| Future Development | ||||
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| Released | November 18, 1997 [1] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 61:03 | |||
| Label | Hieroglyphics Imperium | |||
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| Del the Funky Homosapien chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| RapReviews.com | 8/10 [3] |
Future Development is the third solo studio album by American hip hop musician Del the Funky Homosapien. It was released by Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings in 1997. It was able to achieve decent success, selling over 400,000 copies worldwide.
Stanton Swihart of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "the album is less coherent than his previous two albums and less immediate-sounding without being immaterial." [2] In a 2000 article, Charles Aaron of Spin called it "perhaps Del's finest [album]". [4]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lyric Lickin" | Del | 4:49 |
| 2. | "Stress the World" | Del | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Why Ya Want to Get Funkee..." | Del | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Don't Forget the Bass" | Del | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Faulty" | A-Plus | 3:07 |
| 6. | "X-Files" | A-Plus | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Future Development" | Del | 4:28 |
| 8. | "Corner Story" | A-Plus | 4:03 |
| 9. | "Love Is Worth" | Opio | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Del's Nightmare" | A-Plus | 5:19 |
| 11. | "Games Begin" | A-Plus | 4:09 |
| 12. | "Town to Town" | Del | 7:11 |
| 13. | "Checkin' Out the Rivalry" (featuring Casual) | Toure | 5:20 |
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Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, is an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. It was founded in the early 1990s by rapper Del the Funky Homosapien. The collective is currently composed of rappers Del the Funky Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, producer/manager Domino, DJ Toure, and the four individual members of the rap group Souls of Mischief: Phesto, A-Plus, Opio, and Tajai.
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Damian Siguenza, known by his stage name, Domino, is an American record producer, manager, DJ, and one of the members of the Oakland, California-based underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics.
3rd Eye Vision is the debut studio album by American hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. It was released by Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings on March 24, 1998. It peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, as well as number 88 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It has sold more than 100,000 copies.
Eleventh Hour is the fifth solo studio album by American hip hop musician Del the Funky Homosapien. It was announced and partially recorded in 2004, but didn't come out until March 11, 2008, when it was released by Definitive Jux. The album is produced by Del himself with additional production from Opio, KU, and J-Zone. It debuted at number 122 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 5,810 copies in its first week.
The Best of Del tha Funkee Homosapien: The Elektra Years is a compilation album by American hip hop musician Del tha Funkee Homosapien. It was released by Rhino Records and Elektra Records in 2004. It includes tracks from I Wish My Brother George Was Here and No Need for Alarm, as well as B-side tracks and remixes. It peaked at number 35 on the CMJ Hip-Hop chart.
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. To promote the album, Del released a video on YouTube.
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Jonathan Owens, known by his stage name Casual, is an American rapper, producer, and one of the founding members of the alternative hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. He also reads and has been studying Egyptian Hieroglyphics for many years, makes videos on the subject on his YouTube channel Smash Rockwell as well writing about it on his blog Rap God. As a rapper Casual initially became known for his freestyle battle rhymes in the Bay Area hip hop scene and later developing into a solo artist. He is known for diverse lyrics, a complex multisyllabic East Coast influenced flow but with a distinctive Oakland accent. Casual's debut album Fear Itself released on Jive records in 1994 when he was 17 years old garnered both critical and commercial success. Along with Del the Funkee Homosapien Casual went on to become one of the most prominent and recognizable faces of the Hieroglyphics crew, releasing three albums all on the Hieroglyphics crew's own label, Hiero Imperium. He has released thirteen solo albums as of 2023.
Golden Era is the ninth solo studio album by American hip hop musician Del the Funky Homosapien. It was released by The Council in 2011. The CD edition comes with two bonus discs: Automatik Statik and Funk Man. It peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, as well as number 65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The Kitchen is the third studio album by American hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. It was released by Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings on July 16, 2013. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, as well as number 45 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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