A Much Better Tomorrow [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Automator, Dan The Automator

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 8, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Tommy Boy
• ASIN: B00004VVHL
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #159,562 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Better Tomorrow

2. King of NY

3. I Want da Mic

4. Sleep - Dan the Automator

5. Wiling - Dan the Automator,

6. Cartoon Capers

7. 4:17 - Dan the Automator

8. Buck Buck

9. Truth - Dan the Automator

10. It's Over Now

11. Better Tomorrow, Pt. 2

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Hip-Hop. The Title Track features the Wackiness of Kool Keith (Dr Octagon, Black Elvis) as his Sinister 6000 Alter Ego & the Other Tracks Are What Point the Listener to Nakamura's Better Tomorrow Vision: A World in which Hip-Hop is Free to Expand on the Myriad Sonic Possibilities He Touches On. This Reissue is Complemented with Brand New Mastering & the Addition of Six Never-Before-Released Kool Keith. Automator Tracks from the Original Dr Octagon Sessions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than Dr. Octagon, June 12, 2002

By	Brian Seiler (Tomball, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album was originally recorded as an EP and released about seven years ago, right around the time that Dr. Octagon came out, and though it may distress some fans of Dan or Keith, it is superior to that release in most ways. That's saying quite a bit, because the worst you could say about Octagonycologist is that it's pretty good, and this release (expanded to an LP through the addition of a couple of new tracks) should live up to the billing for just about any fan.
There's no doubt that a collaboration between Kool Keith and Dan the Automator sounds like a good idea, but there were several points on the Dr. Octagon recording where Keith just didn't sound comfortable with what he was doing. Fortunately, that problem was remedied in the Sinister 6000 sessions (done at the same time) which generated all of his tracks on this disc. Instead of short, choppy lyrics which, in many cases, don't even express a whole idea, you've got a flowing synthesis between lyrics and beats. Even Keith's usually insufferable penchant for throwing short, annoying hooks in his songs has been somewhat reigned in--while the hooks are still there, they're much less obtrusive and better incorporated into each track.
On the whole, A Much Better Tomorrow turns out to prove itself much better than a lot of what has been produced then AND now. The beats are creative, the arrangements are well executed, and the whole album is an experience even more satisfactory than classics in the genre like Octagon. Any fan will be more than satisfied with this purchase, and even those who are new to the scene should find something to enjoy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a much better re-release, July 14, 2004

By	ryan "ryan" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

years ago, "a better tomorrow" EP was released by the automator. it kinda sucked, so years later, he released "a MUCH better tomorrow" with more tracks, and making itself into a full LP. tony hawk underground players would be familiar with the first track, "a better tomorrow part 1". although it's the automator's solo project, his good friend kool keith is a frequent guest on the mic, as well as a few others including poet and neph. the instrumentals are good, but sometimes get old, but once you hear some of the kool keith tracks, and neph's track "wiling" you really discover that this album is a great underground classic. automator once again mixes at his best, being experimental and still including great beats, and kool keith still comes up with weird unique lyrics that make him addictive. it looks like a much better future for the automator and company.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahead of it's time... obviously, November 21, 2003

By	CreativeCat "broken burgerler" (Bend, Or`) - See all my reviews

I first heard Handsome boy modeling school back in 2000, and being a singer/songwriter fan I wan't much akeen to hip-hop. When I heard that record I was thrown for a loop, the matter of what The Automator creates(no offence to Prince Paul, love him too), the artisty behind every move astonished me. He took hip-hop and created his own surreal sub genre. (trip-hop...blah, blah, blah) After that I searched down every project that I could find that The Automator was a part of. Dr. Octagon, Deltron 3030, loved them, discovered Kool Keith, and Del the funky Homosapian, in return. Then came a Much Better Tomorrow, having been to late for the origianl EP, I was thrilled. The perfect sullen and sultry sampeling on Wiling, the meloncoly of The Truth. Mr. Kool Keith carries his weight as the narator of this journey especial on King of NY, and the fun Cartoon Capers.
The Automator is a brillant, original, and talented producer with an ear to die for.
If you love his production check out the above mentioned albums +

Wanna buy a Monkey = a mix tape session that gives you an idea on what kind of music our man enjoys

Lovage: music to make love to your old lady by = One of my favorite albums ever. An entire consept album that almost takes the definiton of "trip hop" and bathes in it.

Gorillaz = I'm sure you heard Clint Eastwood on the radio a couple of years ago. This was a genius collaberation in my opinion. I had been a fan of Blur since 98 + Damion is cute, Cibo Matto since 97, Del of course and throw in the style and vision of Dan... you get the most inovative pop group ever!!

Ben Lee= A singer song writer who became famouse around 15. He's like 24 now and his last album Running with sizzors, was produced by The Automator.

This guy is the luckest guy in the world. I sing, and songwrite, amaturishly, and I always said that if I could have anyone to produce my album that it would be Dan the Automator.

Cause...he rules!