Billy Woods (born 1978)
Early life
Billy Woods was born in Washington, D.C.
[ His mother was an English literature professor from Jamaica,][ and his father was a Marxist intellectual from Zimbabwe; the two met while Woods' father was pursuing a Ph.D. in the United States.][ Around a year and a half later, in 1989, Woods and his mother returned to the United States and moved to Washington D.C.][ He started making music in the late 1990s,]
"Billy Woods" is a pseudonym; he has not revealed his birth name.
Career
Woods founded the record label Backwoodz Studioz in 2003, inspired by the success of independent releases The Cold Vein and , and released his debut album Camouflage through Backwoodz that same year.
In 2013, Woods released Dour Candy, which was entirely produced by Blockhead.
In 2023, Woods published a children's book titled A is for Anarchist.
Discography
Studio albums
Solo
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Camouflage (2003)
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The Chalice (2004)
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History Will Absolve Me (2012)
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Dour Candy (2013)
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Today, I Wrote Nothing (2015)
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Known Unknowns (2017)
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Terror Management (2019)
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Aethiopes (2022)
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Golliwog (2025)
with The Reavers
with Super Chron Flight Brothers
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Emergency Powers: The World Tour (2007)
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Indonesia (2009)
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Cape Verde (2010)
with Armand Hammer
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Race Music (2013)
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Rome (2017)
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Paraffin (2018)
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Shrines (2020)
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Haram (2021) (with The Alchemist)
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We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (2023)
with Kenny Segal
with Messiah Musik
with Moor Mother
Compilation albums
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Cowardly Threats & Hideous Cruelty (2011)
Mixtapes
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New York Times (2006)
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Deleted Scenes (2009)
Singles
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"Slums / America / Dusted" (2005)
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"Shadows" (2006)
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"Dirtweed" (2007)
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"Facetime" (2023)
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"Misery" (2025)
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"BLK ZMBY" (2025)
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"Lead Paint Test" (2025)
Guest appearances
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Invizzibl Men - "52 Lashings" from The Unveiling (2008)
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Vordul Mega - "Opium Scripts"; "Air Battery"; "Keep Livin'" + "Imani" from Megagraphitti (2008)
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Teleseen - "Chikurubi"; "Whiteworst" from Fear of the Forest (2009)
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A.M. Breakups - "Forms" + "Chapter 2" from The Cant Resurrection (2011)
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Cult Favorite - "Omega3" from For Madmen Only (2013)
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Uncommon Nasa - "The Stakes" from New York Telephone (2014)
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L'Orange - "The End" from The Orchid Days (2014)
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L'Orange - "Stop Growing" from After the Flowers (2015)
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Pawcut - "Vulture's Picnic" from Maverick (2015)
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Elucid - "Who No Know Gon Know" + "Slumped" from Osage (2016)
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ELUCID - "Bleachwater" + "Lest They Forget" from Save Yourself (2016)
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Lushlife - "The Heart Is an Atomic Bomb" from My Idols Are Dead + My Enemies Are in Power (2017)
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Uncommon Nasa - "Written at Night" from Written at Night (2017)
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Mach-Hommy - "383 Myrtle" from Dumpmeister (2017)
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LNYCHPIN - "Move on" (feat. Lt Headtrip) (prod. Uncommon Nasa) from "LNYCHPIN" (2017)
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Henry Canyons - "It Don't Mean a Thing" from Cool Side of the Pillow (2018)
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Curly Castro - "Ital-You-Can-Eat" from Tosh (2018)
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MarQ Spekt - "Pagan Politics" from At War with the Slippery Shadows (2018)
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Blockhead - "Slippery Slope" from Free Sweatpants (2019)
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Teether & Stoneset - "Overthought" from Don't Come Back Here (2019)
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L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - "Clay Pigeons" from Complicate Your Life with Violence (2019)
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Nicholas Craven - "Gyre" from Craven N 2 (2019)
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Shrapknel - "Estranged Fruit" from Shrapknel (2020)
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Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - "Grease from the Elbows" from Innocent Country 2 (2020)
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Preservation - "Lemon Rinds" + "Snow Globe" from Eastern Medicine, Western Illness (2020)
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FIELDED - "Justus" from Demisexual Lovelace (2020)
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Infinite Disease - "Anomalady" from DISEASTRA (2020)
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P.S. 4080 - "Cracks" from Paradigm Shift (2020)
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Small Bills - "Sometimes Care Looks Like Leave Me the Fuck Alone" from Don't Play it Straight (2020)
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Your Old Droog - "Odessa" from Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition (2020)
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Sage Elsesser - "Poderoso" from Songs of Sage: Post Panic! (2020)
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YOUNGMAN & Celestaphone - "Human Rights" from A Year of Octobers (2021)
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Pink Sifu - "Numbers on Yo Head" from Negro Deluxe (2021)
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Curly Castro - "Killmonger Was Right" from Little Robert Hutton (2021)
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Steel Tipped Dove - "Kingston"; "Nft"; "Buddy Ryan" + "Simple Machines" from Call Me When You're Outside (2021)
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SPECTACULAR DIAGNOSTICS - "A Gesture of... Fearlessness?" from Ancient Methods (2021)
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John Forte - "Good Money" from Vessels, Angels & Ancestors (2021)
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Your Old Droog & Lil Ugly Mane - "Meteor Man" from Space Bar (2021)
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PremRock - "Bardo" from Load Bearing Crow's Feet (2022)
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ELUCID - "Sardonyx"; "Nostrand"; "Mangosteen" + "Jumanji" from I Told Bessie (2022)
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Myles Bullen - "Ordinary Magic" from "Mourning Travels" (2022)
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Algiers - "Bite Back" (2022)
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Tom Caruana - "Saltfish" from Strange Planet (2022)
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Jeff Markey - "Floaters" from Sports and Leisure (2022)
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Moses Rockwell - "Postmodern Moped" from Until You Run Out of Cake (2022)
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Manco Wilder - "Woody Guthrie" from The Phantom of the Corner Store (2023)
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Skech185 & Jeff Markey - "Western Automatic Music, Pt. 2" from He Left Nothing for the Swim Back (2023)
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Fielded - "Windbreaker"; "Worlds Away" from Plus One (2023)
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The Alchemist - "RIP Tracy" from Flying High (2023)
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Richie Culver - "Swollen" from Scream If You Don't Exist (2023)
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Kofi Flexx - "Apothecary" from Flowers in the Dark (2023)
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Noname - "gospel?" from Sundial (2023)
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Aesop Rock - "Living Curfew" from Integrated Tech Solutions (2023)
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Blockhead - "AAU Tournaments" + "Now That's What I Call A Posse Cut Vol. 56." from The Aux (2023)
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Shabaka - "Time Pieces" (2024)
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Ol' Burger Beats - "Black Sabbath" from 74: Out of Time (2024)
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OKSE - "Omager" from OKSE (2024)
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Real Bad Man - "The Initiates Piece" from Temple Needs Water. Village Needs peace. (2024)
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Hemlock Ernst - "Inherit My Speech" from The Fall Collection (2024)
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ELUCID - "Bad Pollen"; "Instant Transfer" from Revelator (2024)
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Panchiko - "Shandy in the Graveyard" from Ginkgo (2025)
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Doseone - "Wasteland Embrace"
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