Homeboy Sandman and similar artists

Making A Murderer (Ft. Black Thought & Styles P)

Sounds like: Rhapsody, Roc Marciano, Homeboy Sandman

Black Thought is no longer underrated. Let's start there, ladies and gentlemen. Tariq Trotter is far too accomplished, ripped too many stages and thri...

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Talking [Bleep]

Sounds like: Black Milk, Quelle Chris, Blu

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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. S...

Dizz 1

Shots Fired (Sweatson Klank Remix Ft. Hezekiah & Ralph Real)

Sounds like: Quelle Chris, Apollo Brown, Homeboy Sandman

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Melbourne producer Dizz 1 creates a motley piece of music combining Philadelphia's Hezekiah and Ralph Real. The story gets an additional twist via a r...

Rusangano Family

Heathrows

Sounds like: Run The Jewels, MuRli, Homeboy Sandman

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The interracial Irish hip-hop trio Rusangano Family is composed of MCs MuRli, God Knows, and DJ/producer mynameisjOhn. After creating waves locally wi...

Guilty Simpson

Fractured (Ft. Fat Ray)

Sounds like: Quakers, Homeboy Sandman, House Shoes

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Guilty is a favorite. The flow is precise, the lyrics are granular, and the delivery booms. Detroit's Son, his collaborative LP with Australian DJ/pro...

Knxwledge

Noflowrs[SVEME]_Fralngtime_

Sounds like: Homeboy Sandman, Ghostface Killah, Mndsgn

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It's Knx season. From the Kendrick joint to touring with Earl and teasing what seems like a monster R&B album with Anderson .Paak, Knx's efforts...

Finale

7 Days (Ft. Kenn Starr & Hassaan Mackey)

Sounds like: Homeboy Sandman, Apollo Brown, Guilty Simpson

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Finale is the one of the most intricate rhymers in Detroit. The passionate and soft-spoken MC laces his rhymes with vivid humanity. He army crawled hi...

Finale

Just Due (Ft. Homeboy Sandman & Miz Korona)

Sounds like: Invincible, Oddisee, House Shoes

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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. M...

Beatnick Dee

Everything Unsaid (Ft. Koncept & J57)

Sounds like: Cashus King, Homeboy Sandman, Blu

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The late 90s are heralded as a gilded age for underground rap, where indie MCs enjoyed robust budgets and substantial marketing efforts. While the ad ...

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Happy Thanksgiving

Sounds like: The Roots, Blu, Invincible

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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. Beside...

Sky High Fly Guys

The Kennedy Flow

Sounds like: Homeboy Sandman, Black Milk, Scanz

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Boston, MA has a long and full lineage in hip-hop, though it's often dwarfed in public perception by its proximity to New York. If I sounded a bit sm...

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Problems

Sounds like: Blu, Knxwledge, Quelle Chris

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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 ...

The UN

What They Want

Sounds like: Roc Marciano, Pete Rock, Homeboy Sandman

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When someone rises in the rap game with the finesse and craftmanship of Roc Marciano, it begs the question of where and when their sword was sharpened...

Karriem Riggins

Matador Posse Cut Ft. KRONDON, Homeboy Sandman, Guilty Simpson & Jon Wayne

Sounds like: Madlib, Alchemist, J Dilla,

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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 ...

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Illuminati

Sounds like: Blu, Sene, Jon Wayne, Quelle

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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 c...

Blu & Exile

The Great Escape

Sounds like: Fashawn, Homeboy Sandman, Madlib

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Underground champions Blu and Exile recently released the official, label-issued version of Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them. The duo's...

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Brown

Sounds like: Sene, Blu, Knxwledge

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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...