I Wish My Brother George Was Here

Mistadobalina, mista Bob dobalina!!! You gotta love Del. This is Del’s debut album and doesn’t disappoint. It was a staple of the early 90s skateboarding scene and still holds up today. I’m not the best at music reviews, but I dig this album. Partly because of sentimental reasons, partly because it’s the jam. Either way, take a listen to a few tracks and see if you like it. I do, so there.

Let's get one thing straight--"I Wish My Brother George Was Here" is a very good album by arguably the best talent in hip hop, and I'd recommend it to most people. That said, this is far from the best work that Del has ever done, and it probably needs to be recognized as such. There's no doubt in my mind that the funk infusion that permeates the CD is an asset to it, but unfortunately the production of the album leaves Del's vocals floating somewhere in the middle of the finished product, rather than out in front where they belong. One of Del's greatest assets as a performer is his flow, and he sounds noticeably cut off and awkward at several points throughout this disc, and his normally amazing vocabulary remains somewhat pedestrian and unremarkable. While it's still a wonderful example of old-school hip hop transitioning into the nineties, as far as Del albums go, you can find better performances.

Del The Funkee Homosapien!!!! Nuf said!

VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY UNDERRATED THIS CD IS WORTH EVERY BIT ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION 10 STARS AND OOP CD MUST HAVE THANKS

Mistadobalina best song ever.

A certified classic

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Del Tha Funkee Homosapien hit the West Coast scene back in 1991, with his debut album I Wish My Brother George Was Here. Now to me, the whole concept behind this album came from left field, when I first heard this album. Probably because I've listened to all Del albums before this one, and on those albums he talks about dissing wack emcees and video games. On this album, he go the route, sort of like his cousin O'Shea Jackson (aka Ice Cube) went back in that time. Here his subject matter expanded to more other topics, like riding the bus on the song "The Wacky World Of Rapid Transit", and living in the hoods in the songs "Hoodz Come In Dozenz" and "Sleeping On My Couch". He would also show a taste of a preferance of dark skinned females over light skinned ones in the song "Dark Skinned Girls".As for Ice Cube, his production (along with DJ Pooh) would play a standout part in this album. Like I said before, I heard all other Del albums before this one and they were mostly produced by members of the Hieroglyphics. When Cube brought some of his P-Funk into Del's album, I thought it didn't mix at first. But giving it a few more listens, it actually has a nice sounding fell to it. The songs "Mistadobalina" and "Doctor Bombay" (lead singles?) are part of the songs that would mix with the P-Funk style. Also Cube would play sort of a humorous paroody in the album, shouting out adlibs on some songs, like on "The Wacky World Of Rapid Transit" he says his car is in the shop and asks Del for a bus transfer. Or in the song "Dark Skinned Girls", Del says they're better than light skinned, and Cube shouts "I disagree with you homeboy!" telling Del to pick up a light skinned girl.So overall this debut for Del was pretty nice. Del's rhymes mixed with some P-Funk would make this album more unique than any other album that he as recorded. If you're a fan of Del or love Ice Cube's production, I recommend this album to you. This would be the only album that he worked with Cube, before he would expand into more of the Hieroglyphics type albums. Argubuly his best album behind the more recent Deltron 3030.Lyrics: AProduction: AMusical Vibes: A+Overall: AFavorite Tracks: Mistadobilina, The Wacky World Of Rapid Transit, Dark Skinned Girls, Dr. Bombay, Ahonetwo Ahonetwo, Hoods Come In Dozenz

this dude has the P-Funk god for an uncle ffs! expect lots of samples & the best funky hip-hop available

Was soll man da sagen? Mr. Dobalina!! Hab ich das richtig geschrieben? Wie auch immer. ChartHit vom Rapper, der jetzt bei den Gorillaz mitmischt. Sein Debut Album ist sehr funky wie Dr. Bombay persönlich und muss man haben!!

sounds amazing, was shipped fast!!!! great album!!!!!

ハイエロ軍団の総大将、Del The Funkee Homosapienの９１年に生み出された１作目にして、まちがいなく彼の最高傑作！　西海岸アングラを代表するClassic作品の１つ、さすがトラック制作にIce Cubeが絡んでるだけあってか、後に出てくるハイエロっぽさは殆ど皆無に等しく、荒々しく加工されたP-FUNKネタのオンパレード、この頃のIce Cubeの音をさらにLOWにファンキーに捻じ曲げたかのような、癖のある如何にもニュースクールらしいギラギラと鳴り響く骨太なウェッサイ・ファンクを存分に楽しませてくれる内容、さすがこの時代の西の音は個性的かつ硬派で渋い！　後の時代に大量量産されてゆく、軟弱にセルアウトされた聴き易さだけが売りの有り触れたショボいウエストコースト・サウンドとは雲泥の違いのセンスの良さ、今作ではそんな古き良き時代の西の音の中でも特に癖の強い部類に入るであろう、道化のように捻り狂った荒々しいFunk Grooveを楽しむことができる、個人的には後のハイエロっぽい音より、こういった類のウェッサイらしいファンク・ビートのほうが断然好み、シングルの（2）Mistadobalina　（9）Dr.Bombayや（1）　（4）　（5）　（6）　（10）　（11）　（12）　などを中心に全曲すべてがClassicな仕上がり、捨て曲なんてつまらんもんは皆無、西好きなら絶対に外せない名盤中の名盤！

es ist enfach der klasiker oldschool soud der heute gar nicht mehr so exestiert was sehr schade ist Del the Funky Homosapien ist ein muss