Deltron 3030 (Audio Cassette): Amazon.ca: Music

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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 Modelling School and administrator of Dr Octagon's porno hospital) reinvents himself as The Cantankerous Captain Aptos and teams up with Deltron Zero (aka 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 doppelganger 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 DJs fingers with 31st-century rhythm stutters and scratches. Automator ping-pongs loops as rousing choral parts swells 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 favour of hip hop's future-fathers. --Chris Campion

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On croyait le genre éteint depuis les années 70, avec la disparition des opéras rock façon Who. C'était sans compter sur la créativité de très nombreux artistes évoluant au sein de cette sphère hétéroclite qu'est le rap aujourd'hui. Dans le cas qui nous intéresse, l'instigateur s'appelle Dan "The Automator", récidiviste en la matière, après l'album de Dr. Octagon (une collaboration avec Kool Keith) ou plus récemment Handsome Boy Modeling School associé à Prince Paul. En compagnie cette fois de Del Tha Funky Homosapien des Hieroglyphics et du DJ canadien Kid Koala, Dan Nakamura a élaboré Deltron 3030, un univers futuriste où l'auditeur se laisse entraîner par ses compositions imprévisibles, les scratches imagés de Kid Koala et le phrasé hypnotique pour lequel Del a opté. Une foule d'intervenants (Damon Albarn de Blur, Mr. Lif, Sean Lennon, Peanut Butter Wolf, etc.) contribue à planter le décor de l'an 3030, ni pire ni meilleur qu'ont été les millénaires précédents. Simplement différent, comme cet ambitieux projet. --Yann Cherruault

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deltron 3030 OFF THE HOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Oct 17 2000

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Deltron 3030 is an excellent CD with mad vocab (DeltronZ), tight production(The Automator), and smooth turntablism (Kid Koala). This bunch of Hip-Hop super heroes come to bring you a futuristic sound that can't be fazed with a photon blaster. With 12 songs filled with the Funkee Homosapien and 9 skits that are off the hook. How can you go wrong with this team up with fat songs like 3030,and with extremely potent vocals is Sean Lennon featured on Memory Loss.If you ask me one of my favorite songs on the whole Cd is definetly #12 Madness with dope lyrics nice smooth beat hooked up by the Automator and a hook that will have you singing it within a couple times of listening. Overall I would have to say this CD is a must pick up If your an Avid Del fan, you also like the laced beats of the Automator, and the smoooth scratches by the Kid Koala. You will definetly like this CD so go get out of here pick it up right now NUFF said. Peace out HIERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Peace to Kwantum Physics, And Trans 1NE watch out for this album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Gift From The Future, April 8 2004

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Doug Butler (Rio de Janero) - See all my reviews

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In all honesty, I have not heard a better hip hop album than Deltron 3030. The more and more I listen to it, the more and more I fall in love with it. What sets this one apart from the rest is the production. Koala and Automator shine together, created rhythms and beats that sound like no other. The album kicks off with a bang with the hip hop symphony, 3030. The rest progresses perfectly, with not one track out of place. There is not a slouch in the bunch, but I do have my favorites. 3030 and Mastermind, oh wait, also Madness, oh wait, there's also Virus, oh wait.... just buy the album, you won't be sorry!

And Del The Funky Homosapien kills it, as usual. Were there any doubts in your mind?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the Future of Hip Hop, Jun 16 2004

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'Deltron 3030' is an innovative undertaking by rapper Del the Funky Homosapien, producer Dan the Automator, and DJ Kid Koala. With futuristic production and skillful lyricism, 'Deltron 3030' tells of a post-apocalyptic world in the year 3030. This CD is by no means commercial with its lack of hooks (most verses are met with simple repeated samples and/or scratching) and its offbeat lyrical content. There are some great tracks like 'Mastermind', 'Madness', '3030', and 'Madness'. However this CD is weighted down by a whopping nine skits that follow the futuristic theme of the CD. Personally, I never find skits groundbreaking or even necessary to a project so it definitely prevents me from putting this in my CD player and listening from cover to cover without skipping. Nothing profound is said by Del, and I am more attracted to how he says it (he flows very well with the beats) rather than what he says. However, I would recommend 'Deltron 3030' for any hip hop fan who is looking for something different because this is definitely a memorable album.

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