History Will Absolve Me

by Billy Woods

History Will Absolve Me cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 April 2012
  • Label: Backwoodz Studioz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:42
  • Community rating: 4.17/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A dense and abrasive entry in the underground hip-hop canon, 'History Will Absolve Me' confronts issues of race, politics, and survival with visceral intensity. Billy Woods delivers complex, cryptic lyricism over jagged, industrial-tinged production that refuses to cater to mainstream sensibilities. The album is a claustrophobic yet compelling examination of societal decay.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, political, sampling, rap, lo-fi, storytelling, experimental, narrative

Tracklist

  1. A Mis Enemigos (High Tide) (3:03)
  2. Crocodile Tears (3:33)
  3. The Man Who Would Be King (3:37)
  4. Ca$h 4 Gold (3:15)
  5. Body of Work (4:31)
  6. The Foreigner (3:40)
  7. Bill Cosby (1:49)
  8. Freedmen's Bureau (3:58)
  9. Blue Dream (3:41)
  10. DMCA (2:54)
  11. Pompeii (4:23)
  12. Duck Hunt (4:04)
  13. Nigerian Email (3:36)
  14. Pump up the Volume (3:10)
  15. Frozen Sunlight (3:55)
  16. Sour Grapes (3:53)
  17. Human Resources (3:34)
  18. The Wake (3:06)

Credits

  • Billy Woods - primary artist
  • HiCoup - vocals [additional]
  • Masai Bey - featuring
  • Roc Marciano - featuring
  • DJ Addikt - scratches
  • Elucid - featuring
  • L 'Wren - vocals [additional]
  • Junclassic - featuring
  • MarQ Spekt - featuring

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