Billy Woods

Billy Woods (stylized in all lowercase as billy woods) is an American rapper based in New York. He is the founder of the record label Backwoodz Studioz. He has been a member of Armand Hammer, Super Chron Flight Brothers, and The Reavers.

Billy Woods was born in Washington, D.C. His mother was an English literature professor from Jamaica. His father was a Marxist from Zimbabwe. In 1980, the family moved to Africa. After the death of Woods' father, they returned to the United States in 1989. Woods briefly attended Howard University before getting involved in New York City's hip hop scene. He started making music in the late 1990s. He wrote his "first real rhyme" at a laundromat in Kennebunk, Maine in 1997.

Billy Woods released his debut solo album, Camouflage, on his record label Backwoodz Studioz in 2003. In 2012, he released History Will Absolve Me. In 2013, he released Dour Candy, which was entirely produced by Blockhead. In 2017, he released Known Unknowns. It was included on Rolling Stone's "15 Great Albums You Probably Didn't Hear in 2017" list. In 2019, he released a collaborative album with producer Kenny Segal, titled Hiding Places, as well as a solo album, Terror Management.

Studio albums

• Camouflage (2003)
• The Chalice (2004)
• Terror Firma (2005) (The Reavers)
• Emergency Powers: The World Tour (2007) (Super Chron Flight Brothers)
• Indonesia (2009) (Super Chron Flight Brothers)
• Cape Verde (2010) (Super Chron Flight Brothers)
• History Will Absolve Me (2012)
• Dour Candy (2013)
• Today, I Wrote Nothing (2015)
• Known Unknowns (2017)
• Hiding Places (2019) (with Kenny Segal)
• Terror Management (2019)

Compilation albums

• Cowardly Threats & Hideous Cruelty (2011)

Mixtapes

• New York Times (2006) (The Reavers)
• Deleted Scenes (2009) (Super Chron Flight Brothers)

Singles

• "Slums / America / Dusted" (2005) (The Reavers)
• "Shadows" (2006) (The Reavers)
• "Dirtweed" (2007) (Super Chron Flight Brothers)

Guest appearances

• Invizzibl Men - "52 Lashings" from The Unveiling (2008)
• Vordul Mega - "Opium Scripts", "Air Battery", "Keep Livin'" and "Imani" from Megagraphitti (2008)
• Teleseen - "Chikurubi" and "Whiteworst" from Fear of the Forest (2009)
• A.M. Breakups - "Forms" and "Chapter 2" from The Cant Resurrection (2011)
• Cult Favorite - "Omega3" from For Madmen Only (2013)
• L'Orange - "The End" from The Orchid Days (2014)
• L'Orange - "Stop Growing" from After the Flowers (2015)
• Pawcut - "Vulture's Picnic" from Maverick (2015)
• Elucid - "Who No Know Gon Know" and "Slumped" from Osage (2016)
• Elucid - "Bleachwater" and "Lest They Forget" from Save Yourself (2016)
• Lushlife - "The Heart Is an Atomic Bomb" from My Idols Are Dead + My Enemies Are in Power (2017)
• Uncommon Nasa - "Written at Night" from Written at Night (2017)
• Curly Castro - "Ital-You-Can-Eat" from Tosh (2018)
• Blockhead - "Slippery Slope" from Free Sweatpants (2019)
• L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - "Clay Pigeons" from Complicate Your Life with Violence (2019)
• Nicholas Craven - "Gyre" from Craven N 2 (2019)
• Shrapknel - "Estranged Fruit" from Shrapknel (2020)
• Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - "Grease from the Elbows" from Innocent Country 2 (2020)
• Preservation - "Lemon Rinds" from Eastern Medicine, Western Illness (2020)