Hallways (album)

Hallways
Studio album by Homeboy Sandman
Released September 2, 2014
Genre Hip hop
Length 41:48
Label Stones Throw Records
Producer DJ Spinna, Jonwayne, 2 Hungry Bros., J57, Oh No, Knxwledge, Sobermindedmusic, Professor Brian Oblivion, SOL626, Jozef van Wissem, Inspirmentalist
Homeboy Sandman chronology

First of a Living Breed
(2012)		 Hallways
(2014)

Hallways is the fifth studio album by Queens, New York rapper Homeboy Sandman. It was released on September 2, 2014 by Stones Throw Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 79/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
Robert Christgau A–[3]
Clash 8/10[4]
Exclaim! 7/10[5]
HipHopDX [6]
The Skinny [7]

Music critic Robert Christgau said that Homeboy Sandman's perspective on "America, the Beautiful" is refreshing "from a man who's always been as class-conscious as alt-rap gets", while "Personal Ad" is "a sex boast few this side of Jay-Z would have the cool or balls to pull off".[3]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer Length
1. "1,2,3"  DJ Spinna 2:11
2. "America, the Beautiful"  Jonwayne 2:32
3. "Loads" (featuring Blu)2 Hungry Bros. 3:09
4. "Refugee"  Jonwayne 4:11
5. "Activity"  J57 2:45
6. "Heaven Too" (featuring Oh No)Oh No 4:20
7. "Problems"  Knxwledge 4:34
8. "Grand Pupa"  Sobermindedmusic 4:00
9. "Personal Ad"  Professor Brian Oblivion 3:23
10. "Stroll"  SOL626 4:53
11. "Unraveling" (featuring Jozef van Wissem)Jozef van Wissem 2:39
12. "Enough" (featuring J-Live and Kurious)Inspirmentalist 3:11

References

  1. ↑ "Hallways - Homeboy Sandman". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Hallways - Homeboy Sandman". Allmusic. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Christgau, Robert (September 12, 2014). "Expert Witness — Cuepoint". Medium. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Brydon, Grant (September 4, 2014). "Homeboy Sandman - Hallways". Clash.
  5. ↑ Warren, Michael J. (September 2, 2014). "Homeboy Sandman - Hallways". Exclaim!.
  6. ↑ Goldstein, Steven (September 8, 2014). "Homeboy Sandman - Hallways". HipHopDX.
  7. ↑ Gieben, Bram E. (August 26, 2014). "Homeboy Sandman - Hallways". The Skinny.

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