Del the Funky Homosapien is one of the few emcees to unite Northern and Southern California rap styles. Thanks to his first cousin Ice Cube, he debuted in under the auspices of the gangsta rap revolution. Though his beats are as ferocious as anything of Cube's, but rather than rap from the gangbanger's point-of-view, he adopted the observational outlook of an alienated slacker. In his own way, he is as truthful as any of NWA's songs. In the deliciously gooey sonic palate served up by this playlist, kaleidoscopic G-funk merges with expansive jazz-rap and improvisatory hip-hop.