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, No Mystery Studios, Battery Studios, Area 51, Chung King House Of Metal in New York, and at the Music Grinder in

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. Production was handled by Necro, Large Professor, Dave 1,

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, JuJu, Pete Rock and T-Ray. It features guest appearances from

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, Necro, Marley Metal, Moonshine, Raymond Herrera,

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and

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. The album's cover art was created by

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, and the logo is a tribute to Canadian metal band Voivod. The album was a minor underground hit, peaking at No. 65 on the '' Billboard''

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chart and No. 14 on both the Independent Albums and the Heatseekers Albums charts in the United States. The album includes the singles "Black Helicopters", "Drug Music" backed with "If You Got Love", and "Rock Stars" backed with "The C.I.A. Is Trying to Kill Me". "Black Helicopters" was the only charting single from the album, peaking at No. 46 on the

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chart. A double disc ''Platinum Edition'' of the album was released in 2004, with the second disc featuring instrumental versions.

Track listing

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Future Is Now, The 2002 debut albums Non Phixion albums Albums produced by Todd Ray Albums produced by Pete Rock Albums produced by Large Professor Albums produced by the Beatnuts Albums produced by DJ Premier Albums produced by Necro (rapper)