Parallel Uni-Verses

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Parallel Uni-Verses
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Studio album by Del the Funky Homosapien and Tame One
Released October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length48:16
Label Gold Dust Media
Producer Parallel Thought
Singles from Parallel Uni-Verses
  1. "Flashback"
    Released: September 15, 2009 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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HipHopDX 3.5/5 [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Potholes in My BlogStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
RapReviews.com8.5/10 [8]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
XLR8R favorable [10]

Parallel Uni-Verses is a collaborative studio album by Del the Funky Homosapien and Tame One. It was released by Gold Dust Media in 2009. The album was entirely produced by Parallel Thought. [11] A music video was created for "Flashback". [12]

Del the Funky Homosapien American rapper

Teren Delvon Jones, better known by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien or Sir DZL, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter, and singer.

Rahem Brown, better known by his stage name Tame One, is an American hip hop recording artist from New Jersey. He is founding member of duos such as Artifacts and Leak Bros, as well as the hip hop supergroup The Weathermen. Tame One, along with Jay Burnz Jay, are Founder and Co-founder of the super hip hop group The Boom Skwad since 1992, of which Tame One is President. He appointed Jay Burnz Jay as Vice President of The Boom Skwad.

Contents

Production

Del the Funky Homosapien and Tame One recorded their vocals in their respective studio spots. [13] The two and Parallel Thought made the entire album by trading beats, scratches, verses, and hooks over the internet. [13] It took a month to finish the album. [13]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

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David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an attractively familiar and nostalgic album, one that brings reminders of the informal collaborations found on early Lyricist Lounge or Def Jux compilations." [4] He added: "Songs are allowed as much time as they need, but the album as a whole is economical and right-sized at 11 tracks." [4]

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro (Magic)"2:50
2."Keep It Up"4:17
3."Flashback"5:28
4."The Franchise"4:59
5."Specifics"3:10
6."Before This"4:21
7."We Taking Over"3:51
8."Life Sucks"4:16
9."Teddy"3:09
10."Special"5:51
11."Gaining Ground"6:01

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