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——— BILLY WOODS (US)EN/
Billy Woods is a rapper who defies easy categorization; he claims Washington D.C. as his hometown but has spent much of his life in New York City. He was born in the U.S. but spent much of his childhood in Africa and the West Indies, the second child of a Jamaican intellectual and a would-be Marxist revolutionary.
On the mic, woods is no less of a conundrum, possessed of versatile flows and an ability to not only tackle topics other artists wouldn’t dream of, but also to bring unique perspectives to the familiar ones. After spending much of the 2000’s as half of the now defunct Super Chron Flight Brothers, woods struck out on his own with 2012’s audacious mission statement, History Will Absolve Me. An album two years in the making, History…was a molotov cocktail of sarcastic fury, with production to match it’s uncompromising vision. 2013 saw billy woods collaborating with producer Blockhead (Ninja Tune, Def Jux) on the darkly humorous LP, Dour Candy. A noteworthy about-face from HWAM, Dour Candy garnered praise for it’s understated tone and wry wit, paired with Blockhead’s subtle craftsmanship. That same year, woods and fellow NYC rapper Elucid joined forces as Armand Hammer and released the incendiary album Race Music to critical acclaim. 2014 saw only the release of a vinyl-only EP by Armand Hammer, Furtive Movements, a more abstract project that in some ways served to set the stage for woods’ and Elucid’s solo work here in 2015.
Long before building the modest-but-loyal cult following that came with the Flight Brothers, woods made a name for himself with a left-field debut album and one intriguing ensemble project after another. A longtime associate of Cannibal Ox, he came into the game on the back of a collaborative record with Vordul called Camouflage, a low-budget, ultra-indie release that set the table for woods’ particular brand of blunted dissonance and lyrical tight roping. Camouflage was quickly followed by his first, true solo album, The Chalice, in 2004. With features from Cannibal Ox and future partner-in-rhyme Priviledge, The Chalice is widely accepted as woods’ best solo work to date. It would also be his last solo work for a long time as woods threw himself into a series of group projects, first as a part of East Coast rap “supergroup” The Reavers, with Akir, Karniege, Vordul Mega, Hasan Salaam and a host of other on-the-cusp MC’s in 2005.
Then came the Super Chron Flight Brothers; between 2006 and 2010, woods and Priviledge released a trilogy of critically-acclaimed concept albums, wrapping cogent sociopolitical commentary in a potent mix of racial humor, W**d rap and pop-culture references.
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billy woods is een rapper die zich niet makkelijk in een hokje laat stoppen. Hij claimt Washington D.C. als zijn geboortestad, maar heeft een groot deel van zijn leven doorgebracht in NYC, Afrika en West-Indië. Op de mic is woods niet minder een breinbreker: hij heeft een veelzijdige flow en een vermogen om niet alleen onderwerpen aan te snijden waar andere artiesten niet over durven dromen, maar ook om unieke perspectieven te brengen op de bekende onderwerpen.
Zijn carriere telt haast uitsluitend hoogtepunten: van de hoogdagen met cult band Super Chron Flight Brothers langs zijn solodebuut ‘History Will Absolve Me’, tot zijn werk met E L U C I D onder de noemer Armand Hammer, bewezen allemaal de unieke flow en het overtuigende sociopolitieke commentaar waar de rapper zo bekend voor staat.
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• Museum (Botanique)
• Doors 19:30
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• Ticket 25.5€
• Day of show 28.5€
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Le Botanique, Kruidtuinstraat 236, 1210 Sint-Joost-ten-Node, België, Brussels, Belgium
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