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"For the inaugural edition of the Wax Poetics Podcast, hosts David Ma and Nate LeBlanc interview Del the Funky Homosapien about his classic 1993 sophomore album 'No Need for Alarm,' which celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.
The podcast, which was recorded at Del’s home studio in the Bay Area, features the exclusive track “Smoked-Out Charlie,” a recording made circa 1991 to ‘92 from Del’s archives.
Look for more, upcoming Wax Poetics Podcasts, where we deep-dive into albums and artists on the Wax Poetics spectrum.
David Ma is a veteran music journalist whose work has appeared in Wax Poetics, The Source, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Ego Trip, Redbull Music Academy, Rolling Stone, Okayplayer, and others."
The year is 1993: Clinton had just taken office, Dr Dre's G Thang single was brand new, The Hiero crew was on the come-up and weed wasn't as near legal or acceptable in Hip Hop media as it is now. Del The Funky Homosapien, B-Real, C-Funk, Mozilla and Funkyman light up Billy Jam's KUSF radio with marijuana-based raps and share their opinion about how the culture of this drug is beginning to become more mainstream.
The bulk of the interview segment centers around B-Real, one of the leaders of the 1993 weed renaissance in Hip Hop who shares an in-depth look into the culture he is helping to create with his group Cypress Hill. The interview begins around the 1:19:00 mark in the audio.
This seems to be a favorite period within the extensive history of The Hieroglyphics crew by most fans, the power of their debut albums released in the early 90's served as the foundation for Hiero;s longevity as one of Hip Hop's most prolific and consistent crews. To this day there is something special about looking back and witnessing the charm of youth, intellect and level of creativity displayed by these guys who dropped back to back classics in their teens.
Live from Rap City, Del and the Hiero crew introduce Casual's debut single "That's How It Is" in 1993. From what I remember, they were somewhere in the Washington D.C. area at an unknown park, the only album out of the crew released at the time was "'93 Til Infinity".
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