Deltron 3030
by: Deltron 3030
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Hip-hop confabulations don't come much more forward-thinking than this. Working from solid atomic principles, Deltron 3030 takes one producer, one MC, and one DJ and throws them beyond Futurama. Dan the Automator (one of the founders of the Handsome Boy Modeling School and administrator of Dr. Octagon's porno hospital) reinvents himself as the Cantankerous Captain Aptos and teams up with Deltron Zero (a.k.a. Hieroglyphics crew member Del tha Funky Homosapien) and Skiznod the Boy Wonder (bucky turntablist Kid Koala). Between the radio ads for future-funked, rap jams, and camouflaged cameos (by the likes of Prince Paul, a castrato Damon Albarn, MC Paul Barman and his Upper West Side doppelgänger Sean Lennon), the Deltron crew advise you to upgrade your brain to avoid getting sucked into the time virus. ("Ugrade your gray matter," they chant, "'cause one day it may matter.") The thematic opener, "3030," sounds like a beat-driven David Lean movie that slipped into the DJ's fingers with 31st-century rhythm stutters and scratches. Automator ping-pongs loops as rousing choral parts swell with space pride. "Things You Can Do" riffs off mod rock while a harpsichord hack and Sean Lennon drops feature on the sickly sweet mental apocalypse of "Memory Loss." Over its 21 tracks, Deltron 3030 erases the errors of this rap era in favor of hip-hop's future fathers. --Chris Campion
Product Description:
The super group Deltron 3030 is composed of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala andsometimes features guest artists who also take on varying futuristic pseudonyms. Originally released in 2000 on the now-defunct75ARK record label, this Hip Hop concept album was released the same year as the Gorillaz first 12" and is on a similar plane.Following the release of Deltron 3030, all three members participated in the Gorillaz' self-titled debut album.With Del aka Deltron Zero on vocals, Dan the Automator aka The Cantankerous Captain Aptos on production, and Kid Koala akaSkiznoid the Boy Wonder on turntables, this album takes the listener on a paranoid journey set in a dystopian year 3030 dealing withviruses, the apocalypse, an oppressive government, and a war waged against a huge company called the Corporate Bank of Time thatrules the universe, all to the well-crafted and consistent musical backing of the Automator. Appearances by Damon Albarn (TheGorillaz, Blur), Prince Paul, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Money Mark, Paul Barman, Mark Bell (Bjork, production), Sean Lennon, and Mr. Lifcompliment Del's vocal style and add the right amount of flavor to this classic period piece. This official reissue includes three bonustracks not available on original release and there are rumors of a sophmore album by Deltron 3030 due out in late 2008. Make sure youpick up a copy of this album the second time around as copies of the original release consistently fetch more than $50 online.
Album Description:
Explicit Version. Self titled album of 24 tracks.Hip-hop forward-thinking with Deltron 3030 as they take one producer, one MC, and one DJ and throws them into the future.One track, 'Memory Loss' features Sean Lennon. Dan the Automator reinvents himself as the Cantankerous Captain Aptos and teams up with Deltron Zero (a.k.a. Hieroglyphics crew member Del tha Funky Homosapien) and Skiznod the Boy Wonder (bucky turntablist Kid Koala). Between the radio ads for future-funked, rap jams, and camouflaged cameos (by the likes of Prince Paul, a castrato Damon Albarn, MC Paul Barman and his Upper West Side doppelg„nger Sean Lennon), the Deltron crew advise you to upgrade your brain to avoid getting sucked into the time virus.
Hip-hop confabulations don't come much more forward-thinking than this. Working from solid atomic principles, Deltron 3030 takes one producer, one MC, and one DJ and throws them beyond Futurama. Dan the Automator (one of the founders of the Handsome Boy Modeling School and administrator of Dr. Octagon's porno hospital) reinvents himself as the Cantankerous Captain Aptos and teams up with Deltron Zero (a.k.a. Hieroglyphics crew member Del tha Funky Homosapien) and Skiznod the Boy Wonder (bucky turntablist Kid Koala). Between the radio ads for future-funked, rap jams, and camouflaged cameos (by the likes of Prince Paul, a castrato Damon Albarn, MC Paul Barman and his Upper West Side doppelgänger Sean Lennon), the Deltron crew advise you to upgrade your brain to avoid getting sucked into the time virus. ("Ugrade your gray matter," they chant, "'cause one day it may matter.") The thematic opener, "3030," sounds like a beat-driven David Lean movie that slipped into the DJ's fingers with 31st-century rhythm stutters and scratches. Automator ping-pongs loops as rousing choral parts swell with space pride. "Things You Can Do" riffs off mod rock while a harpsichord hack and Sean Lennon drops feature on the sickly sweet mental apocalypse of "Memory Loss." Over its 21 tracks, Deltron 3030 erases the errors of this rap era in favor of hip-hop's future fathers. --Chris Campion
Product Description:
The super group Deltron 3030 is composed of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala andsometimes features guest artists who also take on varying futuristic pseudonyms. Originally released in 2000 on the now-defunct75ARK record label, this Hip Hop concept album was released the same year as the Gorillaz first 12" and is on a similar plane.Following the release of Deltron 3030, all three members participated in the Gorillaz' self-titled debut album.With Del aka Deltron Zero on vocals, Dan the Automator aka The Cantankerous Captain Aptos on production, and Kid Koala akaSkiznoid the Boy Wonder on turntables, this album takes the listener on a paranoid journey set in a dystopian year 3030 dealing withviruses, the apocalypse, an oppressive government, and a war waged against a huge company called the Corporate Bank of Time thatrules the universe, all to the well-crafted and consistent musical backing of the Automator. Appearances by Damon Albarn (TheGorillaz, Blur), Prince Paul, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Money Mark, Paul Barman, Mark Bell (Bjork, production), Sean Lennon, and Mr. Lifcompliment Del's vocal style and add the right amount of flavor to this classic period piece. This official reissue includes three bonustracks not available on original release and there are rumors of a sophmore album by Deltron 3030 due out in late 2008. Make sure youpick up a copy of this album the second time around as copies of the original release consistently fetch more than $50 online.
Album Description:
Explicit Version. Self titled album of 24 tracks.Hip-hop forward-thinking with Deltron 3030 as they take one producer, one MC, and one DJ and throws them into the future.One track, 'Memory Loss' features Sean Lennon. Dan the Automator reinvents himself as the Cantankerous Captain Aptos and teams up with Deltron Zero (a.k.a. Hieroglyphics crew member Del tha Funky Homosapien) and Skiznod the Boy Wonder (bucky turntablist Kid Koala). Between the radio ads for future-funked, rap jams, and camouflaged cameos (by the likes of Prince Paul, a castrato Damon Albarn, MC Paul Barman and his Upper West Side doppelg„nger Sean Lennon), the Deltron crew advise you to upgrade your brain to avoid getting sucked into the time virus.
Disc 1:
- State of the Nation
- 3030
- The Fantabulous Rap
- Things You Can Do
- Positive Contact
- St. Catherine St.
- Virus
- Upgrade (A Brymar College Course)
- New Coke
- Mastermind
- National Movie Review
- Madness
- Meet Cleofis Randolph the Patriarch
- Time Keeps On Slipping
- The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Microsoft Inc.)
- Turbulence (Mark Bell Remix)
- The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza Part II
- Battlesong
- Love Story
- Memory Loss feat. Sean Lennon
- The Assmann 640 Speaks
- Positive Contact (Charlie Clouser Remix)
- Turbulence (Mark Bell Remix)
- Positive Contact (Mario C Remix)
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - one of the best
This is one of the best hip-hop albums i have ever heard. The beats, the flow, the rhymes, everything about this album is amazing.Different then anything out right now. I'm tired of hearing artists rapping about money, cars, and women. This album has nothing to do with any of that. One of my all time favorites. I recommend this album for anyone that enjoys true hip-hop.
Rating: - We're not chumps!
The genius of this album only adds fuel to my outrage.
Where is Deltron Event II?? I feel like I've been played. All of 2008 I've been hearing about the follow-up to 3030. Now it's not 2008 anymore, and Event II still only exists in the realm of speculation. Deltron fans f***ing deserve some answers!
Deltron, your fans are not chumps. We have the good sense and musical taste (rare in these times - hell, in ANY times) to listen to your music, investigate your collaborations, ... Read More
Rating: - This has been one of my faves since 2001
Whenever I want to be taken to another world I listen to this album.The beats, Del's silly, confident, lazy lines will make you laugh.When Del says in the intro "It's our music we must take back!" you want to jump in and say, "Yeah!"There's a sense of this is what our world will one day become, or maybe in a way it is.For all it's darkness, yet funniness, I can never put it away.I can't describe it, I'm not that great with words, just please buy it.You will not be disappointed.Awesome, ... Read More
Rating: - Masterpiece.
Wow. Just about perfect in every sense of the word. Beats are awesome, rapping is awesome (as usual for Del!). The music is very eclectic and the whole album has a cyberpunk/sci-fi theme to it. Recommended for any fans of underground hip-hop, sci-fi and anybody who loves good music!
Rating: - Worth a listen
Frankly, I don't "get" rap, but this is an interesting integration of rap, choral, orchestral and melodic music.I originally acquired it because of its use as the theme song for the TV series "Robbery-Homicide."
- one of the bestThis is one of the best hip-hop albums i have ever heard. The beats, the flow, the rhymes, everything about this album is amazing.Different then anything out right now. I'm tired of hearing artists rapping about money, cars, and women. This album has nothing to do with any of that. One of my all time favorites. I recommend this album for anyone that enjoys true hip-hop.
- We're not chumps!The genius of this album only adds fuel to my outrage.
Where is Deltron Event II?? I feel like I've been played. All of 2008 I've been hearing about the follow-up to 3030. Now it's not 2008 anymore, and Event II still only exists in the realm of speculation. Deltron fans f***ing deserve some answers!
Deltron, your fans are not chumps. We have the good sense and musical taste (rare in these times - hell, in ANY times) to listen to your music, investigate your collaborations, ... Read More
- This has been one of my faves since 2001Whenever I want to be taken to another world I listen to this album.The beats, Del's silly, confident, lazy lines will make you laugh.When Del says in the intro "It's our music we must take back!" you want to jump in and say, "Yeah!"There's a sense of this is what our world will one day become, or maybe in a way it is.For all it's darkness, yet funniness, I can never put it away.I can't describe it, I'm not that great with words, just please buy it.You will not be disappointed.Awesome, ... Read More
- Masterpiece.Wow. Just about perfect in every sense of the word. Beats are awesome, rapping is awesome (as usual for Del!). The music is very eclectic and the whole album has a cyberpunk/sci-fi theme to it. Recommended for any fans of underground hip-hop, sci-fi and anybody who loves good music!
- Worth a listenFrankly, I don't "get" rap, but this is an interesting integration of rap, choral, orchestral and melodic music.I originally acquired it because of its use as the theme song for the TV series "Robbery-Homicide."
