First of a Living Breed

First of a Living Breed
Studio album by Homeboy Sandman
Released	September 18, 2012
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	46:22
Label	Stones Throw Records
Producer	Jonwayne, Oddisee, J57, Howard Lloyd, Invisible Think, 6th Sense, Reality, RTNC, 2 Hungry Bros., Oh No
Homeboy Sandman chronology
The Good Sun (2010) First of a Living Breed (2012) Hallways (2014)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
BBC	favorable[3]
Exclaim!	8/10[4]
Pitchfork Media	7.1/10[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Potholes in My Blog	[7]
Robert Christgau	A-[8]
The Skinny	[9]

First of a Living Breed is a studio album by American rapper Homeboy Sandman. It was released through Stones Throw Records on September 18, 2012.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, First of a Living Breed received an average score of 77% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

First of a Living Breed was listed by NPR Music as one of their "50 Favorite Albums of 2012".^[10] It was ranked at number 5 on The Village Voice's "Ten Best New York City Rap Albums of 2012" list.^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rain"	Jonwayne	3:14
2.	"Whatchu Want from Me?"	Oddisee	3:49
3.	"Couple Bars (Honey, Sugar, Darling, Sweetie, Baby, Boo)"	J57	3:21
4.	"Sputnik"	Howard Lloyd	3:58
5.	"Illuminati"	J57	3:08
6.	"4 Corners"	Invisible Think	3:46
7.	"For the Kids"	6th Sense	3:39
8.	"Cedar and Sedgwick"	RTNC	2:00
9.	"Mine All Mine"	2 Hungry Bros.	2:35
10.	"Not Really"	Jonwayne	4:18
11.	"The Ancient"	Reality	3:30
12.	"Eclisped"	RTNC	1:55
13.	"First of a Living Breed"	Oh No	4:12
14.	"Let's Get 'Em"	RTNC	2:53

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[12]	75

References

1. "First of a Living Breed by Homeboy Sandman". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
2. Jeffries, David. "First of a Living Breed - Homeboy Sandman". AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
3. Moore, Marcus J. (September 17, 2012). "Homeboy Sandman - First of a Living Breed - Review". BBC. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
4. Bozzer, Mark (September 18, 2012). "Homeboy Sandman - First of a Living Breed". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
5. Bromwich, Jonah (October 8, 2012). "Homeboy Sandman: First of a Living Breed". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
6. Amidon, David (October 19, 2012). "Homeboy Sandman: First of a Living Breed". PopMatters. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
7. Gugich, Chul (September 14, 2012). "Homeboy Sandman - First Of A Living Breed". Potholes in My Blog. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
8. Christgau, Robert. "Homeboy Sandman". Robert Christgau. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
9. Gieben, Bram E. (September 21, 2012). "Homeboy Sandman – First of a Living Breed". The Skinny. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
10. Kelley, Frannie (December 22, 2012). "NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2012". NPR. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
11. Mlynar, Phillip (December 19, 2012). "The Ten Best New York City Rap Albums of 2012 (2/2)". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
12. "Homeboy Sandman - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2016.

External links

• First of a Living Breed at Discogs (list of releases)
• Homeboy Sandman - First of a Living Breed OUT NOW on SoundCloud