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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length collaboration from Brooklyn rapper billy woods and producer Kenny Segal features guest appearances by Aesop Rock, Benjamin Booker, Danny Brown, ELUCID, Sam Herring, and ShrapKnel.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. May 30, 2023
    92
    The two have undeniable chemistry; woods always sounds exceptionally comfortable over a Kenny Segal beat, and Segal complements woods’s intricate writing brilliantly, keeping the backdrops uncluttered but ever-evolving.
  2. May 8, 2023
    91
    woods has transcended the line of being a great artist and entered the realm of genius. With Kenny Segal’s help, he has conjured a work that is wholly its own, both in the artist’s discography and in the rap genre.
  3. May 23, 2023
    90
    As a rapper, woods has gone from strength to strength, his armoury fortified. It’s been a joy to witness. Where hooks were once short phrases bellowed on repeat, now he toys with the capabilities of his voice.
  4. May 8, 2023
    89
    The pair’s songwriting is so inventive and electric that even the depths of the late capitalist abyss begin to offer pathways to freedom.
  5. May 18, 2023
    82
    Kenny Segal, a true and varied talent in and of himself, has a firm grasp on the gift that billy woods possesses, and has doubled down on his instinct to assist, to foreground the whims of a true poet in prime form. billy woods takes the bearing, and we follow.
  6. May 8, 2023
    80
    woods fulfills the literary expectations he’s often saddled with. Each work is a different chapter in an impressively consistent collection, and Maps finds him in repose, taking stock of the world of him.
  7. May 19, 2023
    80
    Maps is one of woods' most accessible and relatable efforts, containing some of his clearest, most vivid narratives.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
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  1. Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Billy woods continues his bility to have strong lyrics and songwriting, this is something we saw before with aenthiopes and im happy to seeBilly woods continues his bility to have strong lyrics and songwriting, this is something we saw before with aenthiopes and im happy to see sticks with him here, he will never get the light he deserves because he isnt accessible but the people who love him will always get high quality Expand
  2. Jun 3, 2023
    8
    Fine Art Hip Hop with a nice touch of avant-garde. This is something that can be easily added to the collection as a fine *ss conscious HipFine Art Hip Hop with a nice touch of avant-garde. This is something that can be easily added to the collection as a fine *ss conscious Hip Hop for passing times. And heaven knows people need a good soundtrack to let go time after all this chaos. Expand
  3. May 16, 2023
    7
    Also sprach ... der Mensch ist etwas, das überwunden werden muss, weiter so mein Freund, so wird das "Plätschertum" heut ewiglich ruhen.