PRESSED ON "DAY-GLO WASHED" COLORED VINYL / PACKAGED WITH A FOLD-OUT ALBUM ART POSTER AND NUMBERED OBI / LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES
In the early 90s gangsta rap dominated on the West Coast led by N.W.A., Above The Law, CMW, Ice-T, and Bay Area artists like Too $hort. The East Coast had harder acts like EPMD and Kool G Rap, alongside politically and socially conscious groups like Public Enemy, BDP, and Poor Righteous Teachers. In contrast, groups like De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Brand Nubian emerged with a more positive and laid-back vibe. It was during this time frame that Oakland, CA’s Del The Funky Homosapien (PKA Del Tha Funkee Homosapien) emerged incorporating elements and styles akin to The Native Tongue's East Coast Hip-Hop with a P-Funk-influenced West Coast vibe.
I Wish My Brother George Was Here debuted in 1991 under Del’s cousin Ice Cube’s Street Knowledge imprint. The album was quite the opposite of "Street Knowledge" with 14 tracks of funk-filled beats and Del spitting humorous stories as an outsider to the gangsta rap scene. The amazing production was overseen by Ice Cube’s production crew The Boogie Men who also produced Da Lench Mob’s Guerillas In Tha Mist the following year. I Wish My Brother George Was Here set the stage for the success of other West Coast acts like The Pharcyde and helped Del to bring forward his crew of Hieroglyphics with Souls Of Mischief and Casual. I Wish My Brother George Was Here is a classic from the lead single “Mistadobalina” to the jazz sample cut of “The Wacky World of Rapid Transit”, to the trippy P-funk laced “Sunny Meadowz” and the hard-hitting “Hoodz Come In Dozens” with a touch of freestyle rap on The Meter’s sampled track “Same Ol’ Thing". Del delivers a no-skips funky light-hearted album that has stood the test of time.
| A1 | What Is A Booty |
| A2 | Mistadobalina |
| A3 | The Wacky World Of Rapid Transit |
| B1 | Pissin’ On Your Steps |
| B2 | Dark Skin Girls |
| B3 | Money For Sex |
| C1 | Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo |
| C2 | Prelude |
| C3 | Dr. Bombay |
| C4 | Sunny Meadowz |
| D1 | Sleepin’ On My Couch |
| D2 | Hoodz Come In Dozens |
| D3 | Same Ol’ Thing |
| D4 | Ya Lil’ Crumbsnatchers |
