There's a host of guests helping him out such as Danny Brown, Aesop Rock, Quelle Chris and Samuel T. Maps is the new album from NYC rapper billy woods and LA producer Kenny Segal, their first full collaboration since 2019’s Hiding Places. We have a regular newsletter with the week’s new releases that goes out every Thursday or Friday too. I was a bit hesitant to check it out at first, due to the album cover picture, title, and bizarre band name. A-list features include: Danny Brown, Sam Herring (Future Islands), Aesop Rock, Elucid, Benjamin Booker, and more.

Whether it's for your DJ crates, your grails shelf, or just good music to listen to, let The Taste Makers help you find what you're looking for. We needed to go on other journeys, artistic and otherwise, to come back and do something fresh,” says woods. Delivered through the haze of an irregular sleep schedule, the songs detail the alienation of spending weeks away from home, constantly shuttling between unfamiliar locations and occasionally having unpleasant incidents with authority figures or venue workers. But billy woods’ new album, recorded with beat maker Kenny Segal, is the NYC underground rap icon’s most accessible record to date, following his decolonial »Aethiopes« (2022) and the autobiographical meanderings of »Church« (2022).Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.

Less focused on political and historical subjects than woods' 2022 albums, Maps is a sort of travelogue, with lyrics mainly written and recorded on the road. Tracks like the intro "Kenwood Speakers" and wobbly, Selected Ambient Works Volume II-sampling "Babylon by Bus" describe existence in corporate America and traveling through soon-to-be-gentrified areas. Deluxe Edition includes two bonus songs not included in the standard release and 40 page lyric book illustrated by m.Maps' is the second full-length collaboration between American rapper billy woods and producer Kenny Segal. AOTY candidate with a superb vinyl pressing, really cool packaging (the airport insert sign thing is clean asf), and a dynamic soundstage.

Reuniting with producer Kenny Segal, billy woods released Maps, an album inspired by his touring experiences, in 2023. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It is alive, not only because digital and analogue instruments crowd into the mix, but also because it refuses to embrace constant change. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands. Billy Woods is a real album specialist whose own personal history often tells the tale of world history.He produced tracks for Armand Hammer (the duo between Woods and Backwoodz label mate ELUCID) and 2019’s hugely successful »Hiding Places« with billy woods. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Just wanted to mention that my copy was super staticky right out of the shrink and when I played it there was a lot of crackle…BUT I cleaned the disc just in case and set my counterweight to administer slightly less pressure on the disc and now the record plays and sounds great.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. On the mic, woods is no less of a conundrum, possessed of versatile flows and an ability to not only tackle topics other artists wouldn’t dream of, but also to bring unique perspectives to the familiar ones. Danny Brown provides a lengthy, exuberant guest verse during the warped, noisy "Year Zero," bursting in fits of laughter by the end.Fat Possum is partnering with Backwoodz Studioz to provide global marketing and distribution resources. absolutely, having Billy on the same song as Aesop Rock + another on with Danny Brown, its something I did not expect but man am I happy it happened. Saying no will not stop you from seeing our ads, but it may make them less relevant or more repetitive.