Billy Woods
Known Unknowns 2LP (smoke colored vinyl)

Known Unknowns is billy woods’ follow-up to 2013’s Blockhead collaboration Dour Candy. Blockhead is still behind the boards here but there are also a couple beats from his longtime collaborator Aesop Rock. But the center of the whirlwind is still woods, who re-emerges from a two-year hiatus after releasing the avant-garde Today, I Wrote Nothing in early 2015. Known Unknowns finds the artist on more melodic ground, but still his esoteric, acerbic self, spinning verses equal parts joy and terror, wry wit and blind rage. There are guest appearances from ELUCID (Armand Hammer), as well as Aesop Rock, Homeboy Sandman, Googie, singer Barrie McLain and DJ Mo Niklz. Since Dour Candy, Blockhead has worked with Aesop, Sandman and MarQ Spekt but Known Unknowns shows that he and woods have developed their own unique chemistry.

NEW / Released in 20176

Tracklist:

A1 Bush League

A2 Snake Oil

A3 Unstuck

A4 Wonderful

A5 Superpredator

B6 Fall Back

B7 Groundhogs Day

B8 Everybody Knows

B9 Police Came To My Show

C10 Nomento

C11 Washington Redskins

C12 Tupac Jackets

C13 Source Awards

D14 Strawman

D15 Cheap Shoes

D16 Gazpacho

D17 Keloid

D18 Robespierre