Billy Woods - Church INITIAL REACTION 

Billy Woods has an insane discography at this point he never misses

woods a madman for dropping 2 albums of this caliber in the same year

Your consistency at reacting to music and giving great insight is much appreciated. Great work🙏🏽💯

when it comes to your billy woods reactions sometimes I come more for your added interpretation of the lyrics and narratives than for your opinion on how good it is your reactions are always dope, informative, and entertaining

Checking in, gonna watch later tonight. Looking forward to the review, you killed the Aethiopes recap

IMO, the most consistent discography in abstract hip hop.

Awesome analysis and reaction as always man. I saw Woods live in LA last month and it was an amazing ass show. I never thought I would hear someone rap about Romanian politics( the chausescu line in Fuchsia and green). Woods probably one of the most well read rappers out rn.

was waiting for this! thank u sir 🤝

mane u the goat for reacting to this, I loved this album on first listen

I've been constantly checking to see if you've uploaded this since you promised it'd be out yesterday.. Blessings 🙌🙌

Couldn’t wait to see your take on this record, since I knew Aethiopes is one of your favorites from 2022. I know that I’m going to be coming back to this video for more insight after I’ve had time to unpack the record some more, cause you’ve done some incredible work at dissecting the lyrics.

Man…the track *All jokes aside* brings a tear to my eye. The way his voice almost cracks up at the end of the song. You can tell it’s real. So sad…

it's a damn fine record.

Another thing that’s cool is on Schism, there is a complete beat switch halfway thru the song. The second best is made with the same beat as No Hard Feelings from Athiopes. Either Messiah used the same sample or he sampled No Hard Feelings. Either way, it further adds to the representation of a “schism” or division. Now, I haven’t done enough digging, but I wonder if there is thematically a schism as well. Either from the first half of the song to the second and/or from “No Hard Feelings” to “Schism.”

I love this concept for a Channel. Keep up the great work

been looking for channel that reacts to underground hiphop and i love ur channel u also catch bars so much better than other reaction channels keep it up bro it's tight!

YES! Damn I’m at work I wanna watch this review RN!

amazing dissection man

Have no doubt that this album and Aethiopes will be in my top 10 this year. Messiah Musik crushed the production for this album.

Thanks man. Very intelligent. So much wisdom.

I don’t listen to a lot of Billy Woods but, I respect him as an MC because he’s in the same lane as Mach and Ka as far as having intricate lyricism, references, etc. also I like his approach on political topics 🔥🔥

Got mad stoked to see you covered this one. As expected, you delivered! I agree that this one of woods’ more accessible projects. However, it still took me several listens to catch certain bars. It’s entertaining and impressive to see your ability to catch bars and show your knowledge. Truly one of the best at this. Do you take requests at all? There’s a few wizards I’d love to see you react to and analyze.

The website gives insight into the narrative on this album.

Fantastic album! The switchup-beat from Schism uses the same sample as No Hard Feelings on Aethiopes. To make beats that sound so broken and strange, but still clean and good, is really difficult. Props to Messiah Musik for all these beats! And of course big props to billy woods for being a fucking incredible lyricist!

idk if anyone commented on this already but fat ray is a rapper signed to danny brown's label "bruiser brigade" his album is FIRE

In touch and agree from the crwns album for Armand hammer, woods started off by saying “don’t quit the piano, stop working on your handles. Smoke papers, recognize you really can’t save niggas.” I’m paraphrasing but I love when his songs connect but I need to re listen I missed so many lines you caught.

woods has been rapping about this same woman/situation for at least a decade she's with someone else but has long lasting feelings for him (old flame i think) then curves him. hard.

Loved this reaction man Billy Woods is goated 🥲🔥 Would love to see you react to some Flee Lord he just dropped a new album today called “Ladies & Gentlemen”

That’s what I thought about that classical music track too🔥

23:30 I think his father was a zimbabwean revolutionary but don't know if he had direct contact with any armed conflict

woods is my top rapper. He hasn’t had a bad album. Dude is consistent af. He’s cool af too, I’ve met him a couple times.

man...just got around to this one I only got into Woods in like 2020 so I've been taking my time with his stuff since its so dense. I agree with what you said about ELUCID, his delivery is so fucking dope. Kinda reminds me of why I love Schoolboy Q. They each kind of emphasize different syllables than you would expect and it makes their shit really pop. Woods just endlessly has these lines that make me wanna google shit, which I love. Mach-Hommy got me reading about Haitian history and the IMF while Woods has me looking at all sorts of shit. I need to get into Akai Solo as well so his discog is on the list. This one hit at just the right time for me. I JUST got into Fat Ray actually. He popped up on "This thing of ours 2" EP that Alchemist put out in 2021 as part of Bruiser Brigade (Danny Brown collective out of Detroit). His verse on that track is crazy (anyone with bars and a dope DOOM reference is going to get a look from me). Fat Ray's 2021 "Santa Barbara" project was pretty slick and I need to hear more. So when I saw him on the feature list for a billy woods project I was surprised in a good way. Love how he showed out on those bagpipes. Woods' dad was active in the civil war struggle in Zimbabwe so when he says shit like "after the revolution, they ate the same bowl of porridge" I wonder if he is recalling the struggle his father and those revolutionaries went through not being very fruitful? I love that Woods shouts out Roc Marci and I know he praised Ka in a previous interview. I see Marci, Ka, Woods, Earl, etc all part of that DOOM lineage. Ka + Woods is my ultimate wish list even for just one song. Love this project. Keep going man. Really appreciate your passion and knowledge. Happy holidays.

that second beat in Schism samples from No Hard Feelings on Aethiopes

Honestly, I'm digging this more than aethiopes, pretty much skipless project - 9/10

Oh yeah B Side, you checked out Duck Szn: Chinese Algebra by The Dump Gawds? It’s another hidden gem in their catalogue. I would say it’s less braggadocious than the Dollar Menu’s and the subject matter throughout the whole project is on point. It’s kinda similar to Dump Olympics:Wide Berth.

woods's discography is ridiculous at this point... if he wasn't already the 2020s have solidified him as a top 10 great

You should do some Armand hammer reactions if you haven't already bro.. Haram and Paraffin.. both great listens.. insane beats and layered lyricism.. billy woods is such a different mc and ELUCID compliments him very well

I really like your breakdowns, do you have any plans to do some Harry Mack?

You should check out the new record by Open Mike Eagle, kinda eccentric and playful might enjoy it

You are the bar whisperer

5:20 i think he's calling out dababy or boosie, bringing up those topics unprovoked

I wish I had more of a religious background only to understand Billy Woods bars more hahaha. I totally agree that this album is more “accessible” (if you can call it that, haha) than Aethiopes, but I think Aethiopes is still my #1 for the year. Roc and Al might be number 2, I’ve been listening to Elephant Man’s Bones HEAAAAVVVVYYYY Don’t know if he did it intentionally (he must have), but Fat Ray actually says “No Hard Feelings” in his verse over the same sample as on Aethiopes. I also liked his simple movie reference bar: “now go Get Shorty and Kill Bill on the way back”

Paraquat is song of the millennia

On that last song, the woman is in an abusive relationship. His friend or her BF is telling him “she don’t wanna be saved.” She’s posting selfies with a split lip. He heads to save her and she ghosts him, most likely due to the control her man has on her. She was likely forced to pretend that Billy was a chump. Or she got beaten more. Or he took her phone. Or he killed her. We don’t know what happens to her. If you look at the statistics of crimes against women, she could very well have died. But either way. It’s sad af.

Did you already react to hiding places?

Dude either high as a kite or high on life, either way it's entertaining af

Soooo you saying Billy better than Earl 👂🤔ijs?

Way i’m seeing Cossack Wedding is an abusive relationship. She’s like this toxic Chernobyl swamp monster lol.

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