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First of a Living Breed
Studio album by Homeboy Sandman
Released	September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	46:22
Label	Stones Throw Records
Producer	Jonwayne Oddisee J57 Howard Lloyd Invisible Think 6th Sense RTNC 2 Hungry Bros. Reality Oh No
Homeboy Sandman chronology
The Good Sun (2010) First of a Living Breed (2012) Hallways (2014)

First of a Living Breed is the fourth studio album by American rapper Homeboy Sandman. It was released by Stones Throw Records on September 18, 2012. It peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
BBC	favorable
Exclaim!	8/10
Pitchfork	7.1/10
PopMatters
Potholes in My Blog
Robert Christgau	A−
The Skinny

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

NPR Music included it in the "50 Favorite Albums of 2012" list. The Village Voice placed it at number 5 on the "Ten Best New York City Rap Albums of 2012" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Homeboy Sandman – vocals
• Jonwayne – production (1, 10)
• Oddisee – production (2)
• J57 – production (3, 5)
• Howard Lloyd – production (4)
• Invisible Think – production (6)
• 6th Sense – production (7)
• RTNC – production (8, 12, 14)
• 2 Hungry Bros. – production (9)
• Reality – production (11)
• Oh No – production (13)
• Jeff Jank – sleeve design
• Joel Frijhoff – photography

Charts

References

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

• 2012 albums
• Homeboy Sandman albums
• Stones Throw Records albums
• Albums produced by Oh No (musician)