Deltron 3030 (album)

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Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030 cover
Studio album by Deltron 3030
Released May 23, 2000
Recorded Glue Factory
Genre Hip hop
Acid rap
Space rap
Length 60:18
Label 75 Ark
Producer Dan The Automator
Professional reviews
Deltron 3030 chronology
Deltron 3030
(2000)		 Deltron 3030: The Instrumentals
(2001)

Deltron 3030 is the debut album by hip hop supergroup Deltron 3030. It is a concept album set in a dystopian year 3030.

Contents

[edit] Album information

The album follows Deltron Zero's fight against an oppressive government and powerful corporations, while also battling to be the Galactic Rhyme Federation Champion.

Del tha Funkee Homosapien's lyrics veer from serious social commentary to humor to epic sci-fi battles, while producer Dan the Automator creates an eerie and dense atmosphere.

A flash video was created for the song "Virus" and is available online.[1]

The song "3030" was used as the theme song on the short lived CBS series Robbery Homicide Division. The song "Positive Contact" was featured in the 2003 video game Tony Hawk's Underground and in the 2007 video game College Hoops 2K8

The song "Time Keeps On Slipping", featuring Damon Albarn, is said to have been the influence on the creation of the Gorillaz.

[edit] Reception

Professional reviews:

  • Spin (1/01, p.120) - 7 out of 10 - "As a party record, it romps, with pumping keyboards on 'Positive Contact' and a chorus sample sped up for harpsichord effect on 'Things You Can Do' in which Koala scratches opera singers."
  • Alternative Press (3/01, pp.68-9) - 4 out of 5 - "Nakumara turns in creepy, futuristic and bizarre beats for this concept album about fantastic, backwards human civilization in the year 3030...crowded with guest appearances."
  • The Wire (10/00, p.86) - "A planet where rhymes are pecked into trees by gnawed off golf pencils between clenched teeth."
  • CMJ (10/16/00, p.28) - "[Its] slick and styled funk proves [Automator's] light years ahead of his peers."
  • Melody Maker (11/14/00, p.52) - 4 stars out of 5 - "This is dark, jagged alt-rock hip-hop....a splintered, inspired soundtrack to confusing times."
  • NME (10/21/00, p.44) - 8 out of 10 - "A space opera....the most purely enjoyable hip-hop album of 2000....It's a crazed sci-fi journey to Planet B.S., that takes myriad detours around the galaxy....utterly mesmerizing."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "State of the Nation" – 0:25
  2. "3030" – 7:29
  3. "The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza" – 0:21
  4. "Things You Can Do" – 4:59
  5. "Positive Contact" – 4:42
  6. "St. Catherine St." – 0:43
  7. "Virus" – 4:26
  8. "Upgrade (A Brymar College Course)" – 4:10
  9. "New Coke" – 0:41
    • Featuring Mark Ramos-Nishita
  10. "Mastermind" – 3:34
    • Contains samples of "Dirty Feet" by Daly-Wilson Big Band and "Loud, Loud, Loud" by Aphrodite's Child
  11. "National Movie Review" – 0:53
    • Featuring Brad Roberts
  12. "Madness" – 4:38
    • Contains a sample of "Wack M.C.'s" by Del the Funky Homosapien
  13. "Meet Cleofis Randolph the Patriarch" – 0:36
  14. "Time Keeps On Slipping" – 4:59
  15. "The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Microsoft Inc.)" – 0:49
    • Featuring Hafdis Huld
    • Contains a sample of "And That's Saying A Lot" by Christine McVie
  16. "Turbulence" (Remix) – 3:33
  17. "The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza Part II" – 0:37
  18. "Battlesong" – 4:07
  19. "Love Story" – 3:26
  20. "Memory Loss" – 4:39
  21. "The Assmann 640 Speaks" – 0:31

[edit] Charts

Year Chart Peak position
2000 Heatseekers #13
2000 Billboard 200 #194
2000 Top Independent Albums #43
2000 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #90

[edit] Times Keeps on Slipping

On the single "Time Keeps on Slipping", it states the version of "Turbulence" is the remix by Mark Bell, despite the fact the album version and the version featured on the single are completely different. The version on the single could possibly be the original version, as it features scratching possibly by Kid Koala, which is missing from the Mark Bell remix on the album.

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