billy woods

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:30 am

unclebengi, thanks a million, definitely appreciated.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Thu May 05, 2011 12:10 pm

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote: Sorry, amazingly I am embarrassing myself talking about my own friends' work. I somehow thought Dirge was not on it. Please continue and put me on ignore.

Never that COOLEH, you're the one who's gonna introduce me to billy one day.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:01 pm

unclebengi wrote:
COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote: Sorry, amazingly I am embarrassing myself talking about my own friends' work. I somehow thought Dirge was not on it. Please continue and put me on ignore.
Never that COOLEH, you're the one who's gonna introduce me to billy one day.

:stalker:

(just kidding, bro!)

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:34 pm

unclebengi wrote:

This Dr. Monokrome album was a a 2 disc joint from '05 that featured one disc from woods's future partner Priviledge and another from Woods and his former rhyme partner Thrill Gates (who now doesn't rap).

also released in '05 the Reavers was a super group billy formed with Kong, Spiega, AKIR, Hasan Salaam, Priviledge, Keith Masters, Vordul and others. Highly political, this is the album that first got me into woods back in '05. Great creative MCing, but he cleary stands out.

Haven't listened to either of these yet. Everything else is fantastic though. Didn't even know about the Dr. Monokrom album - is that still in print? Also, I was under the impression that there were two Reavers albums - guess not.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:34 pm

Thun wrote:
Versive wrote:Nah, jus sayin, I never see their music promoted anywhere but here. I didn't get into SCFB until Cape Verde dropped last year.
Music that sounds good, breaks creative and generic boundaries, offers relevant commentary on current issues, and criticizes foreign policy all at once is almost never championed in the blogosphere.

True indeed.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Thu May 05, 2011 6:06 pm

the fuck? my bad on the triple post.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Thu May 05, 2011 6:46 pm

Versive wrote:
unclebengi wrote:

This Dr. Monokrome album was a a 2 disc joint from '05 that featured one disc from woods's future partner Priviledge and another from Woods and his former rhyme partner Thrill Gates (who now doesn't rap).

also released in '05 the Reavers was a super group billy formed with Kong, Spiega, AKIR, Hasan Salaam, Priviledge, Keith Masters, Vordul and others. Highly political, this is the album that first got me into woods back in '05. Great creative MCing, but he cleary stands out.
Haven't listened to either of these yet. Everything else is fantastic though. Didn't even know about the Dr. Monokrom album - is that still in print? Also, I was under the impression that there were two Reavers albums - guess not.

There was a Reavers mixtape-

http://www.fileserve.com/file/gzTHg5c

not a ton of unreleased woods songs on there but still dope, especially the remixes.

Here's a site where you can still purchase the Dr. Monokrome album-
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/drmonokrome

I'm not a huge fan of the Priviledge disc, but it's worth copping just for the woods disc to me. Clockers might be the best 9-5 song I've ever heard.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Thu May 05, 2011 6:55 pm

Blockhead wrote:
unclebengi wrote:
COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote: Sorry, amazingly I am embarrassing myself talking about my own friends' work. I somehow thought Dirge was not on it. Please continue and put me on ignore.
Never that COOLEH, you're the one who's gonna introduce me to billy one day.
:stalker:

(just kidding, bro!)

yeah, if I'm a stalker for anyone, it's billy. I got to meet my favorite non-rap musician (Built to Spill's Doug Martsch) a couple years ago and it was an awesome experience. Just to be able to tell him what his music meant to me in person was pretty powerful, I'd like to be able to do the same with woods one day.

Living in Indiana it might take me a while though. I got a sister who lives in Jersey City now, so maybe I'll get out there for one of the Yule Prog Shows eventually.

Haitian Jack · Post by **Haitian Jack** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:20 am

yo neone know who they got talking on the mixtape intro?

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:26 am

James Baldwin

fourize · Post by **fourize** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:09 am

I've been playing the shit out of that Woods collection. Bob Hope, October, Opium Scripts, Concussion, and several others are incredible.

Bob Hope especially. Song is nuts.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Sat May 14, 2011 11:54 am

fourize wrote:I've been playing the shit out of that Woods collection. Bob Hope, October, Opium Scripts, Concussion, and several others are incredible.

Bob Hope especially. Song is nuts.

Bond beats ftw

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sat May 14, 2011 11:57 am

I'm totally lost. Who? What? Can someone please slow down for the new jacks?

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Sat May 14, 2011 12:04 pm

Bob Hope is a track of the first Super Chron Flight Brothers album Emergency Powers (2007).

SCFB is the group that Woods was in for the past few years. A truncated version of the song without the other cat in the group is on the "Cowardly Threats & Hideous Cruelty" mixtape.

The full version of the song is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW6nC30feAA

Being that I know these people, the interlude is almost better than the song to me hahaha.

BOND is the guy who did the beat, and a ton of beats for Backwoodz artists in general and Woods in particular.

fourize · Post by **fourize** » Sat May 14, 2011 1:04 pm

Yeah, Bond and Willie Green are exceptionally good producers. I like how Billy's visual, unhinged style works so well over those type of beats.

What else has Bond done? I can seriously track through the Billy Woods mix and know that if I stop on a song produced by Bond or Willie Green it's gonna be good.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Sat May 14, 2011 1:35 pm

fourize wrote:Yeah, Bond and Willie Green are exceptionally good producers. I like how Billy's visual, unhinged style works so well over those type of beats.

What else has Bond done? I can seriously track through the Billy Woods mix and know that if I stop on a song produced by Bond or Willie Green it's gonna be good.

Outside of stuff for Vordul Mega, Woods and other Backwoodz artists, I'm not 100% certain. I know he did one of the best tracks on that Hell Razah & Shabazz album, THUG Angels or something.

Actually, I found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY3Z4FUMt7M

I think it's a diss to the Rza but I might be wrong. Definitely something related to Wu Tang beef from the sound of it.

Haitian Jack · Post by **Haitian Jack** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:35 pm

unclebengi wrote:James Baldwin

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:57 am

Here's another great song that's from Camouflage, but was left off the reissue.

Fanaticism-
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"Rod Strickland, I'll fuck up your team"

ogie · Post by **ogie** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:23 am

^ that's too ill. i have to go back to those first two woods albums, been a while since i've heard them.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:21 pm

unclebengi wrote:Here's another great song that's from Camouflage, but was left off the reissue.

Fanaticism-
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"Rod Strickland, I'll fuck up your team"

I always preferred Cross My Heart off The Chalice, which essentially is just a souped up version of the same beat.

The gap between solo work will certainly make this new album different for long time fans. Considering that The Chalice and Camouflage came out almost back to back, both albums even sharing a beat, and now it's 7 years later. From what I understand, there is not any production from anyone on those first two albums besides Marmaduke, who was a bit player then. No Priviledge, Can-Ox, Thrill Gates or Reavers...

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:20 pm

I just hope the guests are at a minimum. If there's anyone who can hold down a long solo album by themselves in this day and age, it's billy. Nothing against Kong, but that's why I like Fanaticism more than Cross My Heart and why I was happy when Super Chron broke up.

"Realizin' it's cheaper to be my own guest feature"

I loved woods paired with Vordul and Thrill Gates, but this is his time. He has a chance to put out an album that could finally get him the recognition he deserves and I think he's going to knock it out the park. Plus, if that Willie Green spring mix is any indicator, he's gonna have some heaters on there.

fourize · Post by **fourize** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:50 pm

I agree that Woods is one of those folks who just works better without guests. Some of the songs with Vordul are great, but they'd be better without him. I get annoyed at how short some of the "songs" on the best-of mix are, so it'd be nice to get a new batch without having to cut some other yahoo's verse off.

Haitian Jack · Post by **Haitian Jack** » Sat May 21, 2011 12:04 am

fourize wrote:I agree that Woods is one of those folks who just works better without guests. Some of the songs with Vordul are great, but they'd be better without him.

fourize · Post by **fourize** » Sat May 21, 2011 1:54 am

Haitian Jack wrote:
fourize wrote:I agree that Woods is one of those folks who just works better without guests. Some of the songs with Vordul are great, but they'd be better without him.

I like Vordul okay, but I prefer the songs with just Billy Woods, and would rather have 2 Woods verses than 1 Woods and 1 Vordul.

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Sat May 21, 2011 3:15 am

can someone give me a good starting point for this dude? i'm 100 percent clueless

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sat May 21, 2011 3:35 am

What I would do is start with the mixtape that began this thread. I'm pretty sure that's what it's for... and it's great. If you've already peeped that then check out one of his two solo albums, Camoflage or The Chalice.

I started with the Super Chron Flight Brothers' last album, Cape Verde, and then worked my way forward from Camoflage, his solo debut. That works too.

Haitian Jack · Post by **Haitian Jack** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:21 pm

fourize wrote:
Haitian Jack wrote:
fourize wrote:I agree that Woods is one of those folks who just works better without guests. Some of the songs with Vordul are great, but they'd be better without him.

I like Vordul okay, but I prefer the songs with just Billy Woods, and would rather have 2 Woods verses than 1 Woods and 1 Vordul.

opium scripts, pit & pendulem, last mcs, web and imani all say you wrong

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:59 pm

Maybe COOL or GREEN can answer this: On the song, Consolation Prize, woods says "...Working on his novel, still on the first line."

The more I listen to him, the more I think that he really could be an excellent novelist. So is the above true, or you know, at least half true?

Haitian Jack · Post by **Haitian Jack** » Sat May 21, 2011 7:49 pm

Versive wrote:Maybe COOL or GREEN can answer this: On the song, Consolation Prize, woods says "...Working on his novel, still on the first line."

The more I listen to him, the more I think that he really could be an excellent novelist. So is the above true, or you know, at least half true?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_d ... ormy_night

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Sat May 21, 2011 8:39 pm

^^^dope, has there ever been an MC more well read than billy??? Peep his verse on "A Million Little Pieces" as evidence.