Kasual Tee "Future Past volume 2" [VIDEO]

Thirty years after Mobb Deep dropped the "Hell on Earth" single, Kasual Tee marks the anniversary with "Future Past volume 2," a video single that treats the Queensbridge classic as a writing exercise rather than a nostalgia trip. By his own account, Tee built on the original's theme from his own perspective and found himself gravitating toward how Prodigy and Havoc placed their words – as if the pocket of that song only allows one correct answer. Listeners who know the record will catch the echoes; that's the point of the whole Future Past concept. The production detail is what separates this from the usual tribute-flip: Corentin Pujol is credited with re-establishing the mood of the original sample – rebuilding atmosphere rather than just looping source material – with ov.orb and lau_sbs contributing, and the mix and master handled by Birdwhistle Studios in Paris. That's a lot of care for a concept single, and you hear it in how faithfully the dread of the original translates without the track becoming a costume. The question Tee attaches to the release – which of this year's songs will still matter in thirty years – is the right one for a series like this. "Future Past" works because it answers it by demonstration: study the architecture of a classic closely enough, and you learn why it survived. For writers and beatmakers who treat Mobb Deep records as textbooks, this one's aimed directly at you.

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