Earlier this summer Homeboy Sandman performed as part of a Hip-Hop showcase that WNYC put together.  Sand ripped his set as usual, but one of the highlights was this unreleased song, “Fuel”.  His wordplay is rewind-worthy as usual.

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Homeboy Sandman stopped through WNYC’s Soundcheck studio on NPR for a live performance and interview.  He performs “The Carpenter,” “Yeah But I Can Rhyme Though,” and “72 Bars For Chosenberg”, with some interviews mixed in between.  Check the video of Boy Sand rippin through “The Carpenter”, as well as an audio stream/download of the session.

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2010 was another great year for music and as the new year approaches, its time to look back at the best albums to come out in 2010.  As with last year, since the focus of this site is live music and we’re discussing studio albums, we will provide a new live song from each artist who made our list.

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P.So (formerly known as P. CASSO) tore down Voodoo Lounge at the Brown Bag Thursdays show earlier this month.  He called up fellow AOK member Homeboy Sandman to do some songs together and that really got the crowd hype.  Here’s the duo performing “Best in Show” as well as a bonus live cut of P.So tearing through “Some Fun” off his Earthtones Mixtape (which btw is our #1 Mixtape of 2009, so download that if you haven’t already).  Also be on the lookout for P.So’s next project, MoonTones, which is set to be released as a free mixtape on 2/24.

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Recently, Homeboy Sandman took the stage at Drom in NYC as part of Eprhyme’s CD release party event.  As usual, the AOK roster showed up to support as he was joined by P.So (aka P CASSO), Fresh Daily and 8THW1.  Our partners in crime, 5846 Films, were once again in the building to film the show exclusively for ATWL as well as get some backstage interviews with everyone who performed.  Here is a dope trailer for AOK – Live @ Drom and be sure to check back often as next week as we will begin releasing the live footage of the show. Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh Daily, Homeboy Sandman & John Robinson were among the many guests in the house for DJ Spinna’s album release party at Southpaw in Brooklyn recently.  Get your copy of Sonic Smash, available now on iTunes.

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