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and Los Angeles record producer

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. It was released by Backwoodz Studioz on March 29, 2019. It features guest appearances from Mothermary, Elucid, and

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. The album cover is a photograph of the

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Background

produced

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's 2015 album '' So the Flies Don't Come'', which featured a guest appearance from Elucid. Elucid is one half of the duo

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along with

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''. After that, Woods and Segal decided to create a collaborative album.

Critical reception

Marcus J. Moore of ''

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'' 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

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records." He added: "There's an edginess to the record, similar to Cannibal Ox's ''

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'', a feeling that the rapper will either self-destruct or nuke everything in his wake." Tom Breihan of ''

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'' wrote: "The album works as a sweaty, jangled rumination on stress and fear and hopelessness and grim acceptance." Paul Thompson of ''

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'' called it " illy Woods'leanest and his best ecord.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

– vocals *

– production, mixing * Ryan Crosby – guitar (1, 4) * Mothermary – vocals (6), additional production (6) * Elucid – vocals (8) * Blockhead – co-production (8) *

– vocals (9) * Steel Tipped Dove – engineering * Willie Green – mastering

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2019 albums Collaborative albums Billy Woods albums Albums produced by Kenny Segal Hip hop albums by American artists