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...Last Hurrah” and the Sega Genesis synth- and slap-bass of “I’ll Tell You” bring a unique musical element to the table, the production values of “11th Hour” will leave modern hip-hop heads wanting more. Here’s where a more long term pursuit of the Deltron route seems like the better option for the Funky Homosapien. Producing your own beats within the style that has defined you may seem to make the most sense artistically, but for Del it seems to detract...
...Cube’s whackedout cousin, cranking out curveball rap that was the jungle gym to N.W.A’s roughhouse. After a psilocybin-and-videogames induced hiatus, he gifted hip-hop with the formation of his Oakland based funk-rap group Hieroglyphics. A few years later he joined forces with kitsch producer Dan the Automator and DJ Kid Koala to churn out the futuristic cult classic “Deltron...
...it’s true: Del’s bobble-head rap is a style really without equal in the hip hop world. This might partly be due to the fact that nobody else in the game could really pull off starting one of their tracks with a vocal interpretation of themselves taking a shit (and then reminding themselves to wash their hands), but more likely it’s that nobody else could do it quite so naturally. Incorporating laughs into his music isn’t really hard for Del. His unique flow and quirky rhymes lend themselves...
...exactly be an elder statesman in the vein of Nas or Rakim, his lead single “Bubble Pop” serves as a worthy critique of rap culture today. Its mock-lament of the “deflation” of today’s hip-hop “helium heads” resonates powerfully over a doughy beat layered beneath the sampled bells of Bob James’s “Take me to the Mardi Gras.” Del seems more than happy to let the flash-in-the-pan artists...
...guitars thatare unafraid to admit they’re country: noirony here. Sorry Snoop; you’re just notready for Nashville yet.It also doesn’t help that the song isimmediately followed by “Ridin’ in myChevy,” a straight hip-hop track withstuttering hi-hats that are more Lil’ Jonthan Johnny Cash. Nor does it make sensethat Snoop raps about being gangsta andscooping honeys immediately before discussingmiddle age and his past maritalproblems with wife Shante. The album’sdiverse styles succeed in some ways andfail utterly in others.All...