Future Profits
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{{Infobox album
| name = Future Profits
| type = album
| artist = Blood of Abraham
| cover = Future Profits.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1993
| recorded = 1992–1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length =
| label = Ruthless/Relativity{{cite magazine |last1=Rubin |first1=Mike |title=Leaders of the Hebrew School |magazine=Spin |date=Dec 1993 |volume=9 |issue=9 |page=31}}
| producer = Eazy-E (exec.), Epic Mazur, Bilal Bashir
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Eyedollartree
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Future Profits
| type = studio
| single1 = Stabbed by the Steeple
| single1date = 1993
}}
}}
Future Profits is the debut album by the American rap duo Blood of Abraham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blood-of-abraham-mn0000758313/biography|title=Blood of Abraham Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PupXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152|title=Experiencing Jewish Music in America: A Listener's Companion|first=Tina|last=Frühauf|date=June 13, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield}} It was produced by Eazy-E, Epic Mazur, and Bilal Bashir. The lyrics deal with Judaism, world religions, and race relations, among other topics.{{cite news |last1=Darling |first1=Cary |title=This time, Jewish rap is no joke |work=Orange County Register |date=December 17, 1993 |page=P49}}{{cite news |last1=Aiges |first1=Scott |title=Funk Songs Tackle Race and Religion |work=The Times-Picayune |date=July 22, 1994 |page=L9}} The duo supported the album with a North American tour.{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Gene |title=Pop band Overwhelming Colorfast on bill with a unique hip-hop duo |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=May 27, 1994 |page=2E}} The first single was "Stabbed by the Steeple".{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |title=Blood of Abraham |work=Newsday |date=Nov 9, 1993 |department=Part 2 |page=49}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/future-profits-mw0000108212|title=Blood of Abraham Future Profits|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = Los Angeles Times
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Hochman |first1=Steve |title=Blood of Abraham, 'Future Profits' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=6 Feb 1994 |department=Calendar |page=62}}
| rev3 = RapReviews
}}
Trouser Press determined that "what sets Future Profits apart is the provocative lyrical uses the unorthodox duo finds for religion, Ethiopian heritage and ethnic identity."{{cite web |title=Blood of Abraham |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/blood-of-abraham/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=21 September 2022}} The Los Angeles Times wrote that "a nimble mix of old school and new school beats supports a Zionist message paralleling hip-hop's standard Afrocentric rhetoric." Rolling Stone opined that "producers Bret 'Epic' Mazur and DJ Lett Loose try too hard to jump on the jazz bandwagon, the awkward rhythms and squealing horns dragging down the occasionally swinging verbal flow."{{cite journal |last1=Diehl |first1=Matt |title=Future Profits by Blood of Abraham |journal=Rolling Stone |date=Feb 10, 1994 |issue=675 |pages=43, 44}}
Track listing
- "Future Profits (Intro)"
- "This Great Land Devours"
- "Southern Comfort"
- "Stick to Your Own Kind"
- "That Ol' Dupree Shit"
- "I'm Not the Man"
- "Father of Many Nations"
- "Devils Get No Dap"
- "3-2-1 Contact"
- "Stabbed by the Steeple"
- "Another Nail in the Coffin"
- "Life"
- "Niggaz and Jewz (Some Say Kikes)" feat. Eazy-E, Will 1 X
- "Loose Interpretation of the End (Outro)"