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| 5.0 classic | Waiting around to die | April 8th 22 |
It's crazy to me that theres people that still don't get it. Billy is one of the greatest ever. E V E R.
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| 4.5 superb | iamwrong | April 8th 22 |
The production is phenomenal. Dark, transportive, and deep. Features are fantastic as well.
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| 5.0 classic | North0House2 | April 8th 22 |
Best I?ve heard Woods in years. This is everything I hoped for and more. I could see it hitting a 5 over time.
Edit: I didn’t need to wait. It’s the best album I’ve heard this year. Already on the third spin and it just gets better.
Absolutely top shelf stuff. Not only is Woods at the best I’ve heard him, but Preservation completely killed the
production here. It’s wonderful.
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| 4.5 superb | imyourzer0 | August 5th 22 |
Only Billy Woods can create a contemplative hip hop record that has pure bangers in the form of commentaries about the effects of imperialism and capitalism that sounds like the instrumentation was out of the 1800s. Dusty guitars, wheezing harmonicas, and derelict pianos sound like this mysterious and slow paced effort of rebellion was recorded in the backwoods (get it) shed in the rural bayous of Louisiana . 9/10
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| 5.0 classic | finanime2022 | May 22nd 22 |
I can see this becoming a 5 honestly. These instrumentals are unforgettable and unique as all hell. My first few spins I simply felt a little unnerved by the experience, but soon found that I couldn't get songs like Asylum, Wharves, NYNEX, and Remoseless out of my head. oh yeah, and I also couldn't get every other song out of my head either. Lyricism so dense and evocative that I'm still puzzling out what some of it means, but I think the impression that each song is supposed to give is clear. Billy Woods is a master of his craft.
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| 0.0 | PrincyAli | May 14th 22 |
Consistent, dark and heavy. 4.7/5 Favs: Asylum, No Hard Feelings, Wharves, Sauvage, NYNEX, Christine, Heavy Water, Versailles, Remorseless
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| 4.5 superb | NietzschesMoustache | May 11th 22 |
Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop // 2022 // Best: "Asylum"
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| 4.0 excellent | Chino smoking it up! | April 24th 22 |
Once every 10 years I check an hiphop album. Guess I was lucky with this one.
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| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | April 9th 22 |
it's a 4 right now, but as every woods grows on me i'm preemptively bumping the rating. typical dark and dense woods, maybe even more so than anything he's done yet.
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| 5.0 classic | Braeckderm | April 8th 22 |
Great album! It's a little bit more experimental than some other stuff I know by Billy Woods but it works for me.
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| 5.0 classic | valrus | March 10th 24 |
My first woods album and still my favorite. woods covers so much ground (and sea) here and ties it all together (helped along by Preservation's fantastically moody beats and/or lack thereof) in such a compelling way. Lots of heavy topics but never didactic or overbearing. Man. This album is so good.
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| 4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | September 11th 22 |
Atheiopes wastes no time establishing one of the best atmospheres on a hip hop record of recent memory. 'Asylum' opens with guitar which is joined by piano, live bass and eventually a sax and these instruments are used throughout the album to create a creepy, anxious mood that perfectly compliments Billy Woods' direct rap approach. Beautifully produced instrumentation and this one is a treat to listen to on your expensive headphones. The album evokes imagery and it feels like you are trapped in a dusty dive full of worn wooden fixtures located adjacent to a creepy swamp. It is hard to find a weak track on the album but perhaps the almost complete lack of strong percussion leads to slight exhaustion by the end of the record but this is only a minor complaint. Props to 'No Hard Feelings' and 'Remorseless' where Billy raps over nothing but minimal flutes and horns. In retrospect 2022 feels like one of the best years of hip hop in a long time and this was just part of the first major wave oif the season.
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| 4.5 superb | Free Death #2 | August 20th 22 |
This is so good it makes it difficult to listen to other rap.
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | April 26th 22 |
I'm like Asleep: every time I listen to Billy Woods, I'm left puzzled as I can tell I like what I've heard, but I struggle explaining in detail why I like it. Let's go for the usual: intricate lyricism, varied flows, and hypnotizing beats are very nice to listen to.
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| 4.0 excellent | BillyBrill | April 12th 22 |
sickest shit this year, this has been an insane year for music so far and its only april
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| 4.5 superb | CrisStyles | April 8th 22 |
Billy Woods' incredible run continues. Between his last couple of albums as part of Armand Hammer, Brass with Moor Mother, Hiding Places and now this album, he's been sky-rocketing up my favorite hip-hop artists list.
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| 3.5 great | RogueZ | August 13th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | djunior | July 25th 25 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | January 31st 25 |
| 3.5 great | yuvz | September 22nd 24 |
| 3.5 great | denboy | June 17th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Maniac! | February 12th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | kabster | January 31st 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Sapee | December 23rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Trouse | December 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prole | June 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh-D | June 4th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | ceejay | March 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | vult | February 23rd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Pvzuzu | February 15th 23 |
| 3.5 great | 2ool | January 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jlsg | January 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lvxfra | December 23rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Alex C. | December 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | December 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | alamo | December 18th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Deebo05 | November 25th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | November 24th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Trebor. EMERITUS | November 9th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | October 25th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hyndez | October 6th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | October 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luklear1 | September 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | tellah | August 31st 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Rinami | August 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | August 10th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Coast | August 9th 22 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | August 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ARDCWE | June 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | lurxy | June 23rd 22 |
| 1.0 awful | samsid | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ckssr1 | June 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | colbes | May 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | May 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | April 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Corney | April 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | April 25th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Feels | April 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | April 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gillie | April 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Piglet | April 18th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | athul | April 17th 22 |
| 3.5 great | bharry | April 15th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | April 14th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Djang0 | April 14th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | chunto | April 13th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt | April 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | April 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | April 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emo | April 11th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | chwe | April 11th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | HugoG | April 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | lg433 | April 9th 22 |
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