It’s been eight years since Del’s last album, but the Oakland MC has been busy, thanks to a high-profile gig with Gorillaz. It’s fitting that he makes his return on hipster rap label Definitive Jux, since he’s always been one of hip-hop’s most unconventional voices. Eleventh Hour sounds like prime Del: “Foot Down” trips back to rap’s formative years, while “Workin’ It” weaves in some witty, old-school put-downs. But the CD’s best cut is the spastic-funky “Bubble Pop,” which sparks in ways that recall Del’s 1991 backpack-classic debut, I Wish My Brother George Was Here.
This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2008.
i love Del. This album is so sick people should def check it out. He is one of the illest MCs out there. He actually did some dope interviews too. People should show him some love.
http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/211-Del-The-Funky-Homosapien