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88
The duo have made an album that lures you in with rhymes and tones that are perfectly attuned to each other, augment each other and make it clear that there is something important being told here.
80
The rapper’s latest album is a clear mid-career apex that shoves his always outlandish style into territories further afield than ever before.
80
Just about every line of Aethiopes is pregnant with meaning.
80
You can only know someone who never shows their face so well, and Aethiopes still isn’t that exposé. But it isn’t meant to be. You may not know who Billy Woods is, but you know how he feels.
80
Dense. That is the thing that it is.
80
Aethiopes requires numerous listens and extensive research to fully comprehend, yet even on cursory listens, the album's scope, detail, and creativity are highly impressive.
5mo
Ah… so it isn’t overhyped
It really is that good. The first songs on this project are the least accessible. It gets easier to vibe as the project goes along.
Bars. Bars. Bars.
Holy mother of bars.
This is Billy’s first solo project since his 2019 record “Terror Management”. It was entirely produced by Preservation, the pair actually already worked together before. Preservation did some of the production, on his last solo record. Woods was also featured on Preservation’s 2020 compilation album “Eastern Medicine, Western Illness”. I heavily praised that record, so i was extremely excited to hear them collaborate again.
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Billy woods lyricism on this album paired up with features such as El-P, Quelle Chris and E L U C I D makes this album a truely hauntingly beautiful experience when backed up by the lush and dark instrumentals by Preservation. Amazing.
Favourite Track: NYNEX (feat. E L U C I D, Quelle Chris & Denmark Vessey)
Least Favourite Track: The Doldrums
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Track List
| 1 | Asylum 2:42 | 89 |
| 2 | No Hard Feelings 2:15 | 89 |
| 3 | Wharves 3:08 | 87 |
| 4 | Sauvage 3:07 feat. Boldy James, Gabe 'Nandez | 90 |
| 5 | The Doldrums 3:40 | 80 |
| 6 | NYNEX 4:17 | 86 |
| 7 | Christine 3:31 feat. Mike Ladd | 85 |
| 8 | Heavy Water 2:23 feat. El-P, Breeze Brewin | 91 |
| 9 | Haarlem 3:19 feat. Fatboi Sharif | 83 |
| 10 | Versailles 3:07 feat. Despot | 86 |
| 11 | Protoevangelium 2:24 feat. Shinehead | 86 |
| 12 | Remorseless 2:50 | 92 |
| 13 | Smith + Cross 2:21 | 90 |
Total Length: 39 minutes
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Added on: March 11, 2022