Homeboy Sandman & Edan will drop joint album Humble Pi this Friday, October 26, 2018 via Stones Throw Records. Today they share new video for “The Gut” — a tripped out, underwater escapade.
This Thursday, October 25th the duo will throw an NYC album release show at Brooklyn Bazaar with openers Quelle Chris and Billy Woods, tickets here:
https://bkbazaar.com/event/homeboy-sandman-humble-pi-record-release-edan/
Edan is the cult New York-by-way-of-Boston producer, DJ, and rapper whose 2005 masterpiece Beauty and the Beat is an enduring favorite among hip-hop fans. Though he’s popped up to perform and release the odd mix since then, this release is his first album in thirteen years. Queens MC Homeboy Sandman has released several albums on Stones Throw over the years, most recently putting out a pair of EPs with Aesop Rock.
The genesis of the partnership between the MC/producer duo goes back several years, to when a friend told Sandman to check out Edan’s live show. It blew Sandman’s mind, and the two finally connected when they shared a bill at Manhattan venue Santos Party House.
Their collaboration took off from there: whenever they could find a few open hours, they’d write and record in Edan’s Brooklyn studio. The outcome of those sessions is this new album, on which Sandman’s goofy and self-effacing but incisive raps are a perfect foil for Edan’s beats.
‘Humble Pi’ has won early fans at the AV Club, Bandcamp, Stereogum, Ambrosia For Heads, Vice Noisey, Hip Hop DX, among others. Stay tuned for more US dates to be announced soon.
