Automator "A Much Better Tomorrow" 75 Ark Entertainment Cat # 75006 2000 (53:13)
A
Better Tomorrow (5:57)
King
of NY (3:53)
I Want Da Mic (3:51)
Sleep (5:10)
Wiling (3:56)
Cartoon Capers (4:44)
4:17 (3:46)
Buck Buck (4:25)
The Truth (4:59)
It's
Over Now (5:32)
A Better Tomorrow pt. 2 (7:00)
Dan "The Automator" Nakamura is one half of Handsome Boy Modeling School and well known for his production duties in various collaborative efforts. "A Much Better Tomorrow" takes the 1996 "A Better Tomorrow" EP, remasters it and fleshes it out with previously unreleased tracks from the same era into an inexpensive full length cd. If you're a fan of the Dr. Octagon LPs with Kool Keith, then this is a must have as 6 of the 11 tracks are from the same sessions and feature Keith in his Sinister 6000 alter ego. Nakamura's varied approach to hip hop deftly weaves together samples and laid back, big ass, jazzy beats as backdrop for rhymes on all but two tracks. Keith ditches the silly medical mumbo jumbo here in favor of old skool silliness and braggadocio. Neph the Madman and Poet handle the MC duties on a track apiece and DJ Q-Bert adds scratches to another. This may be 4 years old - an eternity in the world of hip hop - but it doesn't sound dated. Dan is the man. An even cheaper EP with just the new tracks is also available from 75ark.com for those who already own the original EP. How cool is that?
Where did I get this cd? - mail order via Riouxs Records.