Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Del The Funky Homosapien on His Favorite Old-School Rappers, New Album Attractive Sin, and His Very First Live Show

It's a weekday afternoon, and Del the Funky Homosapien's mom has just left his house. She was passing through to pick up an iPod the rapper had bought for her -- but left empty-handed, as she wasn't confident about being able to use Apple's dinky little music player. "She's gonna come back in a coup ... More >>

Watch: Hopie Spitshard Gets Stalked, Kills the Beat on "No Chase"

If certain other Bay Area-repping female rappers don't quite live up to ideas of what an MC should be, there's always Hopie Spitshard. The Filipino-born female is a graduate of U.C. Hastings law school and, clearly, a powerful force on the mic. In "No Chase," Hopie takes on haters on "the sidelines ... More >>

Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup: Deltron 3030, E-40, and Too $hort Rep the Bay

Deltron 3030 (the trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala) and the powerhouse duo of E-40 and Too $hort are the local names representing the Bay Area at this year's hip-hop megafest Rock The Bells, which returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre this August 25-26. This year's lin ... More >>

Signal to Noise: Soul Clap Selects Five Favorite Bay Area Tracks

For this week's Signal to Noise, we've got some selections from a very special guest: Soul Clap. Known individually as Eli Goldstein and Charles Levine, the Boston-based DJ/production outfit has attracted a dedicated following from its tasteful edits, deep remixes, and catchy originals. Last year, t ... More >>

The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: The Complete List

See also: * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians: Honorable Mentions Here they are -- the 20 greatest San Francisco musicians ever: 20. Cameron Paul Lists of pioneering American DJs often mention the usual suspects in New York and Chicago, but go back to the '70s and '80s and you'll find ... More >>

The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 10-6

See also: * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 20-16 * The Top 20 Greatest San Francisco Musicians, Nos. 15-11 Throughout this week, we're counting down the greatest San Francisco musicians of all time. Having already honored the likes of Etta James, Mike Patton, and Michael Tilson ... More >>

Exclusive Premiere: Lateef The Truthspeaker and DJ Shadow Team Up for "Say What You Want"

Lateef the Truthspeaker​ Lateef the Truthspeaker is a prince of Bay Area hip-hop -- as a member of the Quannum collective, he's worked with DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and numerous other local greats. Lateef recently dropped a new album, Firewire, and w ... More >>

The Game's The R.E.D. Album: A First Listen

​ The Game needs no introduction. The man who was kicked out of G-Unit and made a whole album about whinily stalking ex-benefactor Dr. Dre has most recently performed two actions: 1) Releasing a diss track called "Uncle Otis," whose targets include Tyler, the Creator; and 2) releasing a collab ... More >>

Del the Funky Homosapien Recalls the Past, Skips Nostalgia

In Print: the Subversive Beauty of tUnE-yArDs, Del the Funky Homosapien's Trip to Hip-Hop's Past, and More

Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs​ From SF Weekly's latest print music section: On tUnE-yArDs: Welcome to the edge of experimental pop in 2011. Garbus has just seen the release of tUne-yArDs' second album, w h o k i l l, which seems all but certain to accelerate her rise from DIY curiosity into one o ... More >>

Soulico: Show Preview

Democracy in the Middle East

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In Print: Michael Jackson's Zombiefied Pop, and the Wanderings of Tricky

Mike Bertino for SF Weekly​MJ's new album: Michael promises 10 tracks of zombiefied pop, Thriller come (back) to life. According to the official Jackson website, the album is a work of "newly completed recordings." This means Michael is a compilation of outtakes and rehashes primped for the 2 ... More >>

SF MusicTech: Has Over-Tweeting Killed the Mystery Around Musicians?

​​The only discernable displays of emotion at yesterday's S.F. MusicTech Summit -- the seventh such gathering of musicians, techies, and industry types -- came during the artist panel at the end of the day. Moderator Tamara Conniff (founder of The Comet and former editor-in-chief of Billboa ... More >>

Saturday Night: Gorillaz Drag Out De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, and More for a Cartoonishly Fun Halloween

Calibree Photography​GorillazN*E*R*DOctober 30, 2010Oracle ArenaBetter than: Vomiting up a one-eyed octopus; also, seeing Gorillaz on not-Halloween.What are you supposed to look at during a Gorillaz performance? Do you look at the band onstage, where a  group of humans -- including Damon ... More >>

Five Bay Area Hip-Hop Stars Who Should Be Really Stinkin' Rich

Is this what it takes?​On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>

What's With All The Misspelled Names in Hip-Hop?: An Examination

Chali 2na​So Chali 2na's coming to Yoshi's tonight. Dude may be the most likeable member of Jurassic 5, with his booming voice and salaam-to-that-ass demeanor, but he's also the one whose name mounts the most nihilistic assault on orthographic sensibility (distant second: Mark 7even). Not that th ... More >>

MC El-P talks about new music and the demise of Def Jux

Over the Weekend: Dan the Automator at Yoshi's

Eric Lawson​Dan the Automator
's "Audio Alchemy"Saturday, March 13, 2010
 Yoshi's
 Better Than: An 8th grade dance. Dan the Automator has a golden hip-hop legacy going back to Kool Keith's Dr. Octagon album. But his latest "Audio Alchemy" effort, showcasing lesser-known artist ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

EpiscoDisco hits Grace Cathedral on Sat.​The holidays make everyone broke. First there's all the money you spend on loved ones, and then there's all the money you spend drinking as you think about all the money you spent on loved ones. Luckily, you can still give yourself the gift of entertainment ... More >>

The Eazy Stylings of Jern Eye

Del the Funky Homosapien teams up for his best work in a decade

What To Do? Wednesday's Pick:

​Del the Funky Homosapien @ Great American Music Hall In this week's issue, Jonah Flicker writes that Del the Funky Homosapien has "contributed his share to the canon of hip-hop classics. His first two albums, the funk-infused I Wish My Brother George Was Here and the harder-edged, battle-rappi ... More >>

Local tech companies remove the music middleman

Gift of Gab Announces New Solo Record

​ 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 Lat ... More >>

Track of the Day: Sleep

'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 ... More >>

Del the Funky Homosapien Records Stimulus Address

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. "Ther ... More >>

Mike Relm: From "Back in Black" to Blue Man Group

Del's 'The 11th Hour' CD - Review and Del Interview

Del To Drop the 11th Hour on Def Jux, Not Hiero --- Whaa?!

Down On His Luck Del from Heiroglyphics To Play At Slims

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixes of the day

Award Show Guide

Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

Award Show Performers

SF Weekly Music Awards

Zion I

True & Livin'

Come Gurp With Me

We hit the streets with one of the city's most eccentric rappers to find out if any S.F. natives know what a "Larry Dog" is

SF Weekly Music Awards 2003

Americana DJ/Selector/Turntablist Electronic/Electro Hard Rock/

Metal Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Latin/

International Lifestyle Music New Genre/Beyond Pop Punk Rock/Indie Rock Soul/Funk/ R&B

If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

Holiday Guide

Arts, crafts, events, performances, and New Year's Eve

Holiday Guide

Arts, crafts, events, and performances for the holidays

A League of Its Own

The Justice League built its reputation by booking local hip hop acts -- now, in the face of an increasingly white-bread city, can the club survive?

Second-Time Strut

One of the funkiest bands ever searches for closure, two decades after its last show

Black Rage

The Coup just may be the greatest, angriest, most militant hip hop act around. So what's up with the Puff Daddy tour?

Having it Both Ways

Del the Funky Homosapien has moved out of the shadow of his famous cousin -- and every musical cliché -- to help lead Bay Area hip hop

Handsome Dan

Dan "The Automator" Nakamura loves hip hop -- but he loves music more

Quannum Leap

Growing out of Oakland's Solesides label, the rappers and producers of Quannum Projects look to expand even further

Notes From Underground

For two years, Beni B and Oakland's ABB Records have taken on the hip-hop establishment one vinyl single at a time

Stakes Is High

Bay Area hip-hop artists and the art of the hustle

Recordings