BILLY WOODS – Golliwog – 2LP – Black Vinyl

2LP – Black Vinyl. billy woods first solo album since Maps in 2022. Includes notable guest features such as Bruiser Wolf, Despot, ELUCID.

GOLLIWOG is billy woods first album in two years, preceded by 2023s Maps, his second collaboration with producer Kenny Segal. That nimble travelogue has little in common with woods newest work, despite the fact that Segal shows up a couple times in the credits. GOLLIWOG is a haunting collection that weaveshorror, humour, surrealism and Afropessimism into a cinematic tapestry, aided and abetted by a murderers row of producers. African zombies, time traveling trap cars, malevolent ragdolls and a dying Frantz Fanon are just a few of the revellers in woods danse macabre.

GOLLIWOG features production from The Alchemist, Kenny Segal, EL-P, Conductor Williams, Preservation, Messiah Musik, Sadhugold, Ant (Atmosphere), Shabaka Hutchings, Steel Tipped Dove, DJ Haram, Willie Green, Jeff Markey, Saint Abdullah, and LA-based experimental jazz trio Human Error Club. Meanwhile, woods is joined on the mic by Backwoodz labelmates ELUCID and Cavalier, along with rappers Bruiser Wolf, Despot, Al.Divino, and singer-songwriter Yolanda Watson.

GOLLIWOG is another triumph in the woods oeuvre, as layered and compelling as anything he has ever done. A black carnival pitched in a muddy field overnight, empty rides whirring and clattering in the dark.

Tracklist:

1.JumpscareProduced by Steel Tipped Dove
2.STAR87Produced by Conductor Williams
3.MiseryProduced by Kenny Segal
4.BLK XMAS feat. Bruiser WolfProduced by Sadhugold
5.Waterproof MascaraProduced by Preservation
6.CounterclockwiseProduced by The Alchemist
7.Corinthians feat. DespotProduced by EL-P
8.Pitchforks & HalosProduced by Kenny Segal
9.All These Worlds Are Yoursfeat. ELUCIDProduced by Shabaka Hutchings & DJ Haram
10.Maquiladoras feat. al.divinoProduced by Saint Abdullah
11.A Doll Fulla Pinsfeat. Yolanda WatsonProduced by Jeff Markey
12.GolgothaProduced by Messiah Musik
13.Cold SweatProduced by Ant
14.BLK ZMBYProduced by Steel Tipped Dove
15.Make No MistakeProduced by Messiah Musik
16.Born AloneProduced by Kenny Segal
17.Lead Paint Testfeat. ELUCID& Cavalier Produced by Willie Green
18.Dislocated feat. ELUCIDProduced by Human Error Club