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Eleventh Hour
by Del The Funky Homosapien


7.4

based on 18 reviews
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Del returns from recording his albums with the Hieroglyphics and being featured on the Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood" to release his fifth solo album.

LABEL:	Definitive Jux
RELEASE DATE:	11 March 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rap

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Entertainment Weekly

Funky as ever, the homosapien manages to evolve again, this time by embracing sounds of the past. [28 Mar 2008, p.65]

Billboard

The label's tendency toward bottom-heavy, fog-thick beats sounds awful nice under Del's syrupy brainiac flow, which goes back to his battle-rap basics here.

NOW Magazine

Dark, cathartic and hardcore, Del stays true to himself.

RapReviews.com

It is certainly a satisfying listen, worthy of a sensible level of recommendation.

Under The Radar

He remains in fine form, as if frozen in time since 1991. [Winter 2008, p.90]

Urb

Vocally, Del may have lost some of his lyrical miracles and "spectacular vernacular" from albums past, but his unquestionably familar cadence hasn't budged a bit. [Jan/Feb 2008, p.104]

Amazon.com

Eleventh Hour, his largely self-produced fifth solo album--and first in eight years--lacks much of both the lyrical and instrumental verve of his best records.

Dusted Magazine

His Eleventh Hour streams seem to glorify a pre-evolved hip hop.

All Music Guide

Eleventh Hour is certainly not a disappointment: Del's as good of a rapper as ever, and the way he fits his words into the beats, playing with his and their cadence, is truly spectacular, but he needs to challenge himself--and his listeners--more, lyrically and beat-wise, instead of relying on the same tried-and-true methods, if he really wants to continue his legacy.

Spin

The beats are subtle, but solid, better suited to a small, late-night party than a major disturbance. [Mar 2008, p.104]

Pitchfork

Still, for an album that pushes the limits of how much you can say about so little, the stuff that's said rarely fails to be entertaining in the pure linguistically structural sense.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

This is brown-bag Del, uncomplex and uncut. Unfortunately, Del's self-produced beats sometimes blur the line between elegant simplicity and tedium.

Alternative Press

Del wisely keeps things simple on the audio front, lubricating many of his basic, old-school beats with the good old P-Funk bottom of his early years. [Mar 2008, p.147]

Blender

His calm articulation and clean beats never waver--where once he copped to vices and joked about dirty asses, now his “naked funk” is all about a craft that won’t quit. That’s impressive. But it’s also limited.

Filter

The result is not so much a breakthrough in ease of listening, but more a feeling that one of the greats is getting back in the ring to fight after tying one of his own arms behind his back. [Winter 2008, p.99]

PopMatters

on the whole, battle rap seems to be Del’s continuously preferred lyrical method. And though he does slice off a few zingers here and there across this album, nothing touches the 'Jaw Gymnastics' of his work on "No Need For Alarm" or "Both Sides Of The Brain."

Tiny Mix Tapes

We get tiny tastes of levity, but scarcely the sort of wit we’re used to.

Sputnikmusic

Del sways wildly between hit and miss. And Eleventh Hour, for all its boisterous and awkward handling, fails with a resounding thud.

The average user rating for this album is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Owen S. gave it an8:
Del never lets down. He goes places on this album he has not gone before, or has he? While not as good as Deltron 3030 it is definately worth rolling around in the car getting funkdafied to.

Paul C gave it a5:
Nothing special. Del is still an amusing rapper, but nothing on this album really stands out. Don't waste your time. Listen to Deltron or the Hieroglyphics instead.

S D K gave it a9:
Self produced, self fulfilling. A funky ray of hope for the hip-hop world to take notes from. Yes, DEL is back and for all y'all who thought hip-hop was stagnant, take a gander at 11th hour and remember the lyrical and beat minded 5th of November.

Diablo P. gave it a7:
Great Album! Not perfect by any means, but if you appreciate all forms of hip hop then pick this up.

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Eleventh Hour by Del The Funky Homosapien

Eleventh Hour
by Del The Funky Homosapien