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| Released | April 11, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 73:42 | |||
| Label | Hieroglyphics Imperium | |||
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Both Sides of the Brain is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop musician Del the Funky Homosapien. It was released by Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings in 2000. It peaked at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the album a mixed review, saying that there is "much to like about the album" but also describing it as "a bit of a letdown". He describes Del's production work as "inventive" but "largely monotonous and unnecessarily repetitive" and adds, "Equally damaging is the album's lack of form and structure: Many of its tracks sound like marathon free-styling sessions no one had the heart to edit." [5]
In 2005, Peter S. Scholtes of City Pages included it on the "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s" list. [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Time Is Too Expensive" | Teren Delvon Jones [7] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 4:47 |
| 2. | "If You Must" | Jones [8] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Jaw Gymnastics" (featuring Casual) | Jones, [9] Jonathan Owens [10] | Casual | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Pet Peeves" | Jones [11] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 7:10 |
| 5. | "Press Rewind" | Jones, [12] Damian Siguenza [13] | Domino | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Offspring" (featuring El-P) | Jones, Jaime Meline [14] | El-P | 4:20 |
| 7. | "Style Police" | Jones [15] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Fake as Fuck" | Jones [16] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 4:20 |
| 9. | "BM's" | Jones [17] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Skull & Crossbones" | Jones [18] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Soopa Feen" | Jones [19] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 5:23 |
| 12. | "Disastrous" | Jones [20] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 3:19 |
| 13. | "Signature Slogans" | Paul Edward Huston, [21] Jones [22] | Prince Paul | 4:22 |
| 14. | "Catch All This" | Jones [23] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 4:05 |
| 15. | "Phoney Phranchise" | Jones [24] | Del the Funky Homosapien | 3:38 |
| 16. | "Proto Culture" (featuring Khaos Unique) | Jones, Jamal Mitchell [25] | Khaos Unique | 4:13 |
| 17. | "Stay on Your Toes" (featuring A-Plus) | Adam Carter, Jones [26] | A-Plus | 3:27 |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [1] | 118 |
| US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [27] | 2 |
| US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [28] | 5 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [29] | 63 |
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