First of a Living Breed
- Homeboy Sandman
- Band Name: Homeboy Sandman
- Record Label: Stones Throw
- Release Date: Sep 18, 2012
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Dec 17, 201280The law school drop-pout is at his analytical best here. [Jan 2013, p.93]
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Nov 9, 201291Between speed of delivery and brevity of line, Sandman's nonstop tunefulness here tends jingly no matter how gritty his flow.
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Oct 25, 201280The outcome is impressive, and throughout he remains true to himself and his esoteric style.
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Oct 25, 201280First Of A Living Breed is another powerful entry into the Good Sun's discography.
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Oct 25, 201280It's an amazing, cool, and filling mix, and with Homeboy himself being that right mix of persuasive and challenging, First of a Living Breed is an easy recommendation for any lyric-loving hip-hop head.
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Oct 19, 201240First of a Living Breed is an example of an artist failing to balance the best and worst of himself, letting both halves wander freely through a 46 minute album that goes nowhere, existing simply because the potential for a tenable LP has been exhibited in the past. That exhibition is rarely visible this time around, sadly.
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Oct 11, 201290His inexhaustible penmanship coaxes listeners to further sink their ears to the album's abyss, a pull that's hard to defy.
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Oct 8, 201271The brilliant writing on First of a Living Breed ... would position the album as a candidate for one of the year's best rap records if it weren't for those drawback tracks ["For the Kids", "Cedar and Sedgwick"].