Deltron 3030 (album)
Encyclopedia
Deltron 3030 is the 2000 debut album by hip hop
supergroup
Deltron 3030
. It is a rap opera
concept album
set in a dystopia
n year 3030
.
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.
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 video games Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
(2001), Tony Hawk's Underground
(2003), and College Hoops 2K8
(2007).
The song "Time Keeps On Slipping", featuring Damon Albarn
, is said to have been the influence on the creation of the Gorillaz
.
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.
The album was reissued July 1, 2008 with 3 bonus remixes.
"Mastermind"
"Love Story"
"3030"
"Virus"
"The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Microsoft Inc.)"
"Positive Contact"
"Madness"
"Memory Loss"
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030 is an alternative hip hop supergroup composed of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del the Funky Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala...
. It is a rap opera
Rap opera
A rap opera or hip hopera is a series of hip hop songs in the form of an opera, inspired by the concept of rock opera.Like its predecessor, rap opera tells a story through consecutive pieces of music involving the same character or characters. Rap opera may be a purely auditory experience, or it...
concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
set in a dystopia
Dystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
n year 3030
31st century
The 31st century AD will span from January 1, 3001–December 31, 3100 of the Gregorian calendar. It will be the first century of the 4th millennium.-Astronomical events:...
.
Album information
The album's story casts Del in the role of Deltron Zero, a disillusioned mech soldier and interplanetary computer prodigy rebelling against a 31st century New World Order. In a world where evil oligarchs suppress both human rights and hip-hop, Del fights rap battles against a series of foes, becoming Galactic Rhyme Federation Champion.Del tha Funkee Homosapien's
Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del the Funky Homosapien or Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an American MC.-Early life and beginnings: 1990-1997:...
lyrics veer from serious social commentary to humor to epic sci-fi battles, while producer Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator
Daniel M. Nakamura , better known by the stage name Dan the Automator, is a Japanese-American hip hop producer. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Records during its short existence....
creates an eerie and dense atmosphere.
The song "3030" was used as the theme song on the short lived CBS series Robbery Homicide Division
Robbery Homicide Division
Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann.-Premise:...
. The song "Positive Contact" was featured in the video games Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX is a BMX video game developed by Runecraft and published by Activision. It was released in 2001 for various systems, including the Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance. It was also released for Windows. The game was followed by Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2...
(2001), Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
(2003), and College Hoops 2K8
College Hoops 2K8
College Hoops 2K8 is a video game by Visual Concepts and 2K Sports. It was released on November 19, 2007 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.The cover features Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, formerly of the Ohio State Buckeyes....
(2007).
The song "Time Keeps On Slipping", featuring Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...
, is said to have been the influence on the creation of the Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...
.
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.
The album was reissued July 1, 2008 with 3 bonus remixes.
Reception
- SpinSpin (magazine)Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
(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 - "Nakamura 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 WireThe Wire (magazine)The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
(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 MakerMelody MakerMelody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
(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." - NMENMEThe New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
(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."
Track listing
2008 reissue bonus tracks
- "Positive Contact" (Charlie ClouserCharlie ClouserCharles Alexander "Charlie" Clouser is an American musician whose activities include playing keyboard, synth, theremin, and drums. He is known for his abilities in music programming, engineering, mixing, and remixing. He was a member of the band Nine Inch Nails 1994–2000. Before he was in Nine...
remix) - "Turbulence" (Mark Bell remix)
- "Positive Contact" (Mario CMario Caldato Jr.Mario Caldato, Jr. is a Brazilian record producer and studio engineer best known for his work with the Beastie Boys and Tone Loc. Born February 24, 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil, he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1963...
remix)
Samples
The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled for Deltron 3030."Mastermind"
- "Dirty Feet" by the Daly-Wilson Big Band
- "Loud, Loud, Loud" by Aphrodite's ChildAphrodite's ChildAphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou , Demis Roussos , Loukas Sideras , and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris . Their band's name was derived from the title of a track from another Mercury act, Dick Campbell, from his Sings Where It's At album...
- "Magnetizing" by Handsome Boy Modeling SchoolHandsome Boy Modeling SchoolHandsome Boy Modeling School was a collaborative project between renowned hip hop producers Dan the Automator and Prince Paul...
"Love Story"
- "Milk and Honey" by Bonnie DobsonBonnie DobsonBonnie Dobson is a Canadian folk music songwriter, singer, and guitarist, most known in the 1960s for composing the songs "I'm Your Woman" and "Morning Dew"...
"3030"
- "And That's Saying a Lot" by Christine McVieChristine McVieChristine McVie is an English rock singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac, though she has also released three solo albums...
- "Introit" by William ShellerWilliam ShellerWilliam Sheller is a French classical composer and singer.-Biography:William Sheller was born William Hand in Paris.He left school at 16 to study composition with teacher Yves Margat and later harmony, fugue and counterpoint at the Paris conservatoire. He turned to pop music after hearing the...
"Virus"
- "Atlantis" by Release Music Orchestra
"The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Microsoft Inc.)"
- "And That's Saying a Lot" by Christine McVieChristine McVieChristine McVie is an English rock singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac, though she has also released three solo albums...
- "Chapala" by Vicente FernándezVicente FernándezVicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
"Positive Contact"
- "No Silver Bird" by The Hooterville Trolley
- "Days of the Week" by Matt Robinson
- "Stakes Is HighStakes Is High (song)"Stakes Is High" is a single by De La Soul released in 1996 from their album Stakes Is High.-Overview:Released during the height of the East Vs. West rap rivalries, "Stakes..." was a relentless attack on what De La saw as a decline, not only in hip hop music, but also in hip hop culture...
" by De La SoulDe La SoulDe La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres... - "Worldwide" by Del tha Funkee HomosapienDel tha Funkee HomosapienTeren Delvon Jones , better known as Del the Funky Homosapien or Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an American MC.-Early life and beginnings: 1990-1997:...
- Airplane!Airplane!Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
- Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson. It starred Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict and ran for one season in 1978–79. After cancellation, its story was continued in 1980 as Galactica 1980 with Adama, Lieutenant Boomer and...
"Madness"
- "Of Cities and Escapes" by The Poppy FamilyThe Poppy FamilyThe Poppy Family was a late 1960s and early 1970s Canadian pop music group, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Career:Seventeen year old Susan Pesklevits met Terry Jacks in the middle 1960s while she was a regular performer on a national teen TV show called Music Hop as well as many other...
- "Wack MCs" by Del tha Funkee HomosapienDel tha Funkee HomosapienTeren Delvon Jones , better known as Del the Funky Homosapien or Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an American MC.-Early life and beginnings: 1990-1997:...
"Memory Loss"
- "Catch a Bad One" by Del tha Funkee HomosapienDel tha Funkee HomosapienTeren Delvon Jones , better known as Del the Funky Homosapien or Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an American MC.-Early life and beginnings: 1990-1997:...
Personnel
- Mark Bell – remixing
- V. Brown – vocals
- Dan the Automator – producer
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien – vocals, Lyricist
- Scott Harding – engineer
- Kid Koala – DJ
- Sean Lennon – vocals
- Money Mark – vocals
- Brad Roberts – vocals
- P. Wingerter – vocals
Charts
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Heatseekers | #194 |
| 2000 | Top Independent Albums | #90 |