Homeboy Sandman Problems

While many rappers will make the casual listener believe the myth that rap is relegated to one-dimensional tropes, Homeboy Sandman continues to focus on the art within the bars. 

"Problems," from his upcoming Stones Throw LP Hallways, is an exquisitely tongue-in-check moment of self-awareness delivered with the touch of personal conversation. Knxwledge's moody beat feels introspective, and the lurching percussion gives Sandman room to let his words breathe. 

After making songs about canned goods, the color brown, sexual encounters, food, children, and more, this Queens spitter insists on making the kind of hip-hop that finds new and inventive ways to skin a cat.