Billy Woods: Fear, Doubt, and Death on 'Hiding Places'

On his bracing collaboration with L.A. producer Kenny Segal, billy woods delves into his fears, doubts, and even mortality. The album, titled 'Hiding Places,' features woods writing about everything from romantic distress to the financial realities of a rap career, and his general disdain for others. Segal, a staple of L.A.'s alternative hip-hop scene, provides a tense and foreboding backdrop for woods' lyrical explorations. This collaboration feels haunted, a departure from woods' previous New York-inflected work. Woods uses bleakness and humor as weapons to lament past hardships. The songs unfold like raw diary entries, with woods facing death with a nonchalant attitude. The album captures a stark honesty about his personal history and fears. 'Hiding Places' resonates with the edginess of early-00s underground New York rap. It reflects a world where older ways fade, leaving woods to reconcile his history directly and honestly.