New York City-based hip-hop artist billy woods is set to release his new album ‘GOLLIWOG’ on May 9th.
Operating from his Backwoodz Studioz, a center for innovative music, the upcoming album ‘Golliwog’ consists of an extensive 18-track song cycle that features numerous guest appearances.
The musical landscape crafted by billy woods includes contributions from producers and artists such as El-P, The Alchemist, Shabaka Hutchings, Kenny Segal, Conductor Williams, Preservation, DJ Haram, Ant (from Atmosphere), Steel Tipped Dove, Sadhugold, Saint Abdullah, Jeff Markey, Messiah Musik, and the Los Angeles-based experimental jazz trio Human Error Club.
Additionally, on the mic, woods is joined by his Backwoodz labelmates ELUCID and Cavalier, as well as rappers Bruiser Wolf, Despot, al.divino, and singer-songwriter Yolanda Watson.
The overarching themes of the album encompass horror, humor, surrealism, and Afropessimism, all tied together by billy woods' cinematic wordplay.
As woods shares, “At the age of nine, I wrote a story about an evil golliwog. My mother read it and told me it was too derivative and required some improvement. Now we’re here.”
The new single ‘Misery,’ produced by Kenny Segal, is available now. Listen below, and be sure to catch his UK headline shows listed at the end –
Tracklist: 1. Jumpscare (produced by Steel Tipped Dove) 2. STAR87 (produced by Conductor Williams) 3. Misery (produced by Kenny Segal) 4. BLK XMAS featuring Bruiser Wolf (produced by Sadhugold) 5. Waterproof Mascara (produced by Preservation) 6. Counterclockwise (produced by The Alchemist) 7. Corinthians featuring Despot (produced by EL-P) 8. Pitchforks & Halos (produced by Kenny Segal) 9. All These Worlds Are Yours featuring ELUCID (produced by Shabaka Hutchings & DJ Haram) 10. Maquiladoras featuring al.divino (produced by Saint Abdullah) 11. A Doll Fulla Pins featuring Yolanda Watson (produced by Jeff Markey) 12. Golgotha (produced by Messiah Musik) 13. Cold Sweat (produced by Ant) 14. BLK ZMBY (produced by Steel Tipped Dove) 15. Make No Mistake (produced by Messiah Musik) 16. Born Alone (produced by Kenny Segal) 17. Lead Paint Test featuring ELUCID & Cavalier (produced by Willie Green) 18. Dislocated featuring ELUCID (produced by Human Error Club)
Catch billy woods live:
October 3 - Dublin, Opium
October 4 - Glasgow, St Luke’s
October 6 - Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
October 7 - Bristol, Strange Brew
October 8 - Cardiff, The Globe
October 9 - London, Scala
Photo Credit: Natalia Vacheishvili
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Influential NYC hip-hop artist billy woods is set to unveil his latest album 'GOLLIWOG' on May 9th. The visionary operates out of his Backwoodz Studioz, a center for