Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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KEXP.ORG presents Billy Woods & Kenny Segal performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 16, 2023
Songs:
Soft Landing
Blue Smoke
Bad Dreams Are Only Dreams
FaceTime
Billy Woods - Vocals
Kenny Segal - Samplers
Host: Larry Mizell, Jr.
Audio Engineers: Kevin Suggs
Audio Mixer: Kevin Suggs
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D’Alessandro, Scott Holpainen, Ettie Wahl
Editor: Scott Holpainen
billywoods.bandcamp.com/album...
kexp.org

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@babydrives9394 Жыл бұрын

Soft Landing 0:22 Blue Smoke 3:22 Bad Dreams Are Only Dreams 5:03 Facetime 11:02 Interview 14:45

@joshuaDstarks Жыл бұрын

Big ups.

@moscastrophe 11 ай бұрын

thanks

@paullegloan1502 Жыл бұрын

Woods' music hits like a novel, the gravity of its emotion, the incisivenes of its social commentary, the lopsided rhyme schemes, it just swallows me whole

@Channel.1061 11 ай бұрын

Almost more like dense philosophy to me. It seems to get more intense with each listen in a way, as the layers of meaning are slowly pulled back.

@scouthanamura2380 11 ай бұрын

the breadth of subject matter he speaks about in his music, is second to none

@JonathanDoe777 11 ай бұрын

Well said

@rarerashad 11 ай бұрын

ayyyyoooooo

@jeek3512 11 ай бұрын

Pause

@unimpressedalchemist 11 ай бұрын

I'll never get over how dope of a line "spliff could probably jump your whole car battery" is

@tinyupwardrockets Жыл бұрын

blurred the face 💪

@alberts1985 5 ай бұрын

You know how I feel

@FabianMacGintyONeill Жыл бұрын

Genuinely think Billy Woods may be one of the most underrated musicians of all time, Known Unknowns is a masterpiece

@WHOAM1894 9 ай бұрын

It's actually insane how underrated he is given he's the best rapper to ever do it.

@lesryglrhfohser 9 ай бұрын

All of his albums are masterpieces. You’re underrating him yourself for singling out an album of his from 10 years ago when he’s dropped equally perfect albums since.

@FabianMacGintyONeill 9 ай бұрын

@@lesryglrhfohser I've listened to em all, man, loved every one (Terror Management is a 2nd) but Known Unknowns is still top place for me, every song is a classic and Blockhead's production has never been better

@veniceismine1 9 ай бұрын

Personally, I think he’s possibly the best rapper right now. The run he’s been on since Hiding Places is unmatched, if you include his work with Armand Hammer. Incredible talent and artistic genius.

@kettlebellmusclegain Ай бұрын

Between that and Maps two of my favorite hip hop albums.

@bryaninfante3499 Жыл бұрын

Soft Landing is such a ridiculously powerful song

@xRand0mHero 11 ай бұрын

"A single death is a tragedy, but eggs make omelets"

@gourmetghost 7 ай бұрын

I don't go to sleep I tread water til I sink

@isolationsquire 5 ай бұрын

"Killing is one thing but what sticks is how casually"

@bryaninfante3499 5 ай бұрын

@@isolationsquire yeah that line blew me away

@Ogdenvillain Жыл бұрын

With DOOM gone I dunno if anyone currently operating can hang in contention with woods at the top of the pile... For me anyway, he's just a cut above. Kenny absolutely brings a different fire out of him as well across their two collabs. Great to see KEXP giving them well deserved time to shine.

@justsid Жыл бұрын

No caps when you spell the man's name. 😂😂

@Ogdenvillain Жыл бұрын

@@justsid damn autocorrect 🤦🏻‍♂️😅

@ninjasrose1653 Жыл бұрын

The only other one for me is KA. billy is operating on a scary level!

@BreakthroughGD Жыл бұрын

don't forget about KA

@justsid Жыл бұрын

I predict BBNG will be contributing to the latest Armand Hammer album along with Kenny Segal and Alc.

@xSalamz Жыл бұрын

I saw Billy Woods & Kenny Segal live in London. Great show. I could not see his face lol. The people running the light did an excellent job.

@arru23 Жыл бұрын

Was funny when he offered the light guy a permanent job after the show

@xSalamz Жыл бұрын

@@arru23😂😂 Facts.

@liamwarren6811 Жыл бұрын

The sound was also on point at the London show 🔥

@xSalamz Жыл бұрын

@@liamwarren6811 Defo and the opening acts were top notch

@MF_Omar Жыл бұрын

Done my back in and couldn’t make the show. Gotta catch him next time.

@Aterdeusisunavailable Жыл бұрын

Just say hes the best

@Eveningredening 11 ай бұрын

Segal’s interlude between Bad Dreams and FaceTime needs to be its own track. I’d be listening to that all the time. So elegant, cool, dreamlike, moody.

@kos1803. 11 ай бұрын

Hard agree

@dikkegaap2150 11 ай бұрын

on the deluxe edition theres a version of bad dreams with serengeti on that interlude part including an extra verse from woods, you can also find it on youtube as bad dreams are more than dreams

@alberts1985 5 ай бұрын

He’s a genius

@Eveningredening 5 ай бұрын

@@dikkegaap2150 thank you for the heads up on this!!

@mur8a Жыл бұрын

billy woods and kenny segal, one of the best rapper producer combos of all time. hiding places and maps are both mind-blowing

@biggestfanofroger Жыл бұрын

Currently, the rapper with the greatest run of projects in recent years

@marlongarikai7747 Жыл бұрын

Love the fact that he is rocking the Zimbabwean bird on his tee

@moneybagello Жыл бұрын

Yo fellow Zim billy woods fan. Madii

@isaacmaulana4515 Жыл бұрын

@@moneybagello marking the register

@moneybagello Жыл бұрын

@isaacmaulana4515 greetings

@marlongarikai7747 Жыл бұрын

@@moneybagello bhoo here chibaba

@kraazed16 24 күн бұрын

Magents madii

@madamebolores Жыл бұрын

THAT KENNY INTERLUDE ON THE TOY SAMPLER WAS FIRE!!!!!!!!!!

@emahiks 4 ай бұрын

Anyone know it ?

@BLACKDISC 9 ай бұрын

"other people determine your identity and then use that to say who they are" ... I had to pause the video after that line. Great point

@xSebinouze Жыл бұрын

Kenny segal's discography is just amazing. If you like instrumentals you have a good dictionnary

@mhbackman Жыл бұрын

Hearing billy talk so eloquently about identity and race reveals the amount of thought and curiosity that sit behind his dense lyrical poetry.

@thevinyltruffle Жыл бұрын

So happy this dude’s starting to really get his flowers. No one is more deserving. Dude’s label roster is untouchable as well.

@TheAnthraxBiology Жыл бұрын

KEXP have to be the best rock radio station for having Billy on. Very few people would do this. Fuck yes. I let out the biggest "yoooo" when I saw this. This man's music should get the pulitzer prize for literature.

@manatee_flips6811 Жыл бұрын

yes!! my love, my life, underground hip hop, nothing in the world is better.

@tonysmith5878 11 ай бұрын

WHEN YOU'RE INTO A LOT OF GENRES YOUR CREATIVITY GOES EVERYWHERE PEOPLE.... GALAXIES OF MUSIC WILL BE YOUR CANVAS....YA DIG?

@tjkrueger2655 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this... Woods one of the best over the past decade

@20dawan Жыл бұрын

Unbelievably talented

@tonysmith5878 11 ай бұрын

THESE DUDES IS JUST TWO REASONS WHY I "BUY" MY MUSIC. NO DOWNLOADING, NO CD'S....WAX ONLY. SALUTE TO WOODS AND KENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!

@hedgestr Жыл бұрын

I knew this KEXP set would be awesome (always on point with the audio quality and visuals & woods & Segal is a HELL of a combo) but I am so happy to hear woods writing given such respect and truly insightful questions. From a drunk, stoned and excited Brit, THANK YOU KEXP, woods & Segal!

@HanzsKlopek Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that KEXP. Billy Woods is amazing.

@toevee Жыл бұрын

I always love how much fun woods sounds like he's having in some of his raps, and you can really hear it even more live

@thehongkongbong 11 ай бұрын

and i'd say for about half of them he sounds like he's in intense pain or at least angry as fuck.

@shuajoblake1166 11 ай бұрын

@@thehongkongbong Faccs

@chopstickingstylus 5 ай бұрын

@@thehongkongbongmeans he really knows what he raps about and i love him for that

@user-cg5vm1zm2z Жыл бұрын

This is one of the few times i feel proud to be Zimbabwean. I hope one day we can actually get ppl who appreciate music behind award shows. This man should have 20 grammys by now

@MrGrunge88 11 ай бұрын

yeah but if he had 20 grammies he wouldn't be the "music behind the award show". he'd be the award show. real artists don't need meaningless statues to validate their artwork.

@user-cg5vm1zm2z 11 ай бұрын

@@MrGrunge88 he doesnt need or require them but it be kinda nice to see someone so talented finally get looked at and appreciated by a mainstream audience because of his contributions to rap

@THICCTHICCTHICC 11 ай бұрын

Zimbabwe have Andy Flower. One of the greatest cricketers to ever live.

@gemeinwesen3254 11 ай бұрын

Kenny is on another level rn with that production man he is perfect

@LaPlant_Mastering Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna hit the Like first, and then the Play button

@JonahUniverse Жыл бұрын

New record is fantastic but im heartbroken he didnt do a session during Aethiopes 😢

@ooowow3908 Жыл бұрын

Mannnn. That would have hit DIFFERENT

@educostanzo 11 ай бұрын

Amazing chemistry between these two, one of my favorite albums from this year, I can't wait for this new Armand Hammer stuff

@domcactus 11 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC ALBUM! ONE OF 2023'S BEST

@loganslone9436 Жыл бұрын

Man it’s a treat to see them perform these songs in a high quality video. Such a brilliant artist.

@JunkyardGod89 Жыл бұрын

I do often describe Woods to people as a novelist that raps. Feels stupid typing that out but his lyrics are so easy to get lost in, falling down the spiderhole.

@shawnmcclure876 7 ай бұрын

Such a perfect description

@marsmcleod5731 11 ай бұрын

Known Unknowns, Hiding Places, Maps, Aethiopes. All Alluring and haunting, unapologetically human albums. Everything he says is so dense yet I feel like I have felt everything he has said. No other artist has done this for me. Him and Aesop should do an album together, every song they have done has been a banger. With Aes's goofy self deprecation tied in with Wood's harsh realities, I think it would make something beautiful. And if Segal was at the helm, I think it would be a timeless album.

@Leslie_AF 11 ай бұрын

As a huge fan of both of them, I’ve thought about that before, but I always have one reservation. Aesop is at his best when thoroughly examining himself, and woods is at his best thoroughly examining the rest of the world. It’s a tough middle ground to pull off. However, it’s nowhere as tough an overlap as The Uncluded, and they made that work really well.

@jaim9206 11 ай бұрын

When do they colab it's usually always bangers Waiting around one of my fav hip hop tracks this year, Aesop verse on it probably verse of the year for me

@MurphyIsMyLastName 27 күн бұрын

so great, Woods is a phenomenal artist wasn't expecting the long, thoughtful, and interesting interview as well he and kenny did a really long interview with professor Skye, check that out if you want more

@stijn8588 Жыл бұрын

FaceTime is genuinely one of his best songs ever. Well, at least, its one of my favorites. Its so good.

@BRUNOAZIZ 8 ай бұрын

you guys make hip hop in another level, thanks so much, shout out from Brazil!

@brain.in.a.body. Жыл бұрын

Such a fantastic and fascinating interview. Already loved and respected woods but this was so illuminating. What a great human being

@brain.in.a.body. Жыл бұрын

I guess the line "you're not gonna find a nicer group of guys, Even if things get mean the bud was kind" is true

@seanjjpaul 11 ай бұрын

This is such a treat to see him live like this! Truly one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

@alberts1985 5 ай бұрын

AgreE

@ninjasrose1653 Жыл бұрын

I saw billy live a few weeks ago and NO ONE commands a stage like that guy. Generational great! And Kenny is in the top 5 Hip Hop producers alive! (IMO)

@sethmoore8484 Жыл бұрын

Need to see billy live again. Had the privilege of seeing Armand Hammer and Injury Reserve on a small tour in Durham last summer, which was incredible, but he's dropped so much music since then.

@bluesnoopz 2 ай бұрын

I thought Injury Reserve was By Storm

@sethmoore8484 2 ай бұрын

@@bluesnoopz at that time they were still Injury Reserve, despite only touring as Richie and Parker. The name change came a little later after I caught that show.

@noot_2 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@veniceismine1 9 ай бұрын

Yoooo I never thought I’d see this. Hell yeah, the best in the game. Period.

@RapsProdigy Жыл бұрын

FINALLY!!!! Woods 🐐🐐🐐

@Ikilledthebanks Жыл бұрын

Great job man, one of Woods best interviews.

@fl8158 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great music 🎶

@abitofyourbrain Жыл бұрын

So stellar

@2kettingen Жыл бұрын

I'm am beyond excited about this

@kettlebellmusclegain Ай бұрын

As a metal and indiehead, ive loved KEXP. Now with Billy Woods on .... Damn. This is incredible . I got that Pigsx7 records store day press and would love one of this session!

@hypochondriac1 9 ай бұрын

I cant help but laugh sometimes when I hear his bars. Theyre so concise and still convey so much specific emotion. I cant even figure out a way to describe it it's just like yeah damn. How the fuck did you just do that?

@hypochondriac1 9 ай бұрын

alarm clocks break spells crashed out, search for my own black box in the hills

@danieliroh 8 ай бұрын

@@hypochondriac1 if I taught Literature or English, I'd definitely have students dissect his lyrics. It is such poignant writing

@yungty7321 5 ай бұрын

That second verse on FaceTime is insane storytelling

@wg7297 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview

@dmtripreport8542 11 ай бұрын

Incredible performance. Ty for posting!

@x3i4n Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that interview!

@tonysmith5878 11 ай бұрын

WE NEED MUCH MORE LEVEL HEADED INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET SUCH AS THIS DUDE RIGHT ABOUT ALWAYS NOW. ESPECIALLY BLACK ONES.

@superawesomeboy Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, finally billy woods and Kenny Segal on KEXP!!

@Trenta5mm 11 ай бұрын

their record's one of the best of the year for sure

@Va2nG Жыл бұрын

Great Show and Interview

@madamebolores Жыл бұрын

i want more!!!!

@irl_lizard7880 11 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, thanks for bringing billy woods on and also for that fantastic interview ❤

@covvardice8296 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome to see. Great interview too

@OswaldBatesIIIEsq 10 ай бұрын

I've been a fan since his appearances on "Megagraphitti" "History Will Absolve Me" showed up in 2012 and I haven't looked back.

@SpudsMac 8 ай бұрын

To Billy Woods and Kenny Segal, thank you both for sharing your talents, truths, knowledge, and perspectives with us all. You guys make a real and honest difference in the world. To KEXP, yall have outdone yourselves once again in recognizing realness. Cannot thank everyone enough! Love to all ❤

@InfinitePlateau Жыл бұрын

Insightful interview, and great performance, love Billy Woods.

@alberts1985 5 ай бұрын

Flawless Woods and Segal. Two of the best in hip hop

@suaryps 11 ай бұрын

gotta be thankful

@nikostoolnikc4320 8 ай бұрын

a must listen/see show

@joshuaDstarks Жыл бұрын

KEXP stays killing it!

@Scottni2 11 ай бұрын

this is amazing

@ngonitapiwa5860 28 күн бұрын

ZIMBABWE!!!!! Billy Woods represent represent.

@markheyliger533 Жыл бұрын

Oh snap 🔥

@dalboz 7 ай бұрын

Well this 🔥

@travisegedy7178 11 ай бұрын

this is insane fire

@AONEONTHEKUT Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🔥🔥🔥

@samirascorie9673 Жыл бұрын

Top !! 🙂

@jennydeaf9O9 Жыл бұрын

no wayyy !!! < 3

@BagmansLastBag 11 ай бұрын

Saw Woods this weekend Friday and Saturday. Y’all need to see this dude perform if you have a chance! I highly recommend it one of my favorite rappers I ever seen.

@abmagdiel Жыл бұрын

FKN GOOOOOD ❤❤❤

@geauxtama Жыл бұрын

Honey! Billy Woods memoir otw!!

@mateuszgorski8383 11 ай бұрын

Saw Billy Woods at Tauron Nowa Muzyka at Katowice, Poland, couple of weeks ago. Amazing show, would like to personally thank for that. And Billy Woods, what struck me, was the only artist out of 5 shows i saw, that actually thanked after the gig all the guys who were doing the lights and support - that was super nice.

@user-pl4db4pm8x 4 ай бұрын

Reppin Zimbabwe on the t-shirt!!!!

@calidadmusical 10 ай бұрын

Billy woods tiene una facilidad de rapear increible

@jpe93 11 ай бұрын

i need that version of bad dreams are only dreams

@salsaverte Жыл бұрын

🔥

@OtsileM Жыл бұрын

Awesome show and interview. Still waiting on Ken Can Cook vol. 2

@Pastorpresents Жыл бұрын

Iridescent blackness… 🙏🏾🔥🙏🏾

@mider-spanman5577 8 ай бұрын

Cool that he did something like this. Somebody already was asking whether or not he may do a tiny desk NPR performance one day. This is as close as we have gotten thus far.

@drunkonhorseblood6071 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@Infinitivars Жыл бұрын

Fucking beautiful

@aiden359 10 ай бұрын

Really hope woods writes a book one day.

@bradleybeal9278 8 ай бұрын

he’s written a children’s book. A is for Anarchism

@TheColdrush22 3 ай бұрын

How have I never found this before?!?

@jackkinseth2936 Жыл бұрын

🐐

@Devananta-Rafiq Жыл бұрын

billy the goat

@tonysmith5878 11 ай бұрын

A GUY AT "UNDERGROUND HIP HOP" BACK A WHILE IN BOSTON TOLD ME ABOUT THE PRODUCER KENNY. AND TOLD ME HE WAS DOPE...I SLEPT TOO LONG AND HERE HE IS. THANKS. REST IN BEATS UHH!!!!!!!!!!