Maps

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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). Reuniting with producer Kenny Segal, billy woods released Maps, an album inspired by his touring experiences, in 2023. A-list features include: Danny Brown, Sam Herring (Future Islands), Aesop Rock, Elucid, Benjamin Booker, and more. We have a regular newsletter with the week’s new releases that goes out every Thursday or Friday too.

The fact that »Maps« is greeted with rapturous applause wherever it is heard is both justified and problematic, as it gives the impression that something is just being waved through. For the first time since their epic 2019 album, Hiding Places, billy woods teams with Kenny Segal (producer) to bring us, Maps, billy woods' most accessible album to date. The New York rapper works once more with Los Angeles producer Kenny Segal for what is another superb road-trip album that mixes up all the key elements you need in such a record - a good sense of humour and a hint of dread, as well as good eats and better smokes with plenty of lyrical style and great technique. We needed to go on other journeys, artistic and otherwise, to come back and do something fresh,” says woods.Maps is the new album from NYC rapper billy woods and LA producer Kenny Segal, their first full collaboration since 2019’s Hiding Places.

Produced in full by Kenny Segal, Maps features Danny Brown, ELUCID ( Armand Hammer), Shabaka Hutchins, Sam Herring ( Future Islands), Quelle Chris, Aesop Rock, Benjamin Booker, and ShrapKnel.Deluxe Edition includes two bonus songs not included in the standard release and 40 page lyric book illustrated by m.

Billy Woods is a real album specialist whose own personal history often tells the tale of world history.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. It is an album about trying to find your way home, after making your home wherever you lay your head. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.