Del: I knew that beat (for “Catch A Bad One”) was crazy when I heard it. for 17 albums, discussions, and more. And Del wasn’t happy with …My Brother George…. It featured one new album along with two albums that had been previously released in digital-only format. Maybe he just thought that beat was dope enough for me. And that’s probably where his career resides to this day.

“Catch A Bad One” was just phenomenal. Pizza Shop Extended (with Yung Gleesh, DOOM & Del the Funky Homosapien), Smoke Rings (feat. If Del was still doing I Wish My Brother George Was Here Funk-type records, Dan probably wouldn’t have been as interested. Domino: That’s kind of the whole Hiero thing. Dante: Let’s be real, Del also did the beat for “Alive On Arrival” (from Ice Cube’s album Death Certificate) and he never got credited. Complete your Del! Sir Jinx Speaks About Keeping The Production On Ice Cube’s, No Need For Alarm by Del The Funky Homosapien. Different people in Hiero had different influences. Del's follow-up, 1994's No Need for Alarm, was a departure musically, as Ice Cube was no longer in the production seat and the P-Funk sounds were dropped in favor of a more sophisticated, almost jazzy sound. So, I did as best I could and it still was not particularly radio-friendly, but was a marked improvement. Del, whose career launched under the guidance (and production team) of his cousin, Ice Cube, changed the direction of his sound. Dante: I left (Elektra Records) and went to work at Def Jam. He brought him to me because he said I was on that weirdo sh*t and Del would fit in with the stuff I like. So, Del starts the process and we start with most of his songs. Biz Markie would talk about Funk, so I would check for his sh*t. Dante: No Need For Alarm was a big shift. The cornerstone of Del The Funky Homosapien’s career and artistic identity belongs to his second album, No Need For Alarm.Released 25 years ago last month, the …

The people started saying the slang we were saying and dressing the way we were dressing. To start his album, Del booked a 24-hour lockout, which means you rent out a studio for 24 hours. He rapped his f*cking ass off on that record. I had very detailed notes, and this is one of the few times I’ve done this in my whole career when I said like, “These songs need choruses. And the other one was “Burnt,” the B-side of “Mistadobolina.” That was a big underground record with all of Hiero. He was the boss, more or less. An all-new Del solo release, Both Sides of the Brain, was released in 2000, along with a self-titled debut release by a side project, Deltron 3030, which saw Del join forces with both the Automator and Kid Koala.

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“It could’ve been over.”. The Making Of A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, Told By People Who Were There. He definitely did a lot of stuff that people don’t know he did. Del the Funky Homosapien), Song of Siren (feat. Del the Funky Homosapien, Moka Only, The Gaff & Late Night Radio) - Single, Wu-Tang, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Aesop Rock. That was like one of the first examples other than the Beastie Boys were that skateboarders actively used Rap music as the soundtrack to what they did making it an acknowledged part of their lifestyle. He also covers sports,  pop culture and fitness full-time. The Funky Homosapien* - No Need For Alarm at Discogs. The thing is before I got to the studio, Del erases the reels and goes over them with new songs.

It’s yours and no one messes with your time. From the “Sleepin’ On My Couch” and “Mistadobolina” song, Del knew that people weren’t taking him seriously but he was into lyrics. They were just waiting for the finishing touches on their contracts. He was like “Man, Del, I thought you liked it? Not even on the phone, which was kind of bullsh*t. And I knew it was gonna happen because, I was in the room when he sat down with Sylvia Rhone and she suggested that he work with Jermaine Dupri. He went on his own and created lanes for an eager and talented team waiting in the wings. A year later he teamed with Artifacts member Tame One and production team Parallel Thought for the collaboration album Parallel Uni-Verses. (Video). He unceremoniously at [former Elektra Records President] Sylvia Rhone’s behest dropped [Del]. This is really what happened: I had friends and associates in high school that were Hip-Hop elitists. I produced “In And Out,” “Check It Out,” and “Wrong Place.” I guess it was freestyling because I really didn’t think about what I was writing. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Del! He didn’t want to be Cube’s version of Digital Underground anymore. I was really into the wah-wah Funk records, but we also sampled a lot of Jazz stuff probably because Del looked to a lot of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and groups of that nature, Chill Rob G, DJ Mark The 45 King and a lot of influencers. So, Cube was like “Hey man, if I could get George Clinton on the album, would that be cool?” I was like “You could get George Clinton?! In my mind, things had changed. We hung together like every day so maybe he felt that beat fit my personality. Verse-verse-verse, very little choruses. Dante: It was always good with me and Del.

That’s what started their huge association with the world of skateboarding and snowboarding.

Domino: It was important on No Need For Alarm for Del to show that he was a lyrical dude. Del The Funky Homosapien: The sh*t that I did on my first album was what I really wanted to do. Khaos Unique, SkyBlew, Gizmo, Jesse Dangerously, Wordburglar, AO Lyrical, Da Rap Nerd, Mark Cooper, Int Eighty, Lex the Lexicon Artist & MC Frontalot) [Remix] - Single, On the Ball (Al'Tarba Remix) [feat. I think that was more directed at Ice Cube and them because Cube, I think, ate a lot off his plate. Song Statistics Stats; Tour Statistics Stats; Other Statistics; Songs.

I think he felt undervalued. Del: When I got dropped, I had so much other issues going on with me that I wasn’t even trippin’ really. Having left Elektra, Del aligned himself closely with some fellow rapper friends, Casual and Souls of Mischief, and issued his third release overall, 1998's Future Development, for the same label as his friends, Hieroglyphics Records. What happened was that Souls, Casual and I figure we should just use the time, even though the contract wasn’t done, it was “Let’s just use this time to record ’93 ‘til Infinity and Fear Itself.” We didn’t know the album names at that point, but we just started recording their albums all at the same time.

He was established as a unique lyricist and that’s why he’s had such a long career and it allowed for his longevity. Dante: On the I Wish My Brother George Was Here album, Pooh was kind of doing what Cube orchestrated. That was already happening behind the scenes and he felt that he wasn’t marketed correctly. It basically hurt his feelings. West-Coast hip-hop's most eccentric gangsta. Bombay.” That was [the Hieroglyphics style] and it showed everyone what was going to change. Show all 33 Del the Funky Homosapien songs.

It was dazzling upon hearing it.