Whaddup kids, now I know this blog doesn’t usually focus on rap, but here’s a little change for you. In order for this to work, you’re going to have to do one thing. Disregard any judgments you have about hip-hop while listening to Homeboy Sandman. Unlike the indie/punk/ambient/hardcore/thrash/ whateverthefuck genres that make up rock, in hip-hop we have mainstream and underground. Welcome to the underground. Homeboy Sandman is a dope MC out of Queens, and The Good Sun is his latest album. This CD is a total breath of fresh air. Homeboy Sandman has solid flow, creative lyrics, but mostly importantly, tons of style. It’s great to listen to a rapper who could care less what he’s wearing or how much money he has. All Homeboy Sandman cares about is rapping, and it shows in The Golden Sun. He raps about things other people would never consider hip-hop. “Angels with Dirty Faces” is about the homeless people he sees in NYC every day.
“Imagine you was dying nobody helped you/
Say nobody listened you might talk to yourself too/
Turning up your nose holding your nose gonna puke/
Church all in the front row fill up the whole pew/
Fronting like it’s God’s word but that yall goin do/
Some of them ain’t got shoes, guess that’s your cue”
The beats are smooth and creative (he’s even got live drums, a miracle in hip-hop nowadays), although the album doesn’t have the cleanest production. But this is the underground remember, and we don’t give a fuck how clean the vocals are. Finally, just give Homeboy Sandman a chance. You won’t be disappointed.
http://www.myspace.com/homeboysandman
http://homeboysandman.blogspot.com/
-Rawley
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