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- Summary: The third full-length release for the new York rapper was producer by Jonwayne and is his first on the Stones Throw label.
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- Record Label: Stones Throw
- Genre(s): Rap, Pop/Rock, Underground Rap
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Nov 9, 2012Between 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 11, 2012His 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 25, 2012It'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 25, 2012First Of A Living Breed is another powerful entry into the Good Sun's discography.
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MojoDec 17, 2012The law school drop-pout is at his analytical best here. [Jan 2013, p.93]
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Oct 8, 2012The 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"].
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Oct 19, 2012First 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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Apr 21, 2015
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