All P-Funk samples

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42 St.
New York, NY 10036

Taken from Del’s forthcoming Golden Era.

Del the Funky Homosapien – Makes No Sense

Taken from Del and Bannon’s upcoming Big Toy Box 2. Where was I for Big Toy Box?

Lee Bannon & Del The Funky Homosapien – The Things

via Bannon, 2db

A tour sampler.

Peace to Phalary for the video interviews.

A track to celebrate the release of the “Del” X “Hella Tight” collabo hat, Tha Bombay.

Del The Funky Homosapien – Tha Bombay

Gift of Gab – Dreamin’ Feat. Del the Funky Homosapien & Brother Ali

New album from Del The Funky Homosapien called “Automatik Statik.” Free download but if you pay at least $30, you’ll get a set of limited edition Del “Funkman” Skull candy headphones and a phone conversation with the man himself for a maximum of 15 minutes. I don’t know about anyone else but the headphones are good enough for me. link

1. Dzl Funk
2. Dammit
3. For those who know
4. Weapon x Militant
5. From a-to-z
6. Guaranteed
7. Monkey Wrench
8. I Got Whut U Need
9. Make An Ass of Urself
10. Sheen and Glow
11. Super Cool

This indie thing might turn out to be ok for artists that can muster the creativity to figure out how to (re)connect with their fans in new ways made possible mostly by the thing that some say killed the music industry, the Intehnets.

A few recent noteworthy triumphs:

Immortal Technique, who in this recent interview provides some background on what it takes to become financially independent. If he can drop ten large on a not-for-profit, he must be doing something right.

Sole & friends who decided not to continue being passive about the bootlegging of their product and in addition are coming up with interesting enhanced packages for their fans (#2 comes with one copy of 500 vinyl pressings of the Battlefields ep, count me in).

And lastly, as explained in the video above, Sir Dizl just launched DelTheFunkyHomosapien.com and to celebrate he released a new album that I just copped from the very artist friendly bandcamp.com (if you’re an artist, you need to learn about this site). The minimum for the album is $3.00, but if you drop $30.00 you get a set of limited edition Del “Funkman” Skull candy headphones and a personal phone convo with Del himself (a bit too stanish for me but I’m sure there’s interest out there).

It’s funny ’cause one day mp3 bootleggers (i.e. fans) might be seen as emancipators. By sharing music illicitly they contributed to the (creative) destruction of the traditional music industry business model while at the same time paving the road for the self-empowerment of independent musicians. Can we get a for he’s a jolly good bootlegger?

yesterday in brooklyn, via by Ka5p

Two of my favorite MCs joining forces on one album. Should be dope.

Remember the old-school Marvel Team-Up comic book which paired, say, Spider-Man with Thor, Wolverine with the Human Torch, or the Hulk and Daredevil? In the spirit of those classic collaborations, Gold Dust announces Parallel Uni-Verses, a joint effort between Hieroglyphics founder Del The Funky Homosapien and original Artifacts emcee Tame One. Produced entirely by Parallel Thought, the album’s ten tracks return to a time when inventiveness, creativity, funky beats—and, above all, lyricism—ruled hip-hop.

“I’ve known Tame for years,” Del says. “I always thought he was one of the dopest [MCs] out.” Del recalls first linking with Tame around 1993. “We both were kinda like party animals so that’s kinda how I got to liking his personality. He has a good sense of humor, so that’s probably the main reason I liked to be around him. We somewhat kept in touch throughout the years, back and forth, but I always would follow his career.”

“We just always remained cool,” Tame says of Del, adding, “I have ALWAYS been impressed by his wordplay and originality. Rap-wise, neither of us use words only because they rhyme; I believe we both utilize substance as opposed to nonsense.”

This project came about, Tame says, out of a need to “showcase how things used to be done, without the politics of the day, bling-bling aspirations, greed and egos corrupting the hip-hop art form.” An unselfish creative process governed the recording process, with both emcees and the Parallel Thought production team focused on using the best of today’s technology, while still keeping an old-school formula. “It was done very James Brownish, if you can dig that,” Del says. “James did everything by feel. If it felt right, then that’s what it was, and Tame is very much like that.”

For Tame, the entire album is a testament to what he calls a “grassroots” hip-hop aesthetic, which stands out over other contemporary rap releases “because of the sonic quality and clarity of the samples and our vocal performances.” Asked to name his favorite tracks on the album, Del says, “man, you asking the wrong person. I don’t play favorites. I like each joint for different reasons and they all have they place. I’ll let the public decide which ones they may favor, smell me?”

Parallel Uni-Verses is that rare rap album which transcends tired clichés and maintains traditional hip-hop values without seeming retro or passé. “Man, I ain’t even gonna be egotistical like that and try to say that we are trying to usher in some new revival of whatever,” Del says. However, he adds, “I’m a say this: we ARE the element that is missing, not [just] because I said so. That’s what’s up; we didn’t sell out for all the luxury and monetary gains. The original ways, we kept at and built upon those.”

I’ll take new music from Del anyway I can get it. Link

Del has a new shoe coming out via osiris this fall along with FUnkman 2.0 revised with new tracks

Free download of a track off Sleep’s new album “Hesitation Wounds.” link

New MC Paul Barman album featuring Prince Paul, ?uestlove, Masta Ace, MF Doom, Del The Funky Homosapien, Memory Man and more. via