Hiding Places

Hiding Places is a collaborative studio album by Brooklyn rapper Billy Woods and Los Angeles record producer Kenny Segal.[1] It was released by Backwoodz Studioz on March 29, 2019.[2] It features guest appearances from Mothermary, Elucid, and Self Jupiter.[3]

Hiding Places
Studio album by Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
Released	March 29, 2019
Genre	Hip hop
Length	40:23
Label	Backwoodz Studioz
Producer	Kenny Segal Mothermary Blockhead
Billy Woods chronology
Known Unknowns (2017) Hiding Places (2019) Terror Management (2019)
Kenny Segal chronology
Happy Little Trees (2018) Hiding Places (2019) Back at the House (2019)

Background

Kenny Segal produced Milo's 2015 album So the Flies Don't Come, which featured a guest appearance from Elucid.[4] Elucid is one half of the duo Armand Hammer along with Billy Woods.[4] Segal went on to provide the beats to Armand Hammer's albums Rome and Paraffin.[4] After that, Woods and Segal decided to create a collaborative album.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Fader	favorable[5]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[6]
Stereogum	favorable[7]

Marcus J. Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.7 out of 10, writing: "In a way, Hiding Places plays like a complement to early-00s underground New York rap, and sits alongside early Definitive Jux records."[6] He added: "There's an edginess to the record, similar to Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein, a feeling that the rapper will either self-destruct or nuke everything in his wake."[6] Tom Breihan of Stereogum wrote: "The album works as a sweaty, jangled rumination on stress and fear and hopelessness and grim acceptance."[7] Paul Thompson of The Fader called it "[Billy Woods'] leanest and his best [record]".[5]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
NPR	25 Best Albums of 2019	9	[8]
Stereogum	50 Best Albums of 2019	9	[9]
Time	10 Best Albums of 2019	5	[10]
Vice	100 Best Albums of 2019	8	[11]
The Wire	Top 50 Releases 2019	44	[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spongebob"	3:52
2.	"Steak Knives"	1:28
3.	"Checkpoints"	3:13
4.	"Spider Hole"	3:40
5.	"Houthi"	2:44
6.	"A Day in a Week in a Year" (featuring Mothermary)	5:04
7.	"Bedtime"	2:15
8.	"Crawlspace" (featuring Elucid)	3:45
9.	"Speak Gently" (featuring Self Jupiter)	4:53
10.	"Toothy"	2:17
11.	"Bigfakelaugh"	3:48
12.	"Red Dust"	3:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Billy Woods – vocals
• Kenny Segal – production, mixing
• Ryan Crosby – guitar (1, 4)
• Mothermary – vocals (6), additional production (6)
• Elucid – vocals (8)
• Blockhead – co-production (8)
• Self Jupiter – vocals (9)
• Steel Tipped Dove – engineering
• Willie Green – mastering

References

1. Sacher, Andrew (March 29, 2019). "20 New Rap Songs Out This Week". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
2. Bloom, Madison; Blais-Billie, Braudie (March 29, 2019). "7 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Fennesz, Quelle Chris, K Á R Y Y N, and More". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
3. Breihan, Tom (March 29, 2019). "Stream billy woods & Kenny Segal's New Album Hiding Places". Stereogum. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
4. Mlynar, Phillip (July 1, 2019). "Woods and Segal Finds Chemistry in Avant-Garde Rap". Qwest TV. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
5. Thompson, Paul (April 9, 2019). "billy woods and the virtue of hiding". The Fader. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
6. Moore, Marcus J. (April 8, 2019). "woods + segal: Hiding Places". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
7. Breihan, Tom (April 10, 2019). "billy woods & Kenny Segal Made A Stressed-Out Rap Classic". Stereogum. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
8. "NPR Music's 25 Best Albums Of 2019". NPR. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
9. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2019". Stereogum. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
10. "The 10 Best Albums of 2019". Time. November 27, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
11. "The 100 Best Albums of 2019". Vice. December 12, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
12. "The Wire's Top 50 Releases 2019". The Wire. December 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

External links

• Hiding Places at Discogs (list of releases)