Best of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Elektra Years [Original recording remastered]

Del The Funky Homosapien | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B0000WSTCE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,699 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Props for opening the vaults, March 6, 2004

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J. Nypaver (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Elektra Years (Audio CD)

With this "Best of" collection, Elektra has done what I wish every record label would have the guts/brains to do: it opened the vaults to give us access to the infamous glut of "previously unavailable on CD" hip-hop tracks. Over half of the songs on this Del retrospective are remixes, b-sides, or soundtrack cuts that are difficult or impossible to find anywhere else on CD. I have many of these old remixes & b-sides on cassette singles, and I am very happy to finally have crisp, clean digital copies to play, rip, and burn. You might fault the selection of songs dubbed "the best," but you can't fault the inclusion of so many rare and elusive treats. "The Undisputed Champs," "Catch a Bad One (Remix)," and "Burnt" are stand-outs, but there's really not a bad song on the whole disc. Yes, some of the remixes are disappointing--but, really, how could a remixer top the original versions of bonafide classics like "Mistadobalina" and "Dr. Bombay?" Impossible. Just be thankful that some doors have been opened to some previously lost and forgotten tracks. And let's hope that the trend continues. (Are you listening, Jive? Let's get a similar compilation of Souls of Mischief vaulted gems, okay?)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Del Tha Funkee Homosapien From 1991-1995 While Signed To Electra, August 15, 2006

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Chandler "Infamous" (Atlanta (College Park), Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Elektra Years (Audio CD)

This right here is basically a Del Greatest Hits album from the two albums that hes realeased on Elektra records (No Need For Alarm (1993) and I Wish My Brother George Was Here (1991)). Del would be dropped from Elektra around 1996 while he was recording "Future Development".

Now I have a beef with Elektra Records ever since I found out about the situation with that K.M.D. album "Black Bastards". In addition, around '04/'05, they would be bought out by Atlantic Records, but before they go, they would try to make some money by putting out some greatest hits albums under their name from some of their major artists (Brand Nubian, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Busta Rhymes, and more). This Del Tha Funkee Homosapien album would be apart of this also.

Now since he recorded two albums, Elektra would put some of the songs from them, as well as some rare 12" singles that were remixed that were not avaliable on the albums. The songs "Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo", "Mistdobalina", "Sleepin On My Couch" and "Dr. Bombay" were the funky tracks that would appear on the "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" and "Wack MC's" would appear on the "No Need For Alarm" album. Some of the remix tracks like "Catch A Bad One (remix)" and "Wrongplace (Cas remix)" would be good additions to this album (the origonals appeared on the "No Need For Alarm" album), although I don't think the remixes of the "I Wish My Brother..." album would amount to the origonals. Some of the unavailable tracks like "Burnt" (from the flipside of "Mistadobalina" single) features Casual and Souls Of Mischief thats good for many Hiero fans, while Pep Love and Q-Tip would join in for the track "Undisputed Champs", which is also pretty tight to listen to. I had a friend who had the "Judgement Night" soundtrack and the track "Missing Link" was on there as well as it is on here also.

Well, there you have it. Basically a bunch of Del tracks while he was under Elektra Records before he was cut from the label. I'm not too mad at this, because Elektra just HAD to make some money on the stuff that they owned. Although I believed that some tracks could have been an addition to this here (like "Worldwide" and "No More Worries" from the No Need For Alarm album as an example), but at the same time they were to release some hidden, hard-to-find tracks that many fans spent long a time looking for. If you don't feel like or don't have the money to buy Del's first two albums, or if you own both album and want to hear some lost tracks that Del had, then get this here. Del has plenty more never released tracks he recorded around that time, that could be found on the Hiero Oldies album.

In a nutshell and in response to the reviewer below me: Del had nothing to do with this album. He ended all his ties with Elektra records when he was cut from their roster around 1995/1996. This was all Elektra's cash in on one of their better acts before they were discontinued. But if you a Del fan, you knew that, didn't you?

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Odd choice of songs, but good no less, February 20, 2004

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"lusick" (Hillsboro, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Elektra Years (Audio CD)

When I first saw the CD, I instantly bought it. It's a great CD, and it's been a while since a new Del CD came out. It's a great set of songs, but unfortunately, considering it is restricted to 91-93, there's alot of good stuff missing. There are some great songs, but I feel there weren't enough songs from "No Need For Alarm". Infact, only Catch a Bad one and Wack MCs are from it. Regardless, this is a Del Fan's must own.

Some of the remixes are almost better than the original, but others are rather disapointing (Mistadobalina to be specific).