Event II - Deltron 3030
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  • Summary: Dan the Automator, The Funky Homosapien, and Kid Koala return 13 years later with the follow-up to the sci-fi concept album about Deltron Zero and his fight against corporations. Guest appearances include: Damon Albarn, Black Rob, Zack De La Rocha, David Cross, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Lonely Island, Mike Patton, and Amber Tamblyn.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. The New York Times
    Sep 30, 2013
    80
    Del the Funky Homosapien hasn’t lost his verbose velocity, and his partners retain their gift for brooding airs and funk grandeur. But what felt ahead of its time around the turn of this millennium now scans as classicism, only tweaked to include newer co-conspirators like Emily Wells.
  2. HipHopDX
    Oct 2, 2013
    80
    It’s a true spiritual successor to the original, and is everything fans could have asked for: a worthy follow-up, well-thought-out standalone project, and a very necessary commentary on society, government, and machinations by which the two interact.
  3. Q Magazine
    Oct 11, 2013
    80
    Hard to believe they needed 13 years to make it, but Event 2 is well worth the wait. [Nov 2013, p.103]
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  4. Filter
    Oct 2, 2013
    78
    Event II is a satisfactory sequel, if not quite a gem on its own merit.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 30, 2013
    70
    There is an admirable consistency to the production, and at its best Event II is touched by greatness.
  6. This Is Fake DIY
    Oct 3, 2013
    60
    Not everything works on an album that is perhaps slightly too long, however, there is a pleasing sense of ambition to Dan, The Automator’s symphonic productions, tinged with an old school flavour.
  7. Paste Magazine
    Oct 1, 2013
    55
    just as the sequel-ness inherently implies, faithfulness to their past work sinks Event II, as just the sound and goals of the album seem out of place in 2013 and overly nostalgic, without adding much to the conversation that seemed long finished.

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  1. barosenblatt
    Oct 5, 2013
    9
    Amazingly composed, faithful to the original, and awesome just as great as ever. Guest appearance/comedic interludes from David Cross and others are amusing, Quite a set of guest artists (Zack De La Rocha from Rage Against The Machine among others). No complaints, and only praise here.… Expand

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