own trail along that path... for my money.

It's got the spirit 2

Neat and different.

I like the album and it's sound alot. Only downside is it isn't available on Apple Music or Spotify. You can find it on YouTube, and I did, but only made it through half.

Can't find the Album. Neither in Spotify, nor in Amazon Music

Not sure why its in the book, but I enjoyed listening

It's everything I like about electronic and rap but this just doesn't hit for me... Interesting project and nice to see Mike Ladd is still making music.

Reminds me of Dan the Automator. I can't believe I had never heard this before!?

Helemaal niet mijn ding. Er zitten wel enkele atypische nummers in, wat ik wel apprecieer

At first, I viewed this with trepidation (I generally don’t like rap), but it proved really good. The blend between rap and ambient worked surprisingly well.

2.5. It has its moments

I totally understand why some rappers get annoyed at how retarded a lot of lyrics in their genre are, but surely this isn't the answer. He just rapped through some kind of lab experiment as a metaphor for fucking - that's going a bit too far. It's also too long, but that's pretty much every rap album - especially in the 00s. Extra points for the Rutger Hauer line from Blade Runner and something about Tribbles, though. Very torn on this overall. I appreciate the IDEA but the execution isn't my thing. 3/5.

Meh, nothing memorable. The variety of sounds was nice. Standouts: wipeouts on the wave of Armageddon

Decent rapper but the mix is so busy it's pretty irritating to actually listen to.

Can’t listen to. Not available on Spotify

Usually a sucker for a bit of protest hip hop, bu this is dead milk. Nothing catchy, lackluster vocals, and poorly produced

couldnt listen to it so it gets a 1

Nice, relaxing. Even if it was released over twenty years ago, it still has certain elements that make it sound futuristic. Think I appreciate the instrumentals more than I do the tracks with a guest rapper on them. It's good mood music, with the mood being "walking around in a light drizzle while stoned". Favorite tracks: "Bladerunners", "To the Moon's Contractor"

Not available

Never heard of him, interesting production, didn't mind it

An interesting breakbeat/hip-hop LP from the beginning of the aughts. Not every track is a winner (the guest features are downright bad and some songs easily date themselves to the time period), but most present a mix of electronic production and wordplay that's engaging and enjoyable. Wish this was on US Spotify, there were a few tracks I really vibed too and would drop in my heavy rotation

I may have been a bit overenthusiastic while listening to that one. It's really good and it makes for a nice surprise since I didn't know Mike Ladd at all, but there are some flaws. The MC is rather generic and the album os too long for its own good. The last 3 tracks were a bit too much for me. Still, there are some really great ideas on that album, the atmosphere is great, really reflective of the 2000's sound but with a jazzy touch, thanks to the cello parts. So yeah, I like it, it's good abstract hip hop that certainly deserves more recognition, but I'm not sure if I would say it's an essential listen.

I can't explain its presence on this list, but it was way more enjoyable than expected. Very unconventional hip-hop with a Midas touch of experimentations. I wouldn't say it's a must, but it was a very interesting discovery!

Interesting gem of hip-hop. I really dont know that much of that genre, so I'm not the best judge, but I found it different than the usual 90's hiphop. It's seem like there was more research and they went to some area that suprise me. They took inspiration from jazz, rock and merge it well.

I liked this album a lot more than I thought I would. Conscious and/or abstract hip-hop is always welcome. The groovy double bass throughout the album was very nice and the keyboard sounds were sometimes even reminiscent of Radiohead. The flow of Mike Ladd is varied and perfect. The only flaw of the album is that it was too long.

Average late 90s indie hip hop. Really doesn't do much for me. 1.5/5

interesting album

I hadn't heard of Mike Ladd before receiving this album, and I guess I was slightly daunted by reviewing another hip-hop album after my severely negative reaction to Fear of a Black Planet earlier this week. Of course, hip-hop is a diverse genre, and it's immoral to judge someone for the iniquities of another. So, I postponed reviewing this for a few days in order to try and approach it open-mindedly. And I liked it, but I didn't love it. Mind, I get a few hints that this is a album not really seeking to be loved. From what I have gathered, Mike Ladd is a whale of an MC in the underground hip-hop brigade who happens to have been a lecturer on poetry at NYU. And I can't deny that this album is a dense, intricately constructed work. The album explicitly draws influence from Afrofuturism and, more broadly, science fiction. 1984, Blade Runner and the works of William Gibson all get allusions, and the bonkers Saturnian jazz leader Sun Ra casts an immense shadow over this album. As such, one can admire the grand scope and craft of Welcome to the Afterfuture, but one can also recognise that such a enterprise will leave some cold: some people just despise sci-fi as tedious piffle. Me, I can enjoy the occasional knee-trembler with, say, a Kubrick film or a JG Ballard novel, but I have no yearning to tackle any form of Dune. This album will appeal to some as much as it will appal others, and others like me will just consider it alright. I should point out as well that the album is rather low-key in its tone. This album isn't hook driven, nor especially virtuousic lyrically. The craft can't really be faulted, but it doesn't elate. I believe this is purposeful; the themes invite contemplation, not joy. This is an album best enjoyed alone, gone midnight. It's an album to admire, not adore. But the by, on the song The Animist, he talks about what his name would be if he were Jewish (Jared), Muslim (Ibrahim) and Catholic (Chris). The name Mike, which I assume is short for Michael, comes from the Old Testament, meaning it's a Jewish and latterly Christian name (and Michael is an archangel in Islam, though I don't know if Michael is a common name in Islamic cultures). Did he forget his own name?

If I was Jewish my name would be Jared If I was Muslim my name would be Ibrahim If I was Catholic, my name would be... CHRIS! Loved this, never heard of it before.

Experimental hip hop and i loved it. More of this please

Starship N*gger, outer Space Motherfucker. one of the few times i've really enjoyed the use of the N word in music. maybe one day when i'm in the middle of the woods with no one around i might sing along. though even writing that makes me feel nervous i'll get cancelled. album started really slowly, picked up and then was actually decent. piss poor name.

Mike Ladd gave me monkeypox on the train back from Luton Airport last week. He can go fuck himself.

Ladds ladds ladds

I very much enjoy the sort of left field hip hop labels like Def Jux were pumping out in the 2000s so I'm not sure how this album passed me by until now. I actually listened to it twice today as it still passed me by on the first listen. Second time round it did click though and I suspect it is a grower, I'll definitely go back to it at some point. That said, I can't see it every being one of my go tos of the genre. If this has made the list, I am very much looking forward to the big hitters of the era (hello Funcrusher Plus, The Cold Vein, Fantastic Damage, Operation: Doomsday, Labor Days, Madvillain etc) making an appearance in the days and weeks to come.

I'm generally here for experimental hiphop. It's the dark corner where hiphop goes to try out new flexes and find new vibes before bringing it out into the lights for folks to look at. I think Mike Ladd did a good job here for the most part. The beats are avant-garde and the flows are non-standard. He's trying things, you know? I love that for him. Unfortunately, every track feels like our mad Ladd was trucking down a path towards something great and then... stopped short of crossing the finish line. Everything feels incomplete. And that extends to the lyrics, unfortunately. I was hoping for some significant social commentary. What I got was same-same, lazy, middle-of-the-pack verses. Half-assed and boring. Which sucks because what's here COULD have been so much better. The foundation is there. Shame, really.

p867. 2000. 2 stars Rap. Well done of its type - I like the Indian samples and jazz influences - but otherwise, not my thing at all. Would not listen to it again.

Interesting poetry, music sounds like UNKLE/Mo-Wax. A rapper/poet who is also interested in the music, so lots of rap-free periods. A revelation and pleasant surprise. Good music. Will listen again, could be a high 3.

It was an interesting album. I did enjoy.

fucking boring

pretty boring and honestly I don't get what's so special about this album especially for 2k hip hop

Rubbish

Like the futuristic sound. Another artist I have never come across before.

Based on almost nothing other than the name, I wasn't expecting to like this but I liked it a lot. It's somehow at once lofi and sophisticated, laid back and sharp edged.

I like the beats but I don't like his voice so I'll split the difference and call it a 3. He doesn't sit well in the mix and sometimes sounds like he's just reading poetry over music rather than actually flowing with the beats. It ends up leaving me feeling exhausted.

Instrumentally it's fine but something about it rubs me the wrong way, lyrics are pretty dumb.

I normally love rap but I'm so far not enjoying this album thus far. I'm not a fan of the beats, the flow, or the weird vocal modifications. I really like the Bladerunners song. Love the El-P cameo. Too experimental for my tastes.

love it. its like a slam poet made a Deltron 3030 prequel and went back in time and released it the month before Deltron came out. Also El-P on track 5.

Very enlightening! Entertaining!

Not really for me.

I think I like it?

I really enjoyed this. Mike Ladd was a new artist to me. Like the Afterfuture concept throughout, and lots of interesting and inventive ideas here. Reminded me of stuff like Anti Pop Consortium in places (who I love). Only downside was I felt the album is a little long and I lost focus a bit for the last few tracks.

This is new to me. It completely passed me by when released. It started promising, but then I got a little bored tbh. UK trip hop does the slowed down beats far better. This just reminded me of dull late nights in over-priced Shoreditch bars over 20 years ago.

Again, not my favourite genre.

This album is all about space but unlike it, this shit is boring. So before I start tearing into this album, I might as well start off with some positives about it, first one is the production. It has a very spacey vibe about it which is expected, I mean it is an album that takes place in space. The scratches are also cool but that is of course a given. Another positive about this album is the title name. I don't know why but the name WELCOME TO THE AFTERFUTRE just sounds so cool, like if all the humans had just died out. So to be negative, when the fuck did this album come out. It says here that it came out in 2000, but it says 2015 on Spotify. Maybe it was just added to Spotify in 2015, but it's weird that they did that. This is by far the most confusing cover art that I've ever seen. What I can see is that it looks like it takes place on some space station. I have no idea if this is true and I'd love if someone could confirm it for me, but I don't think that anyone would ever see this review. Also, I'm just tired of these "rap albums" getting recommended. Don't get me wrong, they mostly sounds good to me. I gave Drunk a 7/10 despite saying that it wasn't really a rap album. Here, most of the tracks don't even have any vocals in them. Just because an album has like two fucking rap verses doesn't make it a rap album. That would be like if I claimed to have made a country album just by rapping over a country beat, it makes no fucking sense. Some albums that I think are good like Goblin do have tracks where it's just an instrumental playing, but that was just for two short tracks. One last complaint is the theme of the album. I don't blame Mike Ladd for making an album about space since I think that space is pretty cool, but I'm just tired of hearing it. The album where the cover art was the moon was about space and The Incredible True Story is also about space, but they at least have cool ideas. Favourite track would have to be "Red Eye to Jupiter (Starship N#gga). Mike Ladd sounds hungry as fuck on the track, and the horns on the track just sound so satisfying. Least favourite track would have to be "To The Moon's Contractor". It’s just long, boring and tedious. Yeah, this was just a waste of my fucking time. 4/10

Sci-fi trance rap and beat poetry, like a Grandaddy and Gil Scott-Heron collaboration. Good idea, disappointing rendering.

Those "deep thoughts" you have when you're high aren't actually that profound, and you definitely shouldn't build an entire album around them. Best track: 5,000 Miles West of the Future

Well it's very different and I enjoy appreciate the creativity. I liked it.

Really cool, fresh ideas here that just needed a little more time to really come to fruition. If this had been given more work in the studio to trim down and polish it really could have been great.

Incredible beats and vibes, just slightly underwhelming flows.

So he is fusing hip hop and avant-garde. I guess someone had to try it but I'm not sure the experiment paid off. Did it?

Another interesting selection. This didn't sell much, was overlooked by the critics and it's main legacy is that it's on the 1001 list. That said, it's fairly interesting. I like the production, there's some adventurous samples, but the way he brings them in sounds pretty lo-fi. A lot of instrument playing is going on and not too much rapping. A bonus.

This was a nice surprise. I listened to it twice and found it Multi-layered and nuanced. I liked the more atmospheric and experimental tracks more.

Listened Before? N Seems like this guy put a lot of effort in here. I hope he mad lots of money. I won't be listening again, I did not enjoy it.

I’ve never even heard of this, and it’s not terrible. I thought I knew all the deep in the cut underground hip-hop? It’s kind of like a poor man’s Kool Keith Dr. Octagon mashed up with Masta Ace’s Disposable Arts. It looks like it came out right between those albums too; so dare I call it the missing link? Anyway, I’m having a harder time connecting to this album then say those two above albums I mentioned. I don’t think I’ll listen to this again, even though it’s got some straight up legends on it, like El-P.

I liked “The Animist” especially and the rest of the record was interesting and it kept my attention.

Interesting for about 5 minutes then dull and repetitive with no discernible difference between tracks. 2/5

I was impressed by this album, actually. I was negatively affected by a group member's thoughts, but I try to go in with an open mind. I'm not sure if I'd listen to this album again, but it had some cool sounds! "To the Moon's Contractor" in particular stuck out to me. There was some lovely Indian music on this album, which was a wonderful nod to some of his upbringing in India. All lyrics were very enunciated, I had no problem hearing all lyrics, which was so important in "Feb 4 '99 (For All Those Killed By Cops)". That song title alone! I was impressed by his lyrics in this song in particular. Lyrics were crafted brilliantly with metaphors!

While I understand the experimental aspect of this album, the album still felt unpolished or unfinished. I enjoyed the overall electronic additions found here. There were also several nods to Indian music, which was fun to hear. Otherwise, this was pretty forgettable for me.

Nope

It definitely caught my attention when the first track made a "Space: 1999" reference. That was just the first of a lot of intriguing references. Did he just refer to "Mummenshanz"? The mix of painful contemporary realities and speculative fiction was fascinating to me, even if a lot of it is not something I want to go back to listening to for pleasure. "Red Eye to Jupiter," for example makes a "Trouble with Tribbles" reference, but I don't think I'll choose to play that one again. "To the Moon's Contractor" was...long? But there were also songs I really enjoyed, like "5,000 Miles West of the Future" and "Airwave Hysteria." Why couldn't I find more information about Mike Ladd? "Feb. 4 '99" definitely gave me a glimpse into a story I wanted to know better.

This album and artist are new to me. I ran kinda warm and cool (not really hot and cold) with it. A chill laid back beat would start and I’d be grooving to the moment that I would realize that I had zoned out and then think, “oh geez, is this track still going?!?” The giddy moment when he put ‘cornucopia’ in a rhyme (I just love that) to the furrowed brow when I think “did he just say ‘pee pee on’ something?” Just back and forth... The last track landed me on the warm side, and so here we are.

Wasn't really in the right head space for this one today and I think I might like it better on a day when I can pay more attention. It blended into the background...until it didn't, which was either because of explicit lyrics or lyrics about religion or Space 1999. I liked most the songs about multiples of 10 --- 5000 Miles West of the Future, Planet 10, and I Feel Like $100.

Mike Ladd's WELCOME TO THE AFTERFUTURE is a pretty wild trip that I really enjoyed taking. He won me over on the opening track, "I’m 5000 miles west of my future, Where’s my floating car, my utopia? My Mars colonies, like it’s supposed to be? Space 1999." I can relate. I'm not predisposed to relate to rap albums, but I fell in love with the science fiction vibe and all the ethereal music and atmosphere. There are a lot of compelling lyrics. This is one of the more unique and one of the best rap albums I've ever listened to. Some of my favorites: "5,000 Miles West of the Future", "Planet 10," "To The Moon's Contractor," "The Animist," "Wipe Out on the Wave of Armageddon"

Primera noticia de este disco y de su autor. Aburrido y monótono. No le doy 1 estrella porque eso lo reservo para los realmente malos. Pero es totalmente prescindible.

Thought I wouldn’t like this but it wasn’t bad at all. Decent rap with overtones of Disposable Heroes.

It was fine. I didn't connect with it. Seemed long.

Meh. I didn't activly hate it, but it didn't have anything I really liked, either.

Loucura.

Had never heard of Mike Ladd before but I quite enjoyed this album. Interesting rhymes and production, would listen again. 3.5/5 stars

Could always use with some underground hip hop. Very avant-garde and lofi, taking unconventional samples and applying them through chamber-like electric filters. First few songs are pretty decent, impressive raps with really nice beats, then dips from there with some highlights. It's very much dated, using primitive tools that would pale in comparison to what you or I have at our free disposal, but it's creative and consistent nonetheless. Props for having a song titled the day my best friend was born.

Wow! Heavy jazz influenced hip hop album. Unexpected for sure, but a welcome surprise.

I listened. I couldn't tell you anything about it.

5/10 I don’t care for this style of rap much, but there were some interesting sections and the beats were pretty nice.

6/10.

A decent listen, though I'm not really sure why this made it onto the list... 7/10

not my total bag baby

Unexpectedly good. This was a great find - very electronicish, Deltron3030-esque, perfect future-forward sound. if I could give 4.5 stars I would.

Kind of interesting hip hop album though it didn't really hook me in.

Just never got me. Kept hoping the next song would get me going but never did.

Interesting. I like where it’s going but don’t know if it got where it wants to be.

This is a record that demands attention. Like Michael Franti, Mike Ladd turns his lyrical venom towards systemic issues and not towards the typical gangsta style that makes up much of the mainstream hip hop. There's an interplanetary thread that runs through the album that examines the dystopia we're creating, which I think is a decent idea to elevate the lyrics and tie all this together to a concept. Afterfuture is not a bright one. Airwave Hysteria may be the only total miss on this one. I guess electronic music people might like it? But will they like it for 11 minutes?

The Animist was pretty good track. The rest of it was interesting. I would never set this as playlist material, but if it were on, I don't think I'd mind too much.

I'm surprised with this album. I was expecting just some generic electronic samples and basic hip-hop, but I found a very deep album with some really good songs. It's impressive how these songs are recognizable in modern rap/hip-hop songs.

This is cool! I've never heard of Mike Ladd but really enjoyed listening to this album. It's like a hip hop spin on Zero 7 which can only be good news for me. It's got top qual rap and lyrics with some really cool sounds over the top and it put me in a good mood. A good new discovery! Lots of really interesting global influences throughout the album so it held my interest well throughout. Only thing bringing it down to a 4 star job is some songs had stressful noises like Red Eye to Jupiter.

I really liked the one about the moons contractor, very complex and lots of levels and that

Well at first I really wasn't into this, then it grew on me a little then I bloody loved the last song! Really confusing. The final song was a 4/5, but the rest of it was mixed for me. Hard to know what to put!

Not bad at all, had some catchy beats and sounds but a little bit long and samey for my liking but would be happy to hear again.

It samples other songs and mixes other sounds and lyrics. It was decent. I don't think that any of the songs were that memorable. I did not feel the need to skip any songs and I did not wish any of the songs to end.

Shocked to see an album with so few listens show up in this list (per Spotify at least) but it was actually quite good. A strong flow with some strong highs, few real lows.

I'm surprised I've never heard of Mike Ladd before, but this album is right up my alley. Very Swayze!

Das ist so schlecht nicht, es ist aber auch nicht gut. Ich habe mit mir gerungen, ob das schon drei Sterne sind, kann aber nur zwei geben, dafür finde ich es nicht interessant genug.

Dit album ga ik nog eens op mijn gemak beluisteren. Lekker album

Ging alle kanten op, maar bleef toch interessant. Einde halen bij een plaat zoals dit zegt vaak al wel genoeg.

Hier kon ik echt helemaal niets mee.

Dit was moeilijk te duiden. Een aantal erg interessante nummers. Heel divers. Maar er zaten er ook een handvol tussen die ik met knarsende tanden door moest skippen. Eigenlijk 2,5 ster, maar ik ben in een coulante bui dus rond ik het naar boven af.

Begon veelbelovend, werd raar, werd anders. Allerlei stijlen. Al met al best leuk.

1. Is this a rock album or hip hop album :\ 2.Ok this is hard potential playlist add 3.Where are we going? 4.This album sceams experimental in your ear bruh 5.Finally another good song potetntial playlist 6.Defintitely an add 7.ight 8.ight 9.ight 10. yes idk why this album is all instrumentals this guy has a really good cadence and if i was catholic my name would be chris! 11.Space mothafucka 12. pop yo perc(add) 13.yes 14.good album 4/5

A 2000 hip hop album, mostly spoken word with techno synth keyboards and what sounds like a drum machine, plus other interesting futuristic sound effects/samples. Despite the album cover Mike Ladd is American and based in the Bronx. There is some mild nods to Japanese music riffs (verging on racist tbh) and in the lyrics. The overall mood is future dystopia, but with a beat you can dance too. Interesting and well made, but doesn't really speak to me personally, although I did like certain bits quite a lot. No. 1 St. in particular reminded me a bit of Cantaloop clever and bouncy.

Good Enough to keep my attention. Highlight Tracks: 5, 6, 11, 13

Love the music on this album. I've said it more than once this year: there's something about hip hop that appeals to me. This one feels a bit more experimental WRT the orchestration than most, and I liked it more as a result. Solid 4 stars.

There’s nothing about this that even remotely interests me musically.

It certainly held my interest throughout, though not all of it seemed exactly to be music. I don't think I grasped that much of the lyrics really, with their rapid fire flow and dense cultural references.

Meh. Maybe influential on music outside of my taste. At least it was somewhat listenable

unfortunately I think a lot of hip-hop suffers in my ratings because i don't pay as close attention to lyrics, especially when I'm listening to these 1001 albums at times. This had cool moments, but never gripped me. Likely due to not hearing lyrics as closely, but hey, that's me.

Borrrrrrrrrring

Very Interstellar!!! Right??

interesting beats on this one, almost reminded me of the latch brothers from jet set radio but I couldn't latch on to any of these songs. Was cool to hear through though!

At first blush, I thought this was some random British bloke doing a bad impression of hip hop. Then I learned he was signed to Def Jux and has features from El-P and Company Flow on here. So he's valid? It started weird and stayed weird, but the kind of weird that I settled into. Not something I would seek out, and I'm not sure how much I'll return to what I liked, but there were a few gems on here. Favorite tracks: Bladerunners, The Animist, Feb 4 99, Airwave Hysteria. Album art: Can't tell what I'm looking at, but I like it. The font is great, and the Japanese script on the left is cool too. 3/5

Couldn’t really get into it, the beats are boring at some point. I see the influence in triphop and all that, also the good lyrics but will not be listening to it again

A present from the past

This was odd, I felt like I should have enjoyed this but I didn't. It makes me wonder why/hope we get names like scroobius pip on here but I somehow doubt it

A Surprise! Excellent album which I had never heard of from an artist I had similarly never heard of before. This is the kind of album that makes this whole list and this website a lot of fun. This guy has a *very* Madvillain/MF Doom vibe. If you like them, you'll like Mike. I was going to go with four stars, but I really think I've talked myself up to 5. This was truly excellent.

I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Pretty good.

I'm not very familiar with Mike Ladd, but I do like the beats.

Clearly Mike Ladd has a message and there are certainly some interesting experiments here, but I definitely not compelled to listen to it repeatedly. Definitely interesting, just not enjoyable.

Not bad. I'm a little surprised I haven't heard of this rapper before, I've explored a lot of underground hip-hop from this era. This wouldn't be one of my first choices to represent the genre/era... My one big complaint about this album is that none of the beats really hit hard enough. The whole album has a frustratingly ethereal quality, like aural blue balls.

31. Welcome to the Afterfuture - Mike Ladd 13 Tracks It was all a bit..... wishy washy as if he couldn't decide whether he was going to go full scale hip-hop or something else. As a result it couldn't hold my interest. 2/5

I didn’t much care for this one. I don’t think I’d listen again.

Really interesting weird hip hop, sounds like Deltron 3030. Can't believe i'd not heard of him

Yawn, but it’s ok

Some of the strangest I're ever heard. Like a freaked out 70's hippie who came up with an idea to make music.

Hip hop album, beats seem to have an Industrial slant to them. First few songs were pretty good and tied into the "Afterfuture" theme with some sci-fi and futuristic lyricism. The DJ work throughout the album is solid but the rapping is hit or miss. Didn't like Bladerunners, juvenile overly sexual lyrics. Red Eye to Jupiter also terrible. Best song was Wipeout on the wave of Armageddon On the plus side, this is the first album where absolutely none of the videos had ads playing in front of them on Youtube.

Not very good

Pretty decent, versatile album. Not likely to put it back on, but I didn't hate it.

This album was my introduction to experimental hip hop and this album hasn’t convinced me on the genre. The flow and bars were good and the production was interesting at the very least with its Asian influences, but none of it really stood out. It was also a bizarre choice to have jazz tracks seemingly randomly inserted in between hip hop songs

Niet al te aandachtig beluisterd maar het was wel leuk met momenten.

Rap even beluisterd

I probably could die without having had listened to this. I can appreciate the experimental hip hop sound, but it's kind of all over the place

really cool. kinda like MF Doom type spoken word rap but with modern beats

Wtf did I listen to

I liked the beats, but I couldn't find my way into the lyrics of the song. Partly very difficult music to relax to. (5/10) Favourite Track: Bladerunners

Brian Whitener of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "Welcome to the Afterfuture is a blender of sounds and styles and epitomizes the search that is leading cutting-edge hip-hop further into avant-garde and non-Western musical traditions."[1] Jon Caramanica of CMJ New Music Monthly commented that "Ladd's futurism is merely a mask for his very tangible discontent with the present."[2] He added, "References to the police state permeate the album, arguing that the new world order and newspeak are more than just things weeded street-corner bards philosophize on; they're integral to maintaining the power status quo."[2]

pretty good hip hop/electronic trend - but a bit crass.

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this was surprisingly good. i especially liked the last track (Feb 4 '99), which was an interesting and powerful departure from the rest of the album, but still totally fit.

It was okay

I had no idea what to expect from this album - new artist and new music to me. This album was a mix of okay tracks, tracks with good music but lyrics that I didn't like, a couple tracks I didn't like at all, and a couple tracks that I'd listen to again ("Wipe Out on the Wave of Armageddon", and "To the Moon's Contractor"). With only a first listen, this album feels like 2 stars.

I liked it, but seeing as it's 1001 albums you must listen to before you DIE... I would have rather seen something along the lines of CoFlow or FanDam or something by Automator. I think those are more influential and frankly, better examples of this style of hip-hop.

Interesting chill hip hop. Kind of gives me Radiohead or Dan the Automator vibes. Not really sure what makes this 'essential' though honestly as much as I enjoy it.

Straight garbage. Really? A top album?

Great early 00's hip-hop. I must confess I had no idea about this one, but loved the production and the overall vibes, like a more electronic sort of hip-hop (as opposed to old-school sampling). So yeah, the "future" part in "Afterfuture" does have sense here.

I was fairly excited prior to listening - just not my thing

Pretty good. Not pretty pretty good but pretty good. Reminded me of DJ Shadow. Complex interesting sound. I enjoyed the non vocal parts more than the vocals. Could be a four star with more listens

Really could not get into it after a few songs

i think i liked it?