Golliwog

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.

Produced by Steel Tipped Dove

Produced by Conductor Williams

Produced by Kenny Segal

Produced by Sadhugold

Additional instrumentation by Natalia Vacheisvili

Produced by Preservation

Produced by The Alchemist

Produced by EL-P

Produced by Kenny Segal

Produced by Shabaka Hutchings & DJ Haram

Produced by saint abdullah & Eomac

Additional vocals by Anniesa Antar

Saxophone by Mette Rasmussen

Produced by Jeff Markey

Co-produced by Messiah Musik

Saxophone by Mette Rasmussen

Produced by Messiah Musik

Produced by Ant

Produced by Steel Tipped Dove

Produced by Messiah Musik

Produced by Kenny Segal

Produced by Willie Green

Cuts by DJ Mo Niklz

Produced by Human Error Club