SAMPLED#album guide
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Stories tagged #album guide on Sampled — sound, style, and scenes, all in one place.
Terror Management and Known Unknowns: the billy woods records people skip
Two solo albums that get lost between the big ones. Both are essential, and both explain how woods got from History Will Absolve Me to Hiding Places.
Church: the billy woods album that gets overlooked, and why it should not be
Released six months after Aethiopes, Church is billy woods' most patient record — a single producer, a single mood, and the best argument for loop-based rap in his catalog.
Aethiopes at four years: billy woods and Preservation's empire record
Released April 8, 2022, Aethiopes is the billy woods album that most rewards a second listen. What Preservation's production is doing, and why the record sounds like nothing else in rap.
GOLLIWOG explained: billy woods' horror album, in context
Nineteen tracks, fifteen producers, and a title designed to make you uncomfortable — what billy woods' GOLLIWOG actually is, using the label's own credits and release notes.