Deep dives into the Hieroglyphics and Souls of Mischief discography
'93 'til Infinity is 32 years old and it sounds like it was made yesterday. The production — primarily handled by A-Plus with additional contributions from other Souls members and the broader Hiero collective — built something that has outlasted most of its contemporaries. Here's how the album came together. The Producers A-Plus (Adam…
In the early 1990s, while Death Row was defining one version of West Coast hip-hop — hard, gangster, commercially dominant — two other crews were building something different. Hieroglyphics in Oakland and The Pharcyde in Los Angeles represented the underground alternative: technically complex, jazz-influenced, intellectually curious. Here's how they compared and why both matter.…
Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Ice Cube are first cousins. Both grew up in Los Angeles. Both are West Coast hip-hop legends. But their paths diverged in ways that illuminate the full range of what West Coast rap could be in the early 1990s — and the choice Del made when he left Los…
In 2001, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's animated virtual band Gorillaz released "Clint Eastwood" — a number four UK hit built around a Del tha Funkee Homosapien verse and hook. Millions of people who had never heard of Hieroglyphics or Oakland underground hip-hop were suddenly learning Del's name. For many listeners worldwide, "Clint Eastwood"…
Full Circle is the second Hieroglyphics collective album and in many ways the crew's most confident statement of identity. Released in 2003, five years after 3rd Eye Vision proved the independent model could work commercially, Full Circle arrived as the definitive document of Hiero at their most assured — a collective fully in control…
You've heard the name — maybe through Gorillaz, maybe through a sample, maybe because someone handed you a copy of '93 'til Infinity and told you to listen. Wherever you're starting from, welcome. Hieroglyphics is one of hip-hop's most rewarding catalogs, and this guide will help you navigate it. Start Here: The Three Essential…
Casual has been rapping since the late 1980s, and in the thirty-plus years since his debut, he has never made a bad album. His flow is technically precise, his rhyme schemes are dense without being exhausting, and his ability to shift from street-level menace to philosophical reflection within a single verse is unmatched in…
In the year 2030, a soldier named Deltron Zero fights for the survival of humanity against a dystopian empire. This is not a Marvel film. It's a hip-hop album made in the year 2000 by Del tha Funkee Homosapien, producer Dan the Automator, and turntablist Kid Koala — and it remains one of the…
Souls of Mischief are headlining Red Rocks in 2026 alongside the full Hieroglyphics crew, Cypress Hill, Method Man & Redman, and De La Soul. If you're going — and you should be — here's what to expect from one of hip-hop's most durable and beloved groups. Who Are Souls of Mischief? Souls of Mischief…
Del tha Funkee Homosapien is one of hip-hop's most original voices. Complete biography covering his career from Oakland in 1991 through Deltron 3030, Gorillaz, Hieroglyphics, and Red Rocks 2026.