Humble Pi cover

Humble Pi

Released

Queens rapper Homeboy Sandman released an album and at least a couple EPs nearly every year of the 2010s, but one of his most resonant is this seven-track co-billed joint with an artist whose presence had been noticeably more sporadic. Edan revealed that he’d maintained his touch in the fallow stretch between 2005 psych-rap miracle oddity Beauty and the Beat and his re-teaming with Sandman for Humble Pi, and the two geeked each other up enough to hit some of their respective conceptual peaks: Vivaldi gone true crime on “Grim Seasons,” social media flushed down the toilet on “#Neverusetheinternetagain,” and return-to-caveman aesthetics on “Evolution of (Sand)Man” show a remarkable range from bleak reportage to cartoonish wiseassery.

Nate Patrin

Recommended by

Suggestions
The Juggaknots cover

The Juggaknots

Juggaknots
Shrines cover

Shrines

Armand Hammer
Nothing To Declare cover

Nothing To Declare

700 Bliss
Us cover

Us

Brother Ali
Mr. Hood cover

Mr. Hood

KMD
Back on the Planet cover

Back on the Planet

Ras G
Psyence Fiction cover

Psyence Fiction

UNKLE
Amplified cover

Amplified

Q-Tip
Paul’s Boutique cover

Paul’s Boutique

Beastie Boys
Lucky Boy at Night cover

Lucky Boy at Night

DJ Mehdi
Tical cover

Tical

Method Man
Shut Up, Dude cover

Shut Up, Dude

Das Racist, Heems