deltron 3030 full album download Deltron 3030. The heir apparent to eccentric production wizard Prince Paul, Dan the Automator's left-field conceptual brilliance rapidly made him a hero to underground hip-hop fans. For the Deltron 3030 project, he teamed up with likeminded MC Del tha Funkee Homosapien and turntablist Kid Koala, both cult favorites with a similarly goofy sense of humor. Deltron 3030's self-titled debut is exactly what you might expect from such a teaming: a wildly imaginative, unabashedly geeky concept album about interplanetary rap warriors battling to restore humanity's hip-hop supremacy in a corporate-dominated dystopia (or something like that). It's difficult to follow the concept all the way through, but it hardly matters, because Deltron 3030 is some of the best work both Del and Dan have ever done. In fact, it's the Automator's most fully realized production effort to date, filled with sumptuous, densely layered soundscapes that draw on his classical background and, appropriately, often resemble a film score. For his part, Del's performance here revitalized his reputation, thanks to some of his best, most focused work in years. Long known for his abstract, dictionary-busting lyrics, Del proves he can even rhyme in sci-fi technospeak, and the overarching theme keeps his more indulgent impulses in check. Plus, there's actually some relevant commentary to be unearthed from all the oddball conceptual trappings; in fact, Deltron 3030 is probably the closest hip-hop will ever come to an equivalent of Terry Gilliam's Brazil. The album boasts cameos by Damon Albarn (on the proto-Gorillaz "Time Keeps on Slipping"), Prince Paul, MC Paul Barman, and Sean Lennon, among others, but the stellar turns by its two main creators are the focus. It's not only one of the best albums in either of their catalogs, but one of the best to come out of the new underground, period. Deltron 3030. Del tha Funkee Homosapien has, for years, been widely regarded as King of the Oddball Rappers. On Deltron 3030 , he unravels an album- length narrative about the titular year, in which he's a superhero named Deltron Zero. Del tha Funkee Homosapien has, for years, been widely regarded as King of the Oddball Rappers. Lugging the backpack long before there was a codified arty hip-hop scene, Del sneaked onto the radio, clinging by his fingernails to cousin Ice Cube's Chuck Taylor strings. Of course, even his hard-rock relative was befuddled by the Sapien's giddy spirals of abstract, meaningless verbiage. "Del," queried Cube on his oddball cuz's debut, "What the fuck is a Funkee Homosapien?" What the fuck, indeed. Del was never shy when it came to flaunting his restless MC intellect, favoring elaborate puns and encyclopedic vocabulary over, like, meaning. The classic example of this, naturally, is Del's first single, 1991's "Mistadobalina." The track served as a lengthy put-down on some guy named Mr. Bob Dobalina, about whom very little was clear except that Del found him a little silly. Del has always seemed irritated at having to address the real world, and as such, his best verses are completely divorced from it. For the most part, his last few albums have kept things defiantly surreal, which is great fun, but also chafes the listener. Surely, a lyricist with Del's heavy-duty intelligence has interesting thoughts to share about something other than how cool he and his friends are. It seemed we'd never know. until now. Paired with the Automator, the Kool Keith-embraced-and-scorned poet laureate of creepy, oppressive beats, Del has finally sent himself where he belonged to begin with: outer space. On Deltron 3030 , he unravels an album-length narrative about the titular year, in which he's a superhero named Deltron Zero (a plot not entirely dissimilar from that of RZA's Bobby Digital ). Armed with his two sidekicks, the Automator (here saddled with the unfortunate sobriquet "The Cantankerous Captain Aptos") and scratch mastermind Kid Koala (aka "Skiznod the Boy Wonder"), Deltron- Z combs the galaxy, supporting his secretive Earthling existence by participating in weird rap battles where one's rhymes summon psychic powers that physically damage the opponent. At least, that's what may be going on. Like most hip-hoperas, there's not much stock placed in narrative coherence here. Fortunately, the plot setup-- delivered by a deliciously, almost impossibly bored-sounding Damon Albarn-- gives way to a loose set of ruminations on a myriad of subjects. Of course, the rap-battle set pieces afford Del plenty of time to lavish attention to his favorite subject: how cool he is in relation to you and any poor soul who would dare challenge his verbal supremacy. But, allowed room to imagine a whole world, many of Deltron 3030 's most impressive tracks show our hero exploring a wide-ranging variety of surprisingly weighty topics. The future is imagined from the bottom up: Del lives in a secret lair in the Bay Area, unbothered by exorbitant rents while the world around him falls to pieces. The Earth is run by a select, superwealthy oligarchy who have consigned the underclasses to rot away. (Yes, this is the future.) The environment's in ruins, there's fighting in the streets, and Paul Barman gets a speaking role. In short, things are in bad shape. Such dire straits reveal Del as a surprisingly acute social critic. He even lacks a New York protest MC's frustrating tendency towards self- righteousness, instead favoring targets that actually deserve his wrath: he wants to destroy corporate control and "convert them to papyrus," mostly, and his oppressed underclass is racially diverse. Like the man says, "It's not about separation/ It's about the population." He resents the appropriation of hip-hop, but not necessarily by palefaces. He just doesn't like biters because they're messing with the genre's chances of being taken seriously. In the end, that's the most exciting thing about Deltron 3030 . Though never self-satisfied or deliberately obscure, the record is an infinite improvement over the wanky verbal gymnastics that currently crowd smug, jerk-off rappers' 12-inches. Though Del may have helped start that trend, here he aches to say something significant. In places-- like the sad, almost Gothic "Madness," the album's masterful centerpiece-- he even succeeds. Now liberated from the obnoxious demands of everyday reality, he's finally found a way to say something meaningful about it. Deltron 3030 ​– Deltron 3030. Kinda bummed with how flat this sounds. I guess it's not a remaster or anything so I don't know what I was expecting but there's not much as far as Dynamics are concerned with this pressing. Bass is pretty weak (probably because it's sampled), Del sounds flat too. It basically sounds no better than I remember the CD sounding. I'll have to give the MP3's a listen sometime soon to get a good comparison going. The pressing sure is pretty though :) Don't regret the purchase but this album would benefit greatly from a Bernie Grundman treatment or something. Deltron 3030 Event II. New Deltron 3030, for the first time since 2000. Watch out. "Featuring Damon Albarn, David Cross, Zack de la Rocha, the Lonely Island, Mike Patton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala also rope in Amber Tamblyn, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, chef David Chang for new album. By Evan Minsker. Deltron 3030: "City Rising From the Ashes" Deltron 3030-- aka Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Kid Koala, and producer Dan the Automator-- have detailed Deltron 3030: Event II, their first album since their self-titled debut in 2000. It contains a truly weird list of contributors: In addition to Damon Albarn, Mike Patton, the Lonely Island, Rage Against the Machine's Zack De La Rocha, Emily Wells, and Jamie Cullum, there's also appearances from actors David Cross, Amber Tamblyn, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and chef David Chang. Event II is out October 1 via Bulk Recordings. The video trailer features album opener "Stardate" and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. " Track list: 01 Stardate [ft. Joseph Gordon-Levitt] 02 The Return 03 Pay the Price 04 Nobody Can [ft. Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION] 05 Lawnchair Quarterback Pt. 1 [ft. David Cross and Amber Tamblyn] 06 Melding of the Minds [ft. Zach De La Rocha] 07 The Agony [ft. Mary Elizabeth Winstead] 08 Back in the Day [ft. The Lonely Island] 09 Talent Supersedes [ft. Black Rob] 10 Look Across the Sky [ft. Mary Elizabeth Winstead] 11 The Future of Food [ft. David Chang] 12 My Only Love [ft. Emily Wells] 13 What Is This Loneliness [ft. Damon Albarn and Casual] 14 Lawnchair Quarterback Pt. 2 [ft. David Cross and Amber Tamblyn] 15 City Rising From the Ashes [background vocals by Mike Patton] 16 Do You Remember [ft. Jamie Cullum] Video. Days to release. Add News & Media Report Leak or stream. Album details. Hype: 7 Artist: Deltron 3030 Album: Event II Official Release: Oct 01, 2013 Genre: Visit Has it Leaked but for movies, Where You Watch. Kanye West : DONDA Iron Maiden : Senjutsu Between The Buried And. The Killers : Pressure. 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