"What is This Loneliness" (featuring Damon Albarn and Casual) "The Future of Food" (featuring David Chang) "Look Across the Sky" (featuring Got a Girl) "Talent Supercedes " (featuring Black Rob) "Back in the Day" (featuring The Lonely Island) "Melding of the Minds" (featuring Zack De La Rocha) "Lawnchair Quarterback Part 1" (featuring David Cross and Amber Tamblyn) "Stardate" (featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt) Track listing Īll tracks are written by Dan the Automator, Kid Koala and Del the Funky Homosapien, except where noted. The album debuted at number 41 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 8,000 copies in the United States. On September 23, 2013, Event 2 was put on Pitchfork's Advance Streaming service in its entirety, one week before its official release. The album's first single was "City Rising From the Ashes," influenced by the story of Osiris. On February 2, 2012, Dogfish Head Brewery updated their blog with information about the Positive Contact box set containing a special edition beer brewed to Dan the Automator's specifications, several recipes from renowned chefs, and a 10" vinyl record with exclusive hip hop dub remixes of four tracks from new album, at that point scheduled to be released in May 2012. On June 12, 2012, it was announced by Dan the Automator that the album was finished with "small touchups" and would likely be released in September 2012. In an August 2010 interview with Melancholy Native blogger Triassic, Del commented that the album was "just about finished, actually." Del issued several updates in interviews throughout 2011. He said that he had already written six songs, and that the album should be completed before long. " During an episode of XM Radio's Subsoniq show in April 2008, Del was asked about the progress of the album. In October 2006 Dan the Automator predicted completion by December 2006, and in November of the same year, Del told IGN that four songs were already written and that "the album's lyrical theme has been basically mapped out." Later, in March 2008, Del told the News-Observer that "Kid Koala and Automator already finished the production. According to Kid Koala's website, he finished the turntable portions of the album in May 2006. Lif, Nelly, Nu-Mark, Peanut Butter Wolf, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Pharcyde, Public Enemy, Raekwon, Rahzel, Rihanna, Roc Raida, Saukrates, Shad, Skratch Bastid, Snoop Dogg, SonReal, Souls of Mischief, Steve Aoki, The Coup, The Roots, TI, Tommy Chong, WC, Whoo Kid, Young Buck, Z-Trip, Zion I + many more.Production began in 2004, but was fraught with delays. 2 Live Crew, A-Trak, Ab Rude, Aceyalone, Afrika Bambaataa, Alkaholiks, Andre Nickatina, AraabMuzik, Atmosphere, Beatnuts, Black Eyed Peas, Blackalicious, Buck 65, Cage, Cash Money, Classified, Cypress Hill, Daz & Kurupt, De La Soul, Del, Digable Planets, Digital Underground, DJ Craze, DJ Food, DJ Honda, DJ Vadim, DJ Yella, E-40, Flying Lotus, Freestylers, Funkdoobiest, Funk Hunters, Ghostface Killah, Goldie, Grandtheft, GZA/Genius, Herbaliser, Hieroglyphics, Hilltop Hoods, Ice Cube, Ice T, Jazzy Jeff, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jurassic 5, K-OS, K'Naan, Keys n' Krates, Kid Koala, Kool Keith, Lil Eazy E, Living Legends, Ludacris, M.O.P., Mike Relm, Mistah FAB, Mix Master Mike, Mr. Now with 25+ years in the Hip Hop scene he's had the great opportunity to work with incredible acts like. Degree One is widely regarded as Vancouver Island’s foremost Hip Hop Concert Promoter and DJ.