After the release of
No Need for Alarm, Del spent most of his time with his Oakland-based rap crew,
Hieroglyphics, releasing a number of mixtapes with Hieroglyphics throughout the mid-1990’s. His third album,
Future Development - originally set to be released on Elektra before his departure from the label - saw an internet-only release in 1998, though it was later re-released on the independent
Hieroglyphics Imperium imprint in 2002, two years after dropping his fourth album
Both Sides of the Brain on Imperium. Though
Future Development and
Both Sides of the Brain were both solid albums, Del received more attention for his 2001 appearance in the hit Gorillaz track
"Clint Eastwood", which introduced the prominent hip-hopper to a wider mainstream audience.
Del released his most recent solo album,
Eleventh Hour, in early 2008 on New York indie label
Definitive Jux (
Aesop Rock,
RJD2). His first solo album in eight years,
Eleventh Hour debuted at #122 on the Billboard 200, selling over 5,000 copies in its first week on store shelves. Standout tracks from
Eleventh Hour include
"Workin’ It" and
"Slam Dunk".