Maps

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Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands. But billy woods’ new album, recorded with beat maker Kenny Segal, is the NYC underground rap icon’s most accessible record to date, following his decolonial »Aethiopes« (2022) and the autobiographical meanderings of »Church« (2022). Fat Possum is partnering with Backwoodz Studioz to provide global marketing and distribution resources. The Maps cassette is a clever flip of the airline motif of Maps by Ashes57; it includes an orange shell with white imprint and a beautiful 8-panel fold-out J-card.

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. Die 17 wild zwischen Genres und Stimmungen wechselnden Instrumentals von Kenny Segal spiegeln das auf „Maps“ beschriebene Leben: vom Flugzeug in eine unbekannte Stadt gespuckt, verbringt Woods seine Tage im Jetlag- und Gras-Nebel, geplagt von brodelnder Anspannung und Paranoia oder von Heimweh. 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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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.

Maps is a story of the road, or roads, taken and untaken; of living the dream and dreaming of another life. Maps is the 2023 album from NYC rapper Billy Woods and LA producer Kenny Segal, their first full collaboration since 2019's Hiding Places.

AOTY candidate with a superb vinyl pressing, really cool packaging (the airport insert sign thing is clean asf), and a dynamic soundstage. Deluxe Edition includes two bonus songs not included in the standard release and 40 page lyric book illustrated by m. Weaving between poignant memoirs, deadpan humor, and incandescent bursts of surrealism, Maps cements both artists’ place amongst the best of their time.

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. 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. Weaving between poignant memoir, deadpan humor, and incandescent bursts of surrealism, Maps cements both artists' place amongst the best of their time. billy woods and Kenny Segal are teaming up once again for a new album that releases in May through Backwoodz Studio.

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. We have a regular newsletter with the week’s new releases that goes out every Thursday or Friday too. It rolls over in feedback excesses, erupts with roaring trumpets and suddenly segues into gentle bebop piano loops.Du kannst aber auch darüber entscheiden, welche Cookies du zulassen oder ablehnen möchtest: die detaillierten Cookie-Einstellungen kannst du über „Einstellungen“ einsehen und verwalten. Maps is the new album from NYC rapper billy woods and LA producer Kenny Segal, their first full collaboration since 2019’s Hiding Places.