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Homeboy Sandman grew up in Queens, New York City and attended boarding school at New Hampshire’s Holderness School. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Penns
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Sounds like:
Black Milk,
Quelle Chris,
Blu
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sweeney kovar
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Mar 29, 2016
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The Boy Sand might be the most creative rapper rapping right now. Not necessarily the best lyricist, or even the best delivery or the nastiest flow. Sandman's crowning achievement is the fact he doesn't let himself forget that rap can be... anything....
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Invincible,
Oddisee,
House Shoes
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sweeney kovar
on
Jul 2, 2015
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A learned hip-hop nerd knows the name Finale. The alien rhymer with the intricate, cerebral flow landed in Detroit and claimed the city as his home. Motowners know him for revealing his true form at open mics, and the world at large was able to gleam...
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Sounds like:
The Roots,
Blu,
Invincible
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sweeney kovar
on
Nov 26, 2014
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I'm an immigrant, and Thanksgiving has been a conflict of interest since I took AP US History in high school. This Turkey Day is gut-wrenching. Besides the yearly reminder that America celebrates genocide, 2014 has underscores that point in blood wit...
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Sounds like:
Blu,
Knxwledge,
Quelle Chris
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sweeney kovar
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Sep 2, 2014
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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 exquisit...
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sweeney kovar
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Jan 12, 2013
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The 25th element of hip-hop is the posse cut. Multiple MCs swarming over a beat, each one taking it to different places, but everyone killing it. The further you move through the posse cut, the tougher the bars should get, to the point where the end ...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Nov 13, 2012
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One of the most winning aspects of Homeboy Sandman is his inclination to make a rap song out of pretty much anything and everything. In a genre that can see its auteurs create discographies on a handful of topics, the NYC MC has tracks about canned g...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 29, 2012
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Usually when rap songs are about colors they're fairly predictable or shallow, referencing a gang affiliation or the particular shade of a luxury auto. When Homeboy Sandman got a beat from Jonti to make a song for Radiolab's colors episode, he took a...
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