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Deltron 3030
Hip-Hop · 2000 · 21 tracks

Deltron 3030

Deltron 3030

A cinematic afrofuturist masterpiece. Dense, orchestral production meets intricate sci-fi storytelling in a dystopian 31st-century rap opera.

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It's a sci-fi movie for your ears where the hero wins with rap battles.

A dense and imaginative journey through a dystopian future that feels both grand and intimate.

Deltron 3030 · vs · Deltron 3030
Mythology+1.6σ

The writing leans notably further into mythology than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 21 Tracks
01
State of the Nation
0:26
02
3030
7:30
03
The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza
0:22
04
Things You Can Do
5:00
05
Positive Contact
4:43
06
St. Catherine St.
0:44
07
Virus
4:26
08
Upgrade (A Brymar College Course)
4:10
09
New Coke
0:42
10
Mastermind
3:34
11
National Movie Review
0:53
12
Madness
4:39
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.)
0:50
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 Assman 640 Speaks
0:31
Moments Worth Waiting For
The seven minute opening title track where the orchestral swells meet a heavy boom-bap breakbeat
Kid Koala's scratching on 'Positive Contact' where the turntable mimics a rhythmic, alien communication
The way the melancholic piano loop in 'Madness' grounds the surrealist imagery of a collapsing society
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