Hello, AOTY!
As you can tell from my bio, I’m an ex-hip-hop head — and those who know me or my reviews know I consistently (and 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓵𝔂) shit on new rap releases. This does 𝕟𝕠𝕥 apply to billy woods. And before we get deeper into this I'd like to say this is one of my more "important" posts. Erm... read it if you're interested but you won't get much from skimming other than picking up that ... read more
this is one of the most poignant and emotionally personal verses woods has ever written. his imagery combined with his startling vulnerability is fucking absurd on this track, and collaborators ELUCID and cavalier also bring some of their greatest work yet. if this is the precedent set for the rest of the album, this will easily be AOTY and one of the best records of all time
i kinda forgot this album existed so ill have to relisten and review
but this song is really fucking good though
Genuinely such a beautiful track, easily a top 100 hiphop song of all time possibly a top 50 track