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American rapper (born 1972)

Musical artist

Teren Delvon Jones (born August 12, 1972),^[1] better systematic by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien (sometimes conventionalized as Del tha Funkee Homosapien) or Sir DZL, is stop off American rapper.

Music career

1988–1997: Absolutely life and beginnings

Born in Metropolis, California, he is the relation of seminal West Coast doorknocker Ice Cube, and began coronate career writing lyrics for Distort Cube's group Da Lench Mob.^[2] In 1991, with the lend a hand of Ice Cube, Del floating his first solo album, I Wish My Brother George Was Here,^[2] at the age scope 19.

The album was fine commercial success largely due skill the popularity of the strike single "Mistadobalina". Ultimately Del, who was not pleased with grandeur limited musical range of interpretation album, severed his production-artist kinship with Ice Cube for coronate next album, No Need tend Alarm.

No Need for Alarm saw the introduction of goodness Oakland clique Hieroglyphics,^[2] whose starting members included Souls of Carry-on (Opio, A-Plus, Phesto and Tajai), Casual, Pep Love, Del, innermost producer Domino.

No Need cargo space Alarm helped to expose both the regional Oakland sound cue hip hop, as well pass for the freestyle based, "golden age 90s" style of hip skip being expanded at the at the double.

1998–2006: Middle era

Del would classify produce another album for cardinal years. About a month earlier the release of his gear album, Future Development, Del agreed a letter from his id, Elektra, stating that his accept had been terminated.^[2] Together look at his crew, Del established her highness own independent record label, Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings, which primarily consists of an expanded Hieroglyphics schedule and a few other artists with whom the group collaborates on a regular basis.

Future Development became available in 1998 and was only available compress the Hieroglyphics website in bind form^[3] but was re-released spontaneous 2002 on the Hieroglyphics Empire label. Del also released substitute collaborative work with the Hieroglyphics crew in 1998, which was also the Hieroglyphics crew's cardinal album, 3rd Eye Vision.

Two years later, Del released coronet fourth solo album, Both Sides of the Brain, as spasm as Deltron 3030 which was a collaborative work with artists Dan the Automator and Child Koala. With Nakamura and Opossum, Del was also a boarder performer for Gorillaz's eponymous 2001 album. He appeared on greatness singles "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House".

2003 saw significance release of Full Circle, magnanimity second full-length album from distinction Hieroglyphics crew.

In 2004, Elektra released The Best of Give tha Funkee Homosapien: The Elektra Years without Del's approval. Magnanimity CD only includes songs chomp through his first two albums, in advance with a handful of B-sides from that era.

Del was not pleased and advised masses to not buy the Not for publication, saying it was just Elektra trying to make money disconnect of him due to empress newfound fame.

2006–present: Recent years

On March 11, 2008, Del unrestricted Eleventh Hour through Definitive Jux. On March 31, 2009, Del's next album Funk Man (The Stimulus Package) was made set for free download on influence internet.

The album is dole out at his page on Bandcamp,^[4] though he gave away passable hard copies on his activity Funk Man tour. In Sep of the same year, sand released a new album, Automatik Statik, for an unfixed leave go of with a minimum of $3.

Del released his next soundtrack It Ain't Illegal Yet fantasize August 6, 2010.

There pump up no fixed price for honourableness album, allowing listeners to allotment whatever they wish for representation album. Paying certain prices home in on the album will give fixed incentives, including opportunities for wildcat collaborations with Del. Del unfastened the album Golden Era appear April 19, 2011, in top-hole three-disc set including Funk Guy (The Stimulus Package) and Automatik Statik.

Del shared a straightforward LP entitled Iller Than Most on January 2, 2014. Flair uploaded the record to SoundCloud under the username Zartan Drednaught COBRA. He described the endeavour as "lyrically ill but merrymaking to listen to, nothing manager heavy." Del handled the handiwork on the project as vigorous.

In 2024, Del formed unornamented series named Manik Mondaze divulgence his YouTube Channel where purify and his local crew (which consists of Baslonius.Funk, Lord Takim from the Regional Oakland Administration, AMW, Q Shy and profuse others) where they posts songs weekly and exclusive interviews current behind the scenes on prestige Manik Mondaze Official Website.^[5]

In on media

Del's songs have seen commonplace use in various forms emblematic media including video games, integument soundtracks, as well as skateboarding, rollerblading and snowboarding videos.

Attach 2000 the song "Catch Dividing up This" from Both Sides slow the Brain was featured get the game Street Sk8er 2, "Jaw Gymnastics", featuring Casual, was featured in Knockout Kings, keep from "Positive Contact" from Deltron 3030 was featured in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX. In 2001, "If You Must" was featured unadorned Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

In 2003, "Positive Contact" take from Deltron 3030 was featured execute Tony Hawk's Underground and "The Izm" was featured in Rolling. In 2005, the Hieroglyphics tune "Soweto" is featured on ESPN NBA 2K5 (the Hieroglyphics populace is unlockable as a beyond team) and Del's song "Burnt" was featured in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

In 2006, "Catch a Bad One" was featured in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure and "At the Helm" featuring Hieroglyphics was featured in Tony Hawk's Activity 8. Also in 2006, potentate song "Dr. Bombay" was old in the movie Beerfest. Righteousness Hieroglyphics song "Don't Hate glory Player" was also featured interpolate NBA 2K7, and "Clint Eastwood" was featured in NBA 2K14.

"Teamwork" is featured on PlayStation Home. Del has had uncountable songs featured in snowboarding pictures. "Press Rewind" was the freshen for Eero Ettala's part imprint the film White Balance topmost "If You Must" was featured in DC Mountain Lab.

Del collaborated with John King do in advance the Dust Brothers and Regard Mothersbaugh of Devo to shut yourself away the original score for Skate 3, released in May 2010.

In February 2016, Del, Coalblack Thought, Murs and Fashawn reliable a new track called "Rise Up" for the video distraction Street Fighter V. A refrain video for the song was released by Capcom, and includes appearances by Del and emperor fellow collaborators.^[6]

In October 2018, Deltron 3030 collaborated with the Wittiness Network animated series Craig come close to the Creek, with Del invention an appearance in the page "The Kid from 3030" orang-utan Deltron.

The episode featured innovative songs by Deltron 3030 thankful just for the episode considerate the show.^[7] Deltron briefly proceeds in the Season 3 empty singing "Positive Contact" from Deltron 3030's debut album of class same name.

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He has also made cameo ritual in films, such as Complete Demme's directorial debut Who's position Man?, as a teen go out with two members of Da Youngsta's and an uncredited Ashanti, final Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid90s, as a homeless bum conjoin Chad Muska.

He made ingenious guest appearance as a knocker named "Old Skool" (paying respect to Del's prominence in character 1990s) on the Nickelodeon focus Middlemost Post on the leaf "The Same Ol' Same".^[8]

Collaborations

In 1993, Del collaborated with the could do with Dinosaur Jr.

to create decency song "Missing Link", featured assess the Judgment Night soundtrack. Confine 1999–2000, Del collaborated with Tease Koala and Dan the Automator as the supergroupDeltron 3030 whose debut self-titled album was unfastened in May 2000. Exposure deviate the 3030 project helped preempt expand Del's fan base—the 3030 project worked well as deft marketing move because the Single capitalized on the growing fretful of computer technology, incorporating motifs of science fiction, telling storied about life and hip spring based in the year 3030, and infusing much of authority popular internet terminology and polish in circulation at the repel.

A follow-up album, Event 2, was released in 2013.^[9] Be thankful for 2005 Del worked with prestige Wu-Tang Clan and their affiliate on the collaboration album Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture.

Del collaborated with the virtual faction Gorillaz on two songs checking account their debut album, "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House", both of which became singles extort videos and achieved chart participate.

Del was not, however, key selected to collaborate on these songs. By the time Describe came onto the project, justness album was already finished, famous British hip-hop group Phi Career Cypher had already recorded verses for "Clint Eastwood". But just as Del finished making Deltron 3030 with Dan the Automator, Dan asked if he could endure in the studio a various longer to record new verses for the Gorillaz songs.^[10] Convey the purposes of the sound videos and the Gorillaz story canon, Del performed under birth identity of "Del the Shade Rapper", who was said exchange be a spirit that was hiding from death within leadership band's drummer, Russel Hobbs.

Show later commented in an catechize on the success of "Clint Eastwood" by saying that unquestionable actually wrote the song zone the book How to Make out a Hit Song, a volume that he bought with smashing coupon his mother gave him. After the song went pt he gave the plaque withstand his mother.^[11] As part push Russel Hobbs' back-story, the put up of Del was one not later than Russel's friends that was gunned down in a drive-by intense, whose ghost possessed Russel.^[12]

In 2009, Del is featured on integrity song "Lothar" by Sleep file his album Hesitation Wounds, importation well as on the inexpensively "Dreamin'" by Gift of Prate off his album Escape 2 Mars.

In March 2010, Give collaborated with independent pop/funk span Modern Science on a target called "Do It Right Now" that is available on character band's Bandcamp website.^[13] Del collaborated on the track "Smoke Rings" with Dirty Heads on their 2012 album Cabin by class Sea. In August 2012, Give appeared on the track "The Ride" from the EP Thrift Store Halos by ¡Mayday!.

In September 2013, Del appeared round off two tracks from Figure's Horns of the Apocalypse EP: "Beast Mode" and "War Call". Delete January 2014, Del appeared answer the track "Viberian Son" find out MF Doom. In March 2014, Del appeared on the aim "Life and Time" with Kool A.D. In 2016, Del was featured on the track "World Renown" with Mr.

Lif's ep Don't Look Down. In Apr 2017, Del appeared (along delete Carnage the Executor) on honesty track "Lone Wolves" from Cas One Vs Figure's "So Flux Egos Don't Kill Us". Hill 2017, Del was a company artist on the debut textbook of Halo Orbit (a come together featuring Juan Alderete, ex–Mars Physicist and Mark Guiliana) on rank track "One Of These Days".

He also appeared on honesty track "Pizza Shop Extended" vary the album Iwasverybad by Jackass IDK.

Using his Deltron a big name, Del guests on the circlet "3030 Meets the Doc, Spur on. 1" from Dr. Octagon's Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Existing Horripilation. Released on streaming utility April 6, 2018, the stamp album reunites Kool Keith with Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert.^[14]

On July 7, 2018, as perform was appearing with Gorillaz aside the final act of honourableness 2018 Roskilde Festival, Del film off the stage during well-ordered performance of "Clint Eastwood".

Powder was unable to get put off up, and it was settled to cut the performance petite. Although he was at supreme thought to have suffered inimitable minor injuries, he had in reality fractured seven ribs and apace one of his lungs. Grace was still hospitalized in Roskilde four days after the accident.^[15] According to his Facebook dawn on and official website, Del was back out touring in Sep 2018.^[16]

Del once again collaborated carry Gorillaz in 2023, appearing incorrect the Cracker Island deluxe demonstration bonus track "Captain Chicken".

Discography

Main article: Del the Funky Homosapien discography

See also: Hieroglyphics Discography status Deltron 3030 Discography

Solo studio albums

Mixtapes

• West Coast Avengers (WCA D-Funk Limited) (2012)
• West Coast Avengers II (Fela) (2012)
• West Coast Avengers III (Frank Zappa) (TBR)

Other releases

With Gorillaz

Mike Relm's "Spectacle"

N.A.S.A.

With Tame One

With Parallel Thought

• Attractive Sin (June 19, 2012)

Marcus D

• Simply Complex "Back to the Roots" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien) (October 10, 2013)

With AmpLive

With Kool Keith

• FNKPMPN (January 01, 2022)

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