billy woods (Armand Hammer)

<div data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><br></div><div data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">For <span data-ogsc=""><strong>billy woods</strong></span>, literate rhymes and inventive flows are littered through all his works. So much so, it&rsquo;s hard to pinpoint his exact genre. But for the New York-based rapper, his music career began in the early 2000s, however, he was largely unknown until 2012 after the release of his solo album <span data-ogsc="">History Will Absolve Me</span>. Since then, woods has gone onto release music under <span data-ogsc=""><strong>Armand Hammer</strong></span> &ndash; a collaborative project with <span data-ogsc=""><strong>ELUCID</strong></span> &ndash; and an array of solo albums like <span data-ogsc="">Today, I Wrote Nothing</span> (2015), <span data-ogsc="">Maps</span> (2023) and more.</div><p><br></p><div data-ogsc="black">His latest solo release &ndash; the 2025 album <span data-ogsc="">GOLLIWOG</span> &ndash; has been deemed his most experimental yet. So much so, <span data-ogsc="">Pitchfork</span>described it as &ldquo;a twisty horrorcore masterpiece where history and nightmares are indistinguishable&rdquo; and a &ldquo;perfect showcase for his craft&rdquo;. It mixes horror, humour, surrealism and Afropessimism into the one work: think African zombies, time traveling trap cars, malevolent ragdolls and a dying Frantz Fanon</div>