Weaving between poignant memoir, deadpan humor, and incandescent bursts of surrealism, Maps cements both artists’ place amongst the best of their time. 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. Maps is the 2023 album from NYC rapper Billy Woods and LA producer Kenny Segal, their first full collaboration since 2019's Hiding Places. Fat Possum is partnering with Backwoodz Studioz to provide global marketing and distribution resources. 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.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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.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. It rolls over in feedback excesses, erupts with roaring trumpets and suddenly segues into gentle bebop piano loops. A-list features include: Danny Brown, Sam Herring (Future Islands), Aesop Rock, Elucid, Benjamin Booker, and more. Saying no will not stop you from seeing our ads, but it may make them less relevant or more repetitive. Billy Woods is a real album specialist whose own personal history often tells the tale of world history.

Other songs address anxiety and stage pressure, with the Gil Scott Heron-like "Soundcheck" mentioning forgetting lyrics during every show. It is alive, not only because digital and analogue instruments crowd into the mix, but also because it refuses to embrace constant change.Maps is a concept album of sorts with the pair acting as road warriors well-versed in the horrors and wonders of the world. It is an album about trying to find your way home, after making your home wherever you lay your head.

It is a concept album based on the extensive touring billy woods undertook following the lifting of covid restrictions.I think we only collaborated once over the last four years and although we didn’t talk about it, I think we wanted to let that energy build again. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. 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. 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. 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. Maps is a story of the road, or roads, taken and untaken; of living the dream and dreaming of another life.

Weaving between poignant memoir, deadpan humor, and incandescent bursts of surrealism, Maps cements both artists' place amongst the best of their time. In the years since Woods has had an exceptional run of releases including a 2020 collaboration with Moor Mother and two albums under the Armand Hammer moniker. 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.