Shouts to The Automator for reissuing this EP as a full length LP back in July of 2000. “A much better tomorrow” was billed as “somewhat new and improved”, and is an update of Dan the Automator’s 1996 EP of the same name. The reissue album is complemented with the Addition of SIX never-before-released tracks featuring Kool Keith. Fun fact number 2… These Automator produced tracks are originally from the “Dr. Octagon” recording sessions. Instead of taking the mad doctor route, Kool Keiths rhymes are mainly focused on old-school bragging rights. The “King Of New York” bounces with a nice touch of piano loops alongside some hollowed-out beats. While “Cartoon Capers” plugs Keith’s trademark loopy lyrics dedicated to everybody’s favorite cartoon characters. The title tracks (part 1 and 2) boasts The Automator’s usual style of production with big ass beats and jazzy snares that compliment each track with just the right amount of flavor behind Kool Keith’s gut busting vocals. The instrumental tracks featured on the album are fairly solid mid-tempo tunes with a nice jazzy touch through out For the price of the release, there’s no going wrong.

I dug out “A much better tomorrow” accidentally in my crates while looking for one of my old Lord Finesse LP’s and it had been quite some time since I last listened to it as a whole. The album is an absolute joy to bump respecting the culture and preserving Hip-Hops sound. It’s also a reminder of how solid Hip-Hop was miday into the 90’s. From the looks of it, the album has become out-of-print. Luckily I managed to swoop up the LP and cd upon its release in 2000. Big ups to Automator for sharing the vaulted material.