Billy Woods
Golliwog 2LP vinyl

GOLLIWOG is billy woods’ first album in two years, preceded by 2023’s Maps, his second collaboration with producer Kenny Segal. That nimble travelogue has little in common with woods’ newest work, despite the fact that Segal shows up a couple times in the credits. GOLLIWOG is a haunting collection that weaves
horror, humor, surrealism and Afropessimism into a cinematic tapestry, aided and abetted by a murderer’s row of producers. African zombies, time traveling trap cars, malevolent ragdolls and a dying Frantz Fanon are just a few of the revelers in woods’ danse macabre.

GOLLIWOG features production from The Alchemist, Kenny Segal, EL-P, Conductor Williams, Preservation, Messiah Musik, Sadhugold, Ant (Atmosphere), Shabaka Hutchings, Steel Tipped Dove, DJ Haram, Willie Green, Jeff Markey, Saint Abdullah, and LA-based experimental jazz trio Human Error Club. Meanwhile, woods is joined on the mic by Backwoodz labelmates ELUCID and Cavalier, along with rappers Bruiser Wolf, Despot, Al.Divino, and singer-songwriter Yolanda Watson.

GOLLIWOG is another triumph in the woods oeuvre, as layered and compelling as anything he has ever done. A black carnival pitched in a muddy field overnight, empty rides whirring and clattering in the dark

NEW / Released in 2025

Tracklist:

A1 Jumpscare

A2 STAR87

A3 Misery

A4 BLK XMAS

A5 Waterproof Mascara

A6 Counterclockwise

B1 Corinthians

B2 Pitchforks & Halos

B3 All these Worlds Are Yours

B4 Maquiladoras

B5 A Doll Fulla Pins

C1 Golgotha

C2 Cold Sweat

C3 BLK ZMBY

C4 Make No Mistake

D1 Born Alone

D2 Lead Paint Test

D3 Dislocated

D4 House In the Woods