Disc Review: Homeboy Sandman – “The Good Sun” (4/4 Stars)
Posted on May 27, 2010 by Chris Faraone
If you’re not listening to Homeboy Sandman, you may be missing the most stylistically agile MC ever to spit. And if you don’t cop his official debut, then you’re depriving yourself of an album that’s worthy of more superlatives than could possibly fit in this or any other review space.
Although Boy Sand has been one of the top underground MCs in New York for at least two years now, his albums have been weak given his vocal, lyrical, and conceptual prowess. Such early non-barcode releases as Actual Factual Pterodactyl were bloated with mind-bending bangers, but they lacked the architecture that separates great efforts from outstanding feats.
LISTEN: Homeboy Sandman – “Calm Tornado”
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By Stylistically agile, you mean rapping with the exact same pattern over and over again, then yeah. He definitely has potential but there are plenty holes in his game.
Sandman is correct (zzZZz). Maybe if M-dot and Sandman got together and punched me in the face repeatedly I would not fall asleep when they “rap”. Boston must really fucking blow?
I’m sure you’ve both heard the album, right?
Honestly, to the naysayers, just go and listen to the snippets ALONE and see how fresh this is..
http://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Sun/dp/B003M39ICI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1275074043&sr=8-3
Thanks for taking the time acknowledge quality music Chris!
Homeboy was so beautifully bizarre on Actual Factual Terradactyl, while still having a style that fans of straight up hip hop, who don’t typically like that weird shit, could still feel. While The Good Sun is a solid album, very well made, I feel like he conformed to the status quo and toned himself down a bit, which sucks balls in my opinion. Regardless the album is fresh but I most feel his style when he really goes out there on tracks like “Or”. either way he’s infinitely iller than all these “cats talkin’ bout nothing like Jerry & Elaine”….
of all people to copy why aesop rock?
where the fuck is everyone hearing the album i been trying to get it for a minute