Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

Track Listing

1. Intro (Arrival Signal: 2075)

2. The Future Is Here

3. Cities Under Glass

4. Children of the Algorithm

5. Eden Protocol Activated

6. New Lagos on Mars

7. The Last Rainforest

8. Digital Ancestors

9. No Kings in Tomorrow

10. Memory Bank Messiah

11. After the Machines Learned Mercy

12. Build the Sun Again

Album Synopsis

The Future Is Here is the sequel to Kinte’s Afrofuturist hip hop album The Future Is Ours. Where the first album warned that humanity was standing at the edge of tomorrow, this sequel begins after tomorrow has arrived. The warnings are no longer theories. The machines are active, the cities are overcrowded, the climate has changed, and the people are now living inside the future they once feared.

The album follows a world after the “Eden Protocol” has been activated. Humanity is trying to rebuild, but the old problems have not disappeared. Artificial intelligence is now part of daily life, corporations are still fighting for control, people are migrating from flooded cities, and new societies are being built in the ruins of the old world. Kinte tells the story from the point of view of someone who survived the warning and is now helping lead the reconstruction.

The Future Is Here keeps the same Afrofuturist energy as The Future Is Ours, mixing technology, ancestral memory, environmental survival, Black imagination, and social commentary. But this album is less about fear and more about what happens after the fear becomes real. It asks: once the future arrives, who gets to live in it? Who gets left behind? And can humanity rebuild with wisdom instead of repeating the same mistakes?

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), “Turtle Tracks,” which originally aired on December 14, 1987.

In this opening episode, viewers are introduced to Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, four pizza-loving turtles trained in ninjutsu by their wise rat sensei, Splinter. Living beneath the streets of New York City, the turtles step into action when crime reporter April O’Neil crosses paths with the mysterious Foot Clan. As danger rises, the episode sets the stage for the turtles’ battle against evil and begins the legendary rivalry with Shredder. With action, humor, and unforgettable characters, “Turtle Tracks” launches one of the most iconic cartoon franchises of the 1980s.

Podcast airdate: 6/10/26

John 8.6

Allen 9

Jen 9

Kinte 9.5

Renee 9

Olaf 9

Total: 36.5

Watch episode here https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8k0wwq

#TMNT #PilotSeasonCartoonEdition #TurtleTracks

Brief history

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) was produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and Fred Wolf Films and premiered in 1987 as an animated adaptation of the comic-book characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The cartoon softened the darker tone of the original comics and turned the Turtles into a more family-friendly action-comedy series, helping make them one of the biggest cartoon franchises of the late 1980s and early 1990s. With its mix of martial arts, humor, mutant villains, and pizza-loving heroes, the show became a huge pop-culture hit and helped launch toys, movies, and more.

Short cast list:

• Cam Clarke — Leonardo

• Townsend Coleman — Michelangelo

• Barry Gordon — Donatello

• Rob Paulsen — Raphael

• Peter Renaday — Splinter

• James Avery — Shredder

• Renae Jacobs — April O’Neil

On this episode of Pilot Season Cartoon Edition, hosts Kinte, Renee, Jen, John, and Allen break down the pilot episode of The Smurfs (1981), “The Smurfette,” which originally aired on November 21, 1981  

Recalling Gargamel's creation of Smurfette, where the female Smurf is magically created as a spy to help the evil wizard and Azrael do away with the Smurfs once and for all. Smurfette tricks Greedy into opening the Smurf River Dam (to flood the village), but later -- when he realizes Smurfette wants to be "a real Smurf" -- Papa Smurf has an ace up his sleeve. 

Podcast airdate: 6/10/26.  

John 8

Allen 8

Jen 8

Kinte 9

Renee 8.5

Total: 33.5  

#TheSmurfs #PilotSeasonCartoonEdition #TheAstrosmurf 

   Brief history

The Smurfs (1981) was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC and premiered on September 12, 1981. The cartoon was based on the comic characters created by Belgian artist Peyo. Hanna-Barbera adapted the little blue characters for American television and turned them into one of the most successful Saturday morning cartoons of the 1980s. The show mixed fantasy, comedy, and adventure, centering on the Smurf village and their constant run-ins with Gargamel and Azrael. Its popularity led to a long network run, multiple seasons, and a lasting place in cartoon history.  

Main cast and who they played:

Don Messick — Papa Smurf, Baby Smurf

Lucille Bliss — Smurfette

Michael Bell — Handy Smurf, Hefty Smurf

June Foray — Mother Nature

Paul Winchell — Gargamel

Notes

Sample: “I Nearly Married a Human” by Tubeway Army

Written and produced by Kinte

Synopsis

“The Future Is Ours” closes the album as a declaration of ownership, survival, and hope. Using “I Nearly Married a Human” as the sample, Kinte brings together the album’s major themes: artificial intelligence, climate collapse, overcrowding, pollution, technology, and the fight to protect humanity. The title track turns fear into power and reminds listeners that the future belongs to the people willing to imagine it, fight for it, and rebuild it.

Chapter 12: The Future Is Ours

The final chapter brings everything together. “The Future Is Ours” is the victory statement after the warning, fear, collapse, and rebuilding. The song does not deny the danger of AI, climate change, overcrowding, pollution, or greed. Instead, it turns those fears into power. The future is not something people should wait for. It is something they must claim, shape, and protect. The album ends with the message that humanity still has a choice — and Black imagination, ancestral strength, and collective action can lead the way.

#TheFutureIsOurs #Kinte #Afrofuturism

Lyrics

[Chorus]

The future is ours, we been building it broke,

From the fire in the belly to the code in the smoke.

They can’t gatekeep tomorrow, we already inside

Hands on the wheel, with the ancestors riding.

The future is ours, say it loud, no doubt,

We ain’t waiting for permission

we the route.

[Verse 1]

I’m from a people who turned chains into jazz,

Turned pain into pace, turned “last” into “last.”

Now we turning new threats into lessons and armor,

Turning fear of the AI into freedom’s programmer.

I want tech with a conscience, I want cities with trees,

I want leaders who serve, not a brand overseas.

I want kids who can dream without paying a fee,

I want tomorrow to feel

like it finally found me.

[Breakdown / Chant]

Say it

The future is ours!

Say it

The future is ours!

Say it

The future is ours!

Now build it.

[Final Verse]

We don’t inherit the Earth, we inherit decisions,

So I’m making my music a map for the vision.

If the world too crowded, we crowd it with care,

If the sky full of smoke, we rewrite the air.

They sold us apocalypse like it’s the only ending,

But we come from beginnings

we’re experts at mending.

[Chorus]

The future is ours, we been building it broke,

From the fire in the belly to the code in the smoke.

They can’t gatekeep tomorrow, we already inside

Hands on the wheel, with the ancestors riding.

The future is ours, say it loud, no doubt,

We ain’t waiting for permission

we the route.