''A Future Without a Past...'' is the debut studio album from American hip hop group

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. It was released in 1991 on

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Production

''A Future Without a Past...'' is a loose concept album about high school, divided into three parts.

Critical reception

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praised the work, calling the group's debut "one of the most infectious rap albums ever created." ''

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'' called the album "highly amiable," writing that the group's "subtle Afrocentric politics came coated in tasty upbeat rhymes." ''

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'' wrote that the album revives "the barbershop quartet-style group dynamics of early hip-hop crews like the Treacherous 3 and

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'' called it "a jolly throwback affair ... enlivened by Busta’s freewheeling presence and some smart production work."

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

*assistant engineering – John Gamble *engineering – Dr. Shane Faber, Mike Mangini, Christopher Shaw *mixing – Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Geeby Dajani, John Gamble, Dante Ross, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler *production – Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Cut Monitor Milo, Geeby Dajani, Dinco D, John Gamble, Leaders of the New School, Dante Ross, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler

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External links

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