DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN & TAME ONE Parallel Uni-Verses

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Ten year anniversary of the now classic cross country collaboration between Del The Funky Homosapien (Hieroglyphics founder and member of Deltron 3030) and Tame One of the Artifacts • First time ever available on vinyl • Remastered and pressed on special purple white smoke colored vinyl • Produced entirely by Parallel Thought • Watch video for “Flashback” shot in Fat Beats NY

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One Remember the old-school Marvel Team-Up comic book which paired, TITLE: Parallel Uni-Verses say, Spider-Man with Thor, Wolverine with the Human Torch, or the Hulk CATALOG: L-PTLP22-069 and Daredevil? In the spirit of those classic collaborations, Gold Dust LABEL: Parallel Thought announces Parallel Uni-Verses, a joint effort between Hieroglyphics GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 659123097710 founder Del The Funky Homosapien and original Artifacts emcee Tame FORMAT: LP Purple/White Smoke Colored Vinyl One. Produced entirely by Parallel Thought, the album’s ten tracks return HOME MARKET: Oakland, California / Newark, New Jersey to a time when inventiveness, creativity, funky beats—and, above all, RELEASE: 2/2/2018 lyricism—ruled hip-hop. LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX Oakland’s Del The Funky Homosapien is one of the creators of the TRACKLISTING alternative rap genre, a perennial fan favorite who, in addition to releasing four solo albums—including 1992’s seminal, gold-selling I Wish My 1. Intro (Magic) Brother George Was Here--and two group albums with Hieroglyphics, 2. Flashback was featured on the Gorillaz’ epononymous, platinum-selling debut and 3. The Franchise Dan the Automator’s sci-fi-themed concept album Deltron 3030. 4. Specifics 5. Teddy Newark’s Tame One is best known as one-half of the Artifacts, a graffiti- 6. Special writing hip-hop duo active in the mid- and late-90s, whose output includes 7. Before This the classic singles “Wrong Side of Da Tracks” and “The Ultimate.” In recent 8. We Taking Over years, Tame has been a member of two underground supergroups: the 9. Life Sucks Weatherman (with Cage, Camu Tao, and Aesop Rock); and the Leak Brothers (with Cage).

Parallel Uni-Verses is that rare rap album which transcends tired clichés and maintains traditional hip-hop values without seeming retro or passé. “Man, I ain’t even gonna be egotistical like that and try to say that we are trying to usher in some new revival of whatever,” Del says. However, he adds, “I’m a say this: we ARE the element that is missing, not [just] because I said so. That’s what’s up; we didn’t sell out for all the luxury and monetary gains. The original ways, we kept at and built upon those.”

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