I Wish My Brother George Was Here by Del The Funky Homosapien

I Wish My Brother George Was Here, the debut album from Del the Funky Homosapien, came out on Elektra in 1991, and it's hip-hop with its tongue in its cheek and its bass in the basement. Del produced it with the Boogiemen and Ice Cube, and the beats lean loose and funky while he rhymes like the smartest wisecracker in the class.

Everyone assumed the title was a nod to George Clinton. It isn't: it comes from a line in a Looney Tunes cartoon, which was itself poking fun at the catchphrase Liberace used on his TV show whenever his brother George failed to turn up. The album is home to "Mistadobalina", reached number 24 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and number 48 on the R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, and No Need for Alarm came next.

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