Future Development is the third solo studio album by American hip hop musician
Del the Funky Homosapien
Teren Delvon Jones (born August 12, 1972), better known by his stage name Del the Funky Homosapien (sometimes stylized as Del tha Funkee Homosapien) or Sir DZL, is an American rapper.
Music career 1988–1997: Early life and beginnings
Born in O ...
. It was released by
Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings
Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings is an Oakland, California-based, independent hip hop record label founded and owned by underground hip hop collective, the Hieroglyphics. The label was created by the collective in 1995 to publish and market the ...
in 1997. It was able to achieve decent success, selling over 400,000 copies worldwide.
Critical reception
Stanton Swihart of
AllMusic
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said that "the album is less coherent than his previous two albums and less immediate-sounding without being immaterial."
[ In a 2000 article, Charles Aaron of '']Spin
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'' called it "perhaps Del's finest lbum.
Track listing
References
Further reading
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External links
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1997 albums
Del the Funky Homosapien albums
Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings albums
Albums produced by A-Plus (rapper)