billy woods Archives

From prolific underground rap vets to mainstream up-and-comers

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

Our favorite songs from an eclectic year

We look back at 20 years of albums of the year!

Looking over the past six months of outstanding new music

We pick 10 favorites from two decades of hip-hop innovation

The emcee and producer’s second team-up, an album of surrealist travelogues, is at once introspective, funny and affecting

Plus Wolf Eyes, billy woods & Kenny Segal and Mammatus

Plus Geld, Jessie Ware, Danny Paul Grody and Mandy, Indiana

The first single from ‘Maps,’ out May 6

Follow-up to ‘Hiding Places’ due out in May

Plus Party Dozen with billy woods, Debby Friday and Yves Tumor

Plus tour dates with Algiers

Eclecticism defined the greatest moments in hip-hop in 2022.

The debuts, comebacks, cult favorites and blockbusters that defined a year

Our favorite anthems, bangers, ballads and rippers of the past year

Plus dazy, billy woods and Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn

The best records from the halfway point

The Armand Hammer emcee teams up with Preservation for one of his most darkly compelling albums yet.

Plus Quelle Chris, Naja Naja and Michael Beharie