Vid Pick - Homeboy Sandman

There's something very cool about this video and it isn't just the very creative clip starring Deep of 2 Hungry Bros. "The Essence," and what fans have been doing for it, and Homeboy Sandman, over the past week make it doubly special. Up as one of MTVu's "Freshman," which requires internet votes to decide which new video gets put into rotation, a group of Sandman's friends, family, and fans, came together to make sure people were clicking votes for him at all hours of the day and night. Although he finished mere percentage points behind another clip (a clip that happened to be by a famous artist's sons), Sandman still leaves the competition a true winner for developing such a dedicated fan base that's willing to go to bat for him like this. Enjoy the video.

For more on Homeboy Sandman check out my review of his album release party (6/10), our interview on RapReviews (11/08), and his Artist Of The Week feature (7/07), which was his first interview ever!