First of a Living Breed

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.^[1]

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)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

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

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".^[2]

NPR Music included it in the "50 Favorite Albums of 2012" list.^[11] The Village Voice placed it at number 5 on the "Ten Best New York City Rap Albums of 2012" list.^[12]

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.	"Eclipsed"	RTNC	1:55
13.	"First of a Living Breed"	Oh No	4:12
14.	"Let's Get 'Em"	RTNC	2:53
Total length:			46:22

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

Chart	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[1]	75