A member of the
San Francisco-based
Hieroglyphics. He released two albums on
Elektra in the early 90's; The first,
I Wish My Brother George Was Here was produced by Del's cousin
Ice Cube. It sounded like a lot of
Cube's funk stuff, but without the
gangsta posing. Del's second album was half self-produced, without any trace of
Ice Cube. This is for the best;
No Need For Alarm is one of the best hip hop albums, period. Highlights are
Catch a Bad One,
Wack M.C.'s,
Wrong Place, and
Miles to Go. Checking this shit out is a
moral imperative.
Del was dropped from Elektra, apparently in the middle of a new album, Future Development. I found this on a boot within 3 minutes of starting a search, so you shouldn't have too hard a time finding a copy.
His latest album, was relased in 2000 under the Hieroglyphics' label. Can't say a whole lot about it as I haven't heard too much of it....
Albums:
I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Elektra, 1991
No Need For Alarm - Elektra, 1993
Both Sides of the Brain - Hieroglyphics Imperium Records, 2000
Alternate spellings of Del's Name, found in various
quasi-official places:
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Del the Funkyhomosapien
Del the Funky Homosapien
Choose which one you like, I suppose