Funk Man (The Stimulus Package)

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Funk Man (The Stimulus Package)
Funk man stimulus package cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 7, 2009 (2009-04-07)
Genre Hip hop
Length52:12
Label self-released
Producer
Del the Funky Homosapien chronology
Eleventh Hour
(2008)
Funk Man (The Stimulus Package)
(2009)
Automatik Statik
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! favorable [1]
RapReviews.com7.5/10 [2]

Funk Man (The Stimulus Package) is the sixth solo studio album by American hip hop musician Del the Funky Homosapien. It was released through his Bandcamp page for free in 2009. [3] [4] To promote the album, Del released a video on YouTube. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! gave the album a favorable review, saying: "Despite being a free download, Funk Man has all the style and quality of a professional release, and is arguably his best work since Deltron 3030." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Get It Right Now!"4:53
2."And They Thought That Was Hell"5:12
3."Fit Like a Glove"4:43
4."Go Against the Grain"4:23
5."Hardcore Punks Can't Take It"3:52
6."I'm Smellin' Myself"5:06
7."King of Fighters"5:42
8."News Alert"4:16
9."Simple Satisfaction"3:04
10."Straight from the Big Bad West Coast"5:29
11."Land of Funk"5:14
12."Young Adrenaline"4:29
13."Sometimes I Gotta Get Stupid"3:44

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References

  1. 1 2 Quinlan, Thomas (May 21, 2009). "Del The Funky Homosapien: Funk Man (The Stimulus Package)". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  2. Bond, John-Michael (May 5, 2009). "Del the Funky Homosapien :: Funk Man (The Stimulus Package) :: bandcamp.com". RapReviews.com. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  3. J.P. (April 29, 2009). "The Re-Emergence of the Funkiest Thing Since P-Funk: The Funkman Del". SLUG Magazine . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  4. "Funk Man (the stimulus package) | Del The Funky Homosapien". Bandcamp . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  5. Del Stimulus address on YouTube

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