Funkin for free: Del
Taking a cue from President Obama, our own beloved Hiero hero Del the Funky Homosapien has recorded his own stimulus address. "As we all know, funk is depleting rapidly in America," he says, describing the current musical and cultural crisis affecting this country. "There's a lot of people out here who want to take your funk and use it for their own evil means. For all of you who have been waiting, listening to hip-hop, and been frustrated because of its lack of funk
'Round these parts, the name Sleep conjures heavy doom metal from San Jose, but jump north one state and that's the moniker of a founding rapper from the respected Oldominion crew. Portland's Sleep is part of a hip-hop collective focused on positive rhymes and pulling references from every genre on the radio dial. The emcee's latest single, "Talk About It" takes a spin along the FM, '80s style, with a sample of a real oldie, Real Life's "Send Me An Angel" (Ah, memories. Remember when guys had th
Today, Blackalicious emcee Gift of Gab announced the October 27 release of his second solo album. Imaginatively-titled Escape 2 Mars, the new record features guest appearances by Del the Funky Homosapien, Brother Ali, Honeycut vocalist Bart Davenport, Joyo Velarde and fellow Mighty Underdog Lateef the Truthspeaker. Production on the album, which ventures away from backpack hip-hop and into electronic/experimental territory, comes courtesy of DNAEBEATS and Headnodic.
In a statement, the rap
