Deltron 3030 [Explicit Lyrics]

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

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

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.