The Future Is Now is the debut album from New York hip hop group Non Phixion, released in March 2002 on Uncle Howie Records. The album garnered acclaim among critics and fans, and is considered to be an underground classic. A double disc Platinum Edition of the album was released in 2004, with the second disc featuring instrumental versions of the fourteen full-length tracks found on disc one 
The Future Is Now features an all-star production lineup, including legends such as DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Large Professor, as well as group affiliate Necro, JuJu of The Beatnuts, Dave One and T-Ray. The album features guest appearances from Necro, MF DOOM, The Beatnuts, Al Tariq, Marley Metal, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, and Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory. The album's cover art was created by Mear One.
The album was a minor underground hit, breaking into the top fifteen on Billboard's Top Independent Albums and Heatseekers charts, and peaked at #65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart The album includes the singles "Black Helicopters", "Drug Music" b/w "If You Got Love" and "Rock Stars" b/w "The C.I.A. is Trying to Kill Me" "Black Helicopters" was the only charting single from the album, peaking at #46 on the Hot Rap Singles chart
Track listing
| #
| Title
| Producer(s)
| Performer (s)
|
| 1
| "Futurama"
| Necro
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Goretex
- Third verse: Ill Bill
- Chorus: Ill Bill
|
| 2
| "Drug Music"
| Large Professor
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Sabac Red
- Third verse: Goretex
- Chorus: Goretex
|
| 3
| "The C.I.A. is Trying to Kill Me"
| Necro
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Sabac Red
- Third verse: Goretex
- Chorus: Ill Bill
|
| 4
| "If You Got Love"
| Pete Rock
| - First verse: Goretex, Ill Bill
- Second verse: Goretex
- Third verse: Ill Bill
- Chorus: Ill Bill, Pete Rock
|
| 5
| "There Is No Future"
| Necro
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Necro
- Third verse: Goretex
- Fourth verse: Sabac Red
- Chorus: Ill Bill
|
| 6
| "Uncle Howie"
| Non Phixion
| - Skit performed by: Uncle Howie
|
| 7
| "Rock Stars"
| DJ Premier
| - First verse: Goretex, Ill Bill
- Second verse: Sabac Red, Ill Bill
- Third verse: Goretex, Sabac Red
|
| 8
| "Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
| Necro
| - First verse: Sabac Red
- Second verse: Goretex
- Chorus: Cenophia Mitchell
|
| 9
| "Black Helicopters"
| Necro
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Goretex
- Third verse: Sabac Red
- Chorus: Ill Bill
|
| 10
| "Strange Universe"
| Necro
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: MF DOOM
- Third verse: Goretex
|
| 11
| "Cult Leader"
| Dave One
| |
| 12
| "It's Us"
| Large Professor
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Goretex
- Third verse: Sabac Red
- Chorus: Non Phixion
|
| 13
| "Suicide Bomb"
| JuJu
| - First verse: Ill Bill, Al Tariq
- Second verse: Marley Metal, Psycho Les
- Third verse: JuJu, Goretex
- Fourth verse: Sabac Red, Moonshine
|
| 14
| "Where You Wanna Go"
| Non Phixion
| - Skit performed by: Uncle Howie
|
| 15
| "We Are the Future"
| Large Professor
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Goretex
- Third verse: Sabac Red
|
| 16
| "The C.I.A. is Still Trying to Kill Me"
| T-Ray
| - First verse: Ill Bill
- Second verse: Sabac Red
- Third verse: Goretex
- Chorus: Ill Bill
- Live instrumentation: Stephen Carpenter,
Christian Olde Wolbers,
Raymond Herrera
|
Album chart positions
Singles chart positions
