This week we’re joined by a living hip hop legend - rapper, producer and co-founder of Hieroglyphics, we’ve got Del the Funky Homosapien in the house 😱

 

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We dove into Del’s incredible career to speak on….

 

😱 Seeing Ice Cube write ‘F the Police’ and ‘Amerikkkas Most Wanted’

🐐 MF DOOM and Subroc…and how much they loved Nintendo

🔥 Making ‘No Need for Alarm’ and inventing Unicron

👑 Love for Kool Keith and Suga Free (and a new project with Kool Keith called ’Subatomic’)

🐝 Why he loves Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘The W’

❤️ Love for Griselda, Mach-Hommy Frank Zappa…and word on his new podcast

🎸 Psychedelic rock, Black Flag and working with J. Mascis

📸 Getting on Midnight Marauders album cover

💥 Talking on battle rap today and how choking isn’t the same

🙏 Recovering from his fall in Denmark while performing with Gorillaz

 

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:10)
• How he fell in love with funk and how he went from poetry to rap (03:13)
• Battling from corners to at school and love for Lord Finesse and Chill Rob G (06:55)
• How he landed on his MC name (09:10)
• His love of psychedelic rock, Black Flag and working with J. Mascis (11:11)
• Thoughts on psychedelics (14:05)
• Getting on Midnight Marauders album cover (16:58)
• Working with Ice Cube, Sir Jinx and the cut ’Smoked Out Charlie’ (18:05)
• His relationship with Cube and CIA (19:45)
• Seeing Ice Cube write ‘F the Police’, working with DJ Pooh, Da Lench Mob and love for ‘Amerikkkas Most Wanted’ (24:00)
• Remembering MF DOOM, Subroc and KMD (31:15)
• Gaming with DOOM, favourite DOOM projects and MC Serch stories (38:22)
• Making ‘Sleeping on My Coach’ (43:13)
• Making ‘Wish My Brother George Was Here’, ‘No Need for Alarm’ and working with Sophia Chang (44:50)
• How he invented Unicron and the ‘No Need for Alarm’ artwork (50:23)
• His love for Kool Keith and Suga Free…and a new project with Kool Keith called ’Subatomic’ (53:27)
• Talking on battle rap today and how choking isn’t the same (1:00:00)
• Still recovering from his fall in Denmark while performing with Gorillaz, and working on Mid90s with Jonah Hill (1:06:15)
• Love for Griselda, Mach-Hommy Frank Zappa…and word on his new podcast (1:09:30)
• Why he loves Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘The W’ (1:11:40)

 

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For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

 

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

🔲 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

🔲 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🔲 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

🔲 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 Best and worst rap memorabilia?

 

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And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

 

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Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

 

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