from the mid-1990s, bambaataa returned to his electro roots. in 1998, he produced a remix of "planet rock" combining electro and house music elements, called "planet rock '98," which is regarded as an early example of the electro house genre. in 2000, rage against the machine covered his song "renegades of funk" for their album, "renegades". the same year, he collaborated with leftfield on the song "afrika shox," the first single from leftfield's "rhythm and stealth". "afrika shox" also appeared on soundtrack to "vanilla sky". in 2004, he collaborated with westbam, a group that was named after him, on the 2004 album "dark matter moving at the speed of light" which also featured gary numan. in 2006, he was featured on the british singer jamelia's album "walk with me" on a song called "do me right," and on mekon's album "some thing came up", on the track "d-funktional." he performed the lyrics on the track "is there anybody out there" by the bassheads (desa basshead). as an actor, he has played a variety of voice-over character roles on "kung faux".