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.

01 Jumpscare [ft. Steel Tipped Dove]
02 Star87 [ft. Conductor Williams]
03 Misery [ft. Kenny Segal]
04 Blk Xmas [ft. Bruiser Wolf and Sadhugold]
05 Waterproof Mascara [ft. Preservation]
06 Counterclockwise [ft. The Alchemist]
07 Corinthians [ft. Despot and El-P]
08 Pitchforks & Halos [ft. Kenny Segal]
09 All These Worlds Are Yours [ft. Elucid, DJ Haram and Shabaka Hutchings]
10 Maquiladoras [ft. Al.Divino and Saint Abdullah]
11 A Doll Fulla Pins [ft. Yolanda Watson and Jeff Markey]
12 Golgotha [ft. Messiah Musik]
13 Cold Sweat [ft. Ant]
14 Blk Zmby [ft. Steel Tipped Dove]
15 Make No Mistake [ft. Messiah Musik]
16 Born Alone [ft. Kenny Segal]
17 Lead Paint Test [ft. Elucid, Cavalier and Willie Green]
18 Dislocated [ft. Elucid and Human Error Club]