Art: Ethan Hamilton
Last summer,
New York rapper
Billy Woods
offered up
Known Unknowns.
The eighteen song project
features sixteen instrumentals
from Blockhead
and the remaining two
from Aesop Rock
(who is also featured
as a vocalist).
Additional features include
Homeboy Sandman
and ELUCID.
Needless to say,
Billy is in
good company, no?
Acting as one hell
of a lyrical follow-up
to 2015's impressive
Today, I Wrote Nothing,
Woods reminds the world
why he should continue
to be in the conversation
for strongest MCs in the game.
Songs like “Superpredator”
and “Cheap Shoes”
showcase Woods' lyrical abilities
over the smoothest
of bass lines
Now that it's below
freezing outside Chicago,
this album sounds
better than ever.
Ice cold.
More New York
