A few years ago del teaming up with tame one would seem like an out of left field tag team for just a song let alone a whole album. But lately, they seem to be on the same circuit of doing guest verses on whatever underground project that needs to step their rep up. You probably know del from Gorillaz, or hieroglyphics, and tame one’s days with the Artifact’s and Eastern Conference. In any event it s a hell of a duo , that I’d check out individually anyway.  For this album ‘Paralell Uni-verses’ they got the previously unknown Parallel Thought on the production who comes pretty correct with some funky dusty beats and scratch, and keeps a lot of background stuff going on.  These are some of the few guys left who can still rap, and this album really reminds you.  Some of the hooks I could do without, but they battle back and forth tryin to outdo eachother with verses.

Its kinda like allstar game of underground rap, the only thing theyd need would be sean price. But at at the same time, I’m not gonna lie these guys aren’t exactly at the height of their careers talent wise or successfully. Del’s flow is still ‘ sick and retarded’ pure eloquence and tame one be talkin’ greezy. It’s a far cry from some of their earlier output (‘Deltron’, ‘Wrong Side of da tracks’, Rawkus stuff etc.), and their raps aren’t as fast and non-stop as they was once were, they’re just a little burnt after 20 years on the road.  This is something Tame one embraces and uses to his advantage, his constant reference to drug use and sloppy souped up flow leads me to believe him.  Infact he probably outshines del in terms of lyricism, and the beats on the album sound more like something tame one would rap over. Too much of the album is cliché, they’re only like the 50^th artist to do a ‘golden age’ of rap song, you know the type I’m talking about (for better versions check out Nas – where are they now, RA the rugged man – golden age, Kool Keith –takin it back).  I understand they were there and know they’re history, they are just a little late and come off weak on that attempt. All in all it’s refreshing to hear some of the all time great rappers from different coasts come together for an album that they clearly did for their own creative intent rather than to appease the masses.