Homeboy SandmanBest Homeboy Sandman Albums Ranked

Subject: Matter - EP

pitchfork

7.7

“Unapologetic about his intelligence, Angel Del Villar is the type of rapper beloved by hip-hop traditionalists: proudly old school, technically savage, and lyrically sharp. His debut EP for Stones Throw is his best work yet.”

White Sands

pitchfork

7.3

“Queens rapper Homeboy Sandman's new EP White Sands combines Sandman's scalpel-wielding deadpan with the production of Paul White (Danny Brown's Old). White Sands is a self-contained universe with a lot to explore.”

All That I Hold Dear

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7.2

“If you like cerebral rap music, Queens rapper Homeboy Sandman has been your man for some time now. His new album, All That I Hold Dear, utilizes sparkling soul beats and verses that are slightly more modulated than his usual darts of staccato.”

First of a Living Breed

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7.1

“Dropping knowledge is good. Pedantry, lecturing listeners and telling them what to think is bad. Those poles make up two sides bisected by a thin line, which Homeboy Sandman straddles for the entirety of his first LP with Stones Throw.”

Subject: Matter - EP

rollingstone

7.0

“"Many things you hear and you see/Are not what they appear to be,” says Queens rapper Homeboy Sandman on his new EP. It could be his motto. He’s a musical trompe l’oeil artist: His beats build up steam, then take hairpin turns into abstraction; his rhymes start out as straight forward boasts and veer into […]”

There in Spirit

pitchfork

6.8

“The Queens native brings a directness and precision to his latest album, an unassuming notebook of observations from a mature rapper with nothing left to prove.”