A Future Without a Past...

A Future Without a Past... is a loose concept album about high school, divided into three parts.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last=Swihart|first=Stanton|title=A Future Without a Past... Review by Stanton Swihart|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28036/review|pure_url=yes}}|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2010-06-02}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |pages=131–132}}

|rev3 = RapReviews

|rev3score = 8/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_futurewithoutapast.html|title=Leaders of the New School A Future Without a Past...|website=RapReviews}}

|rev4 = The Village Voice

|rev4score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1091-91.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=November 5, 1991 |accessdate=November 3, 2020}}

}}

The Baltimore Sun noted that "the group modulates the density of each track, [so] there's always a sense of flow to the sound, of tension and release, buildup and climax."{{cite news |last1=Considine |first1=J. D. |title=Rap: There's Music Behind the Words |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=Sep 1, 1991 |page=1K}}

Stanton Swihart of AllMusic praised the work, calling the group's debut "one of the most infectious rap albums ever created." Trouser Press called the album "highly amiable," writing that the group's "subtle Afrocentric politics came coated in tasty upbeat rhymes."{{cite web |title=Leaders of the New School |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/leaders-of-the-new-school/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=1 November 2020}} Complex wrote that the album revives "the barbershop quartet-style group dynamics of early hip-hop crews like the Treacherous 3 and the Cold Crush Brothers."{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2012/07/the-25-best-long-island-rap-albums/|title=The 25 Best Long Island Rap Albums|website=Complex}} Fact called it "a jolly throwback affair ... enlivened by Busta's freewheeling presence and some smart production work."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/07/13/leaders-of-the-new-school-set-to-reunite/|title=Leaders of the New School definitely reuniting for Brooklyn festival|date=July 13, 2012|magazine=Fact}}

{{track listing

| headline = A Future Without a Past...

| total_length =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Homeroom

| note1 =

| writer1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 = 2:25

| title2 = Case of the P.T.A.

| note2 =

| writer2 = {{hlist|Bryan Higgins|Trevor Smith Jr.|James Jackson|Sheldon Scott}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Cut Monitor Milo}}

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Too Much on My Mind

| note3 =

| writer3 = {{hlist|Higgins|Jackson|Marlon King}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|The Vibe Chemist Backspin}}

| length3 = 4:26

| title4 = What's the Pinocchio's Theory?

| note4 =

| writer4 = {{hlist|Higgins|King}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|The Vibe Chemist Backspin}}

| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Just When You Thought It Was Safe...

| note5 =

| writer5 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|Eric Sadler}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Eric "Vietnam" Sadler}}

| length5 = 2:30

| title6 = Lunchroom

| note6 =

| writer6 =

| extra6 =

| length6 = 2:30

| title7 = Sound of the Zeekers @#^**?!

| note7 = featuring Cracker Jacks, Rumpletilskinz and Kollie Weed

| writer7 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|Scott|Desmon Gordon|B. Freedom|Shawn Oliver|K. Porter|T. Pierce| E. Romero|Koolie Weed}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Busta Rhymes}}

| length7 = 5:16

| title8 = Sobb Story

| note8 =

| writer8 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|Sadler}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Eric "Vietnam" Sadler}}

| length8 = 4:51

| title9 = Feminine Fatt

| note9 =

| writer9 = {{hlist|Smith|King}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|The Vibe Chemist Backspin}}

| length9 = 3:08

| title10 = Transformers

| note10 =

| writer10 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|John Gamble|Dante Ross|Najeeb Dajani}}

| extra10 = {{hlist||John Gamble|Mr. Dante Ross|Geeby Dajani}}

| length10 = 4:00

| title11 = Afterschool

| note11 =

| writer11 =

| extra11 =

| length11 = 1:24

| title12 = Show Me a Hero

| note12 =

| writer12 = {{hlist|Smith|King}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|The Vibe Chemist Backspin}}

| length12 = 4:35

| title13 = Trains, Planes and Automobiles

| note13 =

| writer13 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|Sadler}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Eric "Vietnam" Sadler}}

| length13 = 4:04

| title14 = The International Zone Coaster

| note14 =

| writer14 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|John Gamble|Dante Ross|Najeeb Dajani}}

| extra14 = {{hlist||John Gamble|Mr. Dante Ross|Geeby Dajani}}

| length14 = 5:05

| title15 = Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense!!

| note15 =

| writer15 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson}}

| extra15 = Leaders of the New School

| length15 = 4:06

| title16 = My Ding-a-Ling

| note16 =

| writer16 = {{hlist|Jackson|Scott}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Dinco D|Cut Monitor Milo}}

| length16 = 3:41

| title17 = Where Do We Go from Here?

| note17 =

| writer17 = {{hlist|Higgins|Smith|Jackson|Scott}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Charlie Brown}}

| length17 = 6:51

}}

• assistant engineering – John Gamble
• engineering – Dr. Shane Faber, Mike Mangini, Christopher Shaw
• mixing – Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Geeby Dajani, John Gamble, Dante Ross, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
• production – Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown, Cut Monitor Milo, Geeby Dajani, Dinco D, John Gamble, Leaders of the New School, Dante Ross, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler

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• [http://www.discogs.com/Leaders-Of-The-New-School-A-Future-Without-A-Past/release/360133 A Future Without a Past...] at Discogs

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