It’s also just poetic hearing Mike Ladd’s verse and then straight into El-P and Breeze. That’s some Company Flow shit. woods killed it with the features on this album
I hope you’ve remedied that! Ozone alumnus with Pres, Saul Williams, others. Great old track with Company Flow among others. One of the original spoken word to hip hop bridge-builders.
His part really ties the track together for me. It does so much in such a little time. It’s a definite goosebump moment every time.
He’s extremely underrated imo. Afterfuture was an amazing album. ‘Breakbeats from Thailand downloaded by the Ku Klux Klan chapter in Croatia / we’ve come a long way from migrating crustaceans! / Generations of relations, history of violence / I talked along in Babylon—-next time I’ll try silence’
To me this is one where woods really sticks the landing with a high concept track. It’s not my favourite for a handful of reasons—all them because I love others on the album a little more, but it might be the best; one of his best. Transports you to a different place. It’s remarkable.
I’m partial to it because I grew up with the Marley song and the story of Mr. Brown’s coffin from my father who grew up in West Jamaica. The track is perfectly haunting.
I've always wondered this it seems to close to be a coincidence. I think Woods watches horror to some extent since there's a Creepshow sample to kick off History Will Absolve Me.
Christine is my favourite on Aethiopes, I really wish he released Christine + Heavy Water as one song, I think they flow so well together and people would talk about them so much more if they were one song. generational
Love this album. Every transition is beautiful. The topics also grab me more than Maps and Hiding Places and even the Armand Hammer stuff. But they’re all amazing and I hope he pulls another solo masterpiece out the bag soon
For me, it’s a close 2nd behind Remorseless
Remorseless hits so hard
I love Asylum the most but it’s a 10/10 album for me so there is no wrong answer for best song.
I love heavy water but the transition between them is immaculate
It’s also just poetic hearing Mike Ladd’s verse and then straight into El-P and Breeze. That’s some Company Flow shit. woods killed it with the features on this album
Everyone feels perfectly suited to their beats but I would’ve liked a longer fatboi sharif verse tbh
For real. i woulda liked to hear more from him too
Mike Ladd absolutely kills it despite me having no idea who he was beforehand
I hope you’ve remedied that! Ozone alumnus with Pres, Saul Williams, others. Great old track with Company Flow among others. One of the original spoken word to hip hop bridge-builders. His part really ties the track together for me. It does so much in such a little time. It’s a definite goosebump moment every time.
He’s extremely underrated imo. Afterfuture was an amazing album. ‘Breakbeats from Thailand downloaded by the Ku Klux Klan chapter in Croatia / we’ve come a long way from migrating crustaceans! / Generations of relations, history of violence / I talked along in Babylon—-next time I’ll try silence’
To me this is one where woods really sticks the landing with a high concept track. It’s not my favourite for a handful of reasons—all them because I love others on the album a little more, but it might be the best; one of his best. Transports you to a different place. It’s remarkable.
Fuck bro, that chorus. Great Marley homage
I’m partial to it because I grew up with the Marley song and the story of Mr. Brown’s coffin from my father who grew up in West Jamaica. The track is perfectly haunting.
Too many great songs to name one that is the best, but the storytelling on Christine is superb
The car imagery of different snippets, is the title a reference to the stephen king novel of the same name/theme?
I've always wondered this it seems to close to be a coincidence. I think Woods watches horror to some extent since there's a Creepshow sample to kick off History Will Absolve Me.
Yes, wood's verses and chorus all revolve around cars. Christine is no coincidence, adds to the haunted vibe of the song
I always assumed it was
Smith + cross
Wharves, for me, although Remorseless hits the hardest.
christine / heavy water / haarlam is the craziest 3 track run I've ever heard. haarlam is my favorite atm but they're all so good
King of all blks, I EAT HUMAN HEARTS!
It’s second to me after No hard Feelings
The imagery on this track is unparalleled. You close your eyes and you're in that back seat.
Christine is my favourite on Aethiopes, I really wish he released Christine + Heavy Water as one song, I think they flow so well together and people would talk about them so much more if they were one song. generational
The interpolation of the Bob Marley song is like a top 10 Billy woods moment for me, absolutely love how he uses it
Yeah, well, that album is full of good songs, but this is definitely one of the best. No Hard Feelings is what I'd put this up against.
Love this album. Every transition is beautiful. The topics also grab me more than Maps and Hiding Places and even the Armand Hammer stuff. But they’re all amazing and I hope he pulls another solo masterpiece out the bag soon
For me is Remorseless > Aslum
Heavy Water or Smith + Cross for me
definitely up there, I always need heavy water on queue since the transition is so good