| Kebero Part I | 3:10 | |
| Wisdom | 0:33 | |
| The Essence | 4:54 | |
| This Is Rob Swift | 6:55 | |
| Black Gravity | 5:29 | |
| Tony Williams | 6:08 | |
| Be Still | 5:11 | |
| Ionosphere | 3:59 | |
| Kebero Part II | 4:47 | |
| Alphabeta | 5:29 | |
| Virtual Hornets | 8:50 |
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future 2 Future (2xLP) | Transparent Music | HERBIE LP1 | UK | 2001 | |
| Future 2 Future (2xLP) | Transparent Music | 505211 1 | US | 2001 | |
| Future 2 Future (CD, Album) | Transparent Music | 505211 2 | US | 2001 | |
| Future 2 Future (CD, Album) | Columbia, Transparent Music | CDL 505211 2, 5052112000 | Europe | 2001 | |
| Future 2 Future (CD, Album) | JVC | VICP-61354 | Japan | 2002 |
"Future 2 Future" is his take on modern-day beats, mixed with bits of world music (no, there's no better word for it), with guest appearances from Carl Craig and A Guy Called Gerald, who do little to liven up the proceedings. There's obvious competence here (of course - it's Herbie), but the results are boring; inoffensively lukewarm lite-jazz elevator goldfish music - and that includes the track with "Strings Of Life" running backwards. At its worst it resembles something my fellow countryman Bugge Wesseltoft could have recorded.
Hancock's ambition to mix different styles and avoid museum-style purism is applaudable; unfortunately it doesn't work very well here. This is a tepid, bland album. Avoid.