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Eden Tizard , May 10th, 2021 08:04 Philip K. Dick's massive influence on underground rock is well documented but less has been said when it comes to hip hop. Eden Tizard looks, in particular at El P's Fantastic Damage and The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox We’re inside Definitive Jux, lit by the glare of a boxy TV set. On screen, PS2 men move with shat-pants, C-3PO agility, indulging in consequence-free carnage with a flamethrower. “Oh, you didn’t know the apocalypse was here? You didn’t realise we’re in the middle of World War 3 and that we’re all gonna die soon?”

For people of a certain age, the year 2000 will always sound like the future. The time of jet packs, a potential catastrophic reset when all the world's computers might crash or, as Prince put it, party over. It had an interesting effect on art too, and a lot of the music released that year felt like it was made with the future in mind. Indie bands had discovered jungle, drum n bass, big beat and other forms of club music, and were incorporating it into their style. Other groups wildly ambitious, while others looked back and forward at the same time. Some of 2000's music has aged better t...