Customer Reviews

Eleventh Hour

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

after waiting 7 years, i was expecting more. it's possible to listen to the album all the way through, so the music isn't horrible. but, you might prefer to listen to something else. del's flow seems to lack energy. the beats are just ok. gone are del's signature topical songs, where he is able to tell stories from the beginning to the end of a song. each and every song is about how mc's are wack except for him, and how people bother him in various ways. there are references to women in this album that do not seem befitting of a man in his mid-30's. there are a couple of highlight tracks. i, personally, like straight up and down. however, the album has a lazy feel to it. it isn't innovative like del usually is and can be. as a del fan from 1991, and after having waited 7 years for this album (i went to a concert in 2004 where del promised the soon release of 11th hour), this is not what i expected.

Just bought it LOVE it...drop the pretentious bs and just sit back, bob your head, and enjoy it...Great hip-hop is so rare these days, and Del is GREAT.

Del is getting a lot of flak for this album taking seven years to make. People were expecting epic things from this album, and the 11th Hour is far from epic.

That being said, this album has some tight cuts on it. The entire second half of the cd is amazing. His collabs with Khaos Unique and Lagybug Mecca are lyrically impeccable, and the production is totally solid. You can't mess with lines like these:

"I just come to bring you pleasure with funk, thats my forte, while others be sorbet"

"I spit some of this wickedness wisdom from, Oakland Cali, y'all slow pokes like broken athletes."

So is this Del's best album? Hell no! Personally I think his best album is Both Sides of the Brain (although he is amazing on everything he does with heiro). Still, this album is fantastic, minus a few throw away tracks. Worry not Del fans, he's still got the magic.

I think people reviewed this too quick. After listening to this many times since its dropped, its just as good if not better than Del's first album. This is incredible. Smoke a beed to this, bump it load if you can. Album is really a banger if you ask me. Yeah its been 7 years but this album is much more cohesive than Both sides and really brings an album vibe like on No Need for Alarm. Love this album

man, i got Amplive's Rainydayz and Del's song on that is better than anything on his own release! the production on 11th is annoying at best and his lyrics are regurgitated from when his songs made my head nod. 11th hour has been a huge let down i would not have expected from one of my favorite artists. i know he's not gonna release the same thing every time, but he has always hit the nail on the head with his innovative sounds and keeping that funk going till now. either way, he needs some quality control before he releases any more of this nonsense.

I guess Del the Funky Homosapien decided to come out for a visit with his loyal fans that he's been neglecting for years now by putting of the release date of this album, although it is apparent why, because maybe he was just hoping that the horrid 2 second loops of noise that he calls a beat would make its return and be on the throne of glory, like it once was in the EARLY EIGHTIES. Ah yes, you can't really blame Del for trying something different and "edgy" in this album, but he did it in such a non-conformist style. He did it such a manner that he totally neglected all the good in hip hop and tried to form his own style of funk and rap. Bad boy, Del, bad boy.

I guess the album could really be summed up in one word, "Sloppy" because he never really establishes a message in any of his songs. It seems like all he did was go through a rhyming dictionary of all the insults he could think of and wrote it down. He still does a good job in presentation, however, as his flow is undoubtedly good, but it is nothing you can never really sing along with. These songs really just seem like they were rejected by Del in previous albums and he just decided to throw them all in this one.

You really can't say that this album is "bad" though, on the contrary, it is still above average. It really just depends where you set the bar, though. Many people are 1 star-ing this album mainly because Del has been quite successful over the years, and he really dropped the ball on this go around. Honestly what I'm getting at is this: if you have never heard of Del, then go to some of his other albums. Go on now. Move along, then. Nothing to see here. Just pretend this album never happened and you'll be bobbing your head to songs like, "Press Rewind" or "Catch a Bad One" thinking that Del has never had a bad song.

If you are a Del fan, then it really won't turn you away from him and turn you into a troll that goes around and makes reviews about him saying that, "Del sucks and blah blah blah." Like I said, Del still has the talent, but he doesn't have the message.

Maybe he is out of inspiration. He is in his mid-30's after all.

I have been a Del fan since I was a kid back in the early 90's and this is sadenning. This album really should have never been put out. Del's cadence is lazy and missing that old boost. It's almost like he needs big shot of adrenaline injected into the whole scheme of things. Just as some of the other reviews mentioned, the beats are very monotonous and just flat out lame. Tragic...

Del is shifting gears in terms of his lyrical ability, and challenging himself in many ways that are not immediately visible until you hear this album at least 3-5 times. The hooks and phrases he is demonstrating here exhibit many complex patterning techniques which are truly exquisite.

The production may take you a minute too, but really that part should be easy to swallow. I don't know why people take issue with these beats.

PS: Ladybug Mecca rocks it on her guest spot.

Pay Del!

Lets just say i just picked this one off the shelf at my job. Looked like a real hip hop joint to me when it caught my eye. I gave it a shot and bought it. Got home popped it in the cd player. Don't get me wrong i've heard of Heiro and i gotta say i like their music. I also bought another cd from del and it was called "The Elektra Years Bboy Handbook". In my opinion i think "The Elektra Years Bboy Handbook" was alot better then eleventh hour. Eleventh hour has some real desprate tracks that didn't seem to appealing ,but compared to whats being play in the main stream id prefer eleventh hour, which is why i gave it a 3 which to me means an average. Overall im not saying the whole cd is wack not at all there are some desprate tracks but there are a few that are good others drag and as far as the message goes wasn't really gettin one... not bad tho its an OK cd.

I can't believe all the negative reviews posted here for this Superb hip hop joint. These people apparently want Del to totally reinvent himself every time he makes a new album. This album is not that different from Both sides. I mean if you have a winning formula than why change it. This is not typical rap, it's far from it. This is a hundred times better than 95 percent of all the other rap coming out these days. Del is witty, funny, appealing and his rhymes don't suck at all on this release. He's pretty much a living legend in hip hop music. I admit there a couple of weak tracks on this but beggars can't be choosers. Workin' it , Bubble pop, Raw sewage are a few of the highlights. If you liked Both sides you'll probably like this too.