Hallways (album) explained

Hallways
Type:	studio
Artist:	Homeboy Sandman
Cover:	Hallways (album).jpg
Genre:	Hip hop
Label:	Stones Throw Records
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Hallways is the fifth studio album by American rapper Homeboy Sandman. It was released by Stones Throw Records on September 2, 2014.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

In a review for Cuepoint, Robert Christgau said Homeboy Sandman's perspective on "America, the Beautiful" was refreshing "from a man who's always been as class-conscious as alt-rap gets", while "Personal Ad" deeming "a sex boast few this side of Jay-Z would have the cool or balls to pull off".^[1]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Homeboy Sandman – vocals
• DJ Spinna – production (1)
• Jonwayne – production (2, 4)
• Blu – guest appearance (3)
• 2 Hungry Bros. – production (3)
• J57 – production (5)
• Oh No – guest appearance (6), production (6)
• Knxwledge – production (7)
• Sobermindedmusic – production (8)
• Professor Brian Oblivion – production (9)
• SOL626 – production (10)
• Jozef van Wissem – guest appearance (11), production (11)
• J-Live – guest appearance (12)
• Kurious – guest appearance (12)
• Inspirmentalist – production (12)
• Peanut Butter Wolf – executive production
• Alejandro "Sosa" Tello – recording, mixing, mastering
• Andrew Huffman – artwork
• Lauren Jaslow – photography
• Jeff Jank – design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christgau. Robert. Robert Christgau. September 12, 2014. Expert Witness. Cuepoint. September 12, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913013830/https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-17d4233f7b77. September 13, 2014. live.