| Veins | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Homeboy Sandman |
| Cover: | Veins (album).jpg |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | Stones Throw |
| Prev Title: | Kindness for Weakness |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Humble Pi |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Veins is the seventh studio album by American rapper Homeboy Sandman.[1] It was released by Stones Throw Records on March 31, 2017.[2] Homeboy Sandman described the inspiration for the album as simply "a burning desire to just fuckin rhyme."[3]
Robert Christgau wrote that if Sandman's "flow and beats were a smidge more iconic, he'd epitomize the kind of major minor artistry Le Tigre--hell, Spoon or somebody--parlayed into legend." In a review for HipHopDX, Kyle Eustice wrote: "In this often vapid world of meaningless lyrics, having to actually dissect what an MC is saying is... like a breath of fresh air."[4] Veins was selected as one of the best hip hop albums of 2017 by Bandcamp Daily author Phillip Mlynar.[5]