Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places ALBUM REVIEW

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Hiding Places is Billy Woods' most personally cutting project so far.
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FAV TRACKS: SPONGEBOB, STEAK KNIVES, CHECKPOINTS, SPIDER HOLE, HOUTHI, BIGFAKELAUGH, RED DUST
LEAST FAV TRACK: TOOTHY
BILLY WOODS & KENNY SEGAL - HIDING PLACES / 2019 / BACKWOODZ STUDIOZ / ABSTRACT HIP HOP
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Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

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@MrPatters 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you moved into a new crib Anthony, but that's where the album cover is supposed to go.

@nast8219 5 жыл бұрын

Almost flew over my head

@chrisjfox8715 5 жыл бұрын

PyneApple I don’t get it

@MrPatters 5 жыл бұрын

There's nothing to get

@nast8219 5 жыл бұрын

@@chrisjfox8715 The album cover is a picture if a house He's basically saying that Anthony showed a picture of his new house, but not the album cover

@nast8219 4 жыл бұрын

@Kyle Knockaert yes he is

@DS2JCL 5 жыл бұрын

We need an Earl, Ka, and Billy Woods collab

@user-fs1lc2cj5s 4 жыл бұрын

Joshua L Just got into the last two and yeah that would be so sick.

@JelyMelo 4 жыл бұрын

thats gonna be the last album that comes out before the world ends

@milesb9191 3 жыл бұрын

Put milo on that joint too

@theville9885 3 жыл бұрын

Would Billy be the most outstanding? Because Earl's delivery sounds lethargic (even thought that's his niche now) And Ka doesn't stick out like a sore thumb, a bit somber... Milo is a poet and that would make us anticipate his verse so much.

@Marcus-uk5ng 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that is an idea Ka is easily the best writer oat imo

@Lsd1021 5 жыл бұрын

Where's the guy that's been counting all the scores?

@liamthemusicreviewer 5 жыл бұрын

It’s been a while since I’ve witnessed lyricism as savage and impressive like the closing track: “I want us to be alone in your home / I wanna suck the marrow out ya bones / I wanna show you what I learned from the worst people I ever known” That gave me chills, how Billy borders on romanticising the act is something I haven’t been able to shake off.

@ethanarmenta2210 4 жыл бұрын

I was blown away by that whole verse. Red dust and checkpoints are definitely the best tracks on the record

@sev7951 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I completely agree, I must have played that second verse a hundred times. That’s a must know by heart track fer sure.

@micraw714 2 жыл бұрын

I just heard that Red Dust joint and that verse was haunting! Never heard words portray such a dark picture. Dope ish though

@gotf 2 жыл бұрын

Red Dust is borderline horrorcore. It's so dark, yet so sad of a track. This whole album is masterful.

@Bi_scotti_5 2 жыл бұрын

That whole song just makes me wanna cry. Nobody else writes lyrics like Woods

@jacobfloman7274 5 жыл бұрын

Melon u do realize there are scores other then 8 right?

@xcrewx2 5 жыл бұрын

Theres not good too

@gz4wbz 5 жыл бұрын

I think there's literally only one album out of the several he's reviewed from Billy Woods that he DIDN'T give an 8...

@ariwibowo-cw4nk 5 жыл бұрын

It's 6

@raz1616 5 жыл бұрын

@@gz4wbz he didnt give an 8 to Today I Wrote Nothing, Rome, and Dour Candy (although he said it has grown on him)

@itsmebeter3538 5 жыл бұрын

like 11?

@liquidpebbles7475 5 жыл бұрын

"I love hearing him rap, but he's so much of a poet I'm just as pleased to just read what he says" totally true

@veniceismine1 3 жыл бұрын

People will be reading billy woods lyrics in 150 years as poetry and be able to understand the black American experience during this time in history perfectly. As well as the decline of a capitalist empire, this stuff is written on the cusp of history and records the ambiance of it so well.

@theville9885 3 жыл бұрын

His sense of humor! Let's applaud his sense of humor.

@ts-wo6pp 3 жыл бұрын

@@veniceismine1 yeah i liked the spongbob line too 😃

@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121 2 жыл бұрын

@@veniceismine1 This. He will never get the appreciation he truly deserves until long past his death-that’s for sure. He will be the topic of many history, culture, and language arts classes within time.

@wisp. 5 жыл бұрын

I’d say strong 9 👌🏻 easily one of my favourite albums of the year so far

@alexsolli6680 5 жыл бұрын

@ripbruz wweeell?

@mohammadshabih5293 4 жыл бұрын

@aaa ! Welllll?

@tIoading 4 жыл бұрын

aaa ! well ?????

@mohammadshabih5293 4 жыл бұрын

@aaa ! weeeelllll???

@purodeathcore 4 жыл бұрын

@aaa ! nigga how did steak knives or bigfakelaugh not click.... you're bugging

@leondubisson2118 3 жыл бұрын

Madlib and Billy Woods should do an album together...would potentially be straight flames!

@jimmy-breeze 2 жыл бұрын

imagine billy woods and jpegmafia

@jshock9988 Жыл бұрын

@@jimmy-breeze he literally dissed billy lmao

@jimmy-breeze Жыл бұрын

@@jshock9988 it was one small part of a song, he doesnt fr have beef with him

@svp6055 Жыл бұрын

@@jshock9988 I thought it was elucid not billy, what song did he diss him too?

@leninfeetpics Жыл бұрын

@@svp6055 yeah iirc it was with elucid... Peggy targeted some bars at him in rebound (from LP!)

@asdfjklow 5 жыл бұрын

Kenny Segal's drums sound like he's dropping desks

@ilovecody7514 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Busdriver reference.

@KSabot 5 жыл бұрын

When has Billy not killed it. Man averages an 8 on this channel.

@noctaroh5121 5 жыл бұрын

The new quelle Chris is good but man, billy's lyrics are so biting that he stole the show for me this week. Favorite hip hop release so far this year

@williehopscotch 5 жыл бұрын

Also Tuez-Les Tous. Wild day for hip hop fans.

@jessemcelroy2776 5 жыл бұрын

I know nobody is going to check the album out but it's a poetic masterpiece and everyone should listen to it.

@purodeathcore 4 жыл бұрын

I did and this album is amazing

@harrie7512 2 жыл бұрын

2 years later and this albums arguably praised as one of if not Billy woods best album

@maelyndinky 2 жыл бұрын

@@harrie7512 Not anymore!!! Aethiopes fucking bangs yo

@13tuyuti 2 жыл бұрын

@@maelyndinky it sure does. Not sure if it's better than hiding places though. The beats on Aethiopes are more my cup of tea but hiding places has some very strong verses.

@chadjohnson3737 2 жыл бұрын

@@maelyndinky The production on Hiding Places is way better imo, the flows are catchier too, IMO.

@anthonykirby5802 2 жыл бұрын

Red Dust might be one of my favorite billy songs I've heard thus far. On first listen (a pretty passive listen), when I heard bits of the last verse, it sounded romantic like he was yearning for someone he loved. And then when I read the lyrics, the romance and yearning was still there, but it's definitely not for someone he loves. Really jarring shift, but really cements it as an unforgettable track for me.

@inthefireagine123 5 жыл бұрын

I started listening to this album from your Great Albums of April video, and I near instantly fell in love with how dark, gritty, slow and dispondent it is. All I can picture when listening to the album is someone sitting in a cramped, dark, dank, roach infested 35th floor apartment, curled up on a broken twin sized mattress digging into any open patch of skin with a rusted, dull butter knife. I love it.

@mohammadshabih5293 4 жыл бұрын

Well written.

@jackgarlick4449 5 жыл бұрын

How you not even gonna mention red dust. The first verse on that track is so damn personal and cutting

@theDutton 3 жыл бұрын

How you gonna talk about Red Dust and not even mention the second verse? One of the most savage of the decade. "So close I can see a nick from shaving your neck so exposed, your throat would open like a hose Eyes wide open I would watch you go" Chills man

@SatanSupimpa 5 жыл бұрын

I'm getting your mail, I'm reading it, it says you're broke.

@nuuttialfthan8427 5 жыл бұрын

SatanSupimpa wo

@r2micro373 5 жыл бұрын

Shoulda been a 9 but I will TAKE IT

@reubenboateright3478 5 жыл бұрын

r2micro373 I see you are a man on deep culture and understanding

@lou_gubrious 5 жыл бұрын

agreed

@hh950 5 жыл бұрын

Idk man I think Paraffin is superior

@DashieNegan41 5 жыл бұрын

5 for me

@Lycosa 5 жыл бұрын

Not really... I agree with anthony spot on. 7.5, close to an 8.

@jianwhite7179 Жыл бұрын

this album has only gotten more potent with age, as billy has become even more of an otherworldly enigma

@benbrady4652 5 жыл бұрын

Anthony I love your reviews, but please stop calling me at 2am asking me to take you back.

@aarianb4088 5 жыл бұрын

You only gave this album an eight because you enjoyed this album, found it to be a rewarding listening experience, and liked the sound and aesthetic. So disappointed.

@rikiishitoru8885 5 жыл бұрын

Integrity: 0

@IronreaverVII 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this album. It felt like a depressed, defeatist twist on a Death Grips type of vibe. I wasn't into the dude before but this one definitely changed my mind. Spider Hole is a definite favourite.

@SweetChinMuzik1 4 жыл бұрын

Way more talented than Death Grips, better production, better style across the board

@honkmaster Жыл бұрын

@@SweetChinMuzik1 heresy

@honkmaster Жыл бұрын

Apples and oranges

@wsnt 2 жыл бұрын

Spider Hole is my absolute fav.

@ilovecody7514 5 жыл бұрын

If your name is Billy you are getting an 8 it seems.

@gz4wbz 5 жыл бұрын

Literally four of the five other Billy Woods albums Fantano has reviewed all have an 8.

@BillyCobbOfficial 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@kings9724 5 жыл бұрын

stop commenting

@theXlegend17 5 жыл бұрын

Kill Bill when

@stinkypoopoo5616 3 жыл бұрын

@@theXlegend17 hey 2 years old comment, you are a kill Bill the rapper fan too! I love you.

@benhoyle8276 5 жыл бұрын

Loved the review Anthony, but I think it was slightly inappropriate to claim that you would've beaten the Ottomans at the Battle of Varna.

@guyonagravitronmachinestan7595 5 жыл бұрын

Album slaps, buy it.

@virtuallyunknownn 5 жыл бұрын

*Anthony Fantano deciding what to rate an album* "Hmmmm, should I give this a 6 or an 8?"

@megatron4466 5 жыл бұрын

*10 OUTTA 10 REVIEW IT AGAIN**10 OUTTA 10 REVIEW IT AGAIN* *10 OUTTA 10 REVIEW IT AGAIN*

@andrevitalpardue5097 4 жыл бұрын

It's indicative of how much I loves this album when I'm mad at a 8.

@jackgillespie3431 5 жыл бұрын

Sees a lack of yellow flannel: *cries* Realises that melon actually enjoyed the album: *nuts*

@itsmebeter3538 4 жыл бұрын

cries

@mossymoose8920 3 жыл бұрын

He also admires a lot of “prose” authors. Like Cormac McCarthy, Joseph Conrad, etc. which explains his poetic lyrics

@colinherb7069 5 жыл бұрын

This album's instumentals and flows remind me alot of Milo's So The Flies Don't Come, but Billy Woods really delivers a whole different vibe that captures the dark, confused structure of the beats... Hip hop album of the year for me so far

@harpershea20 4 жыл бұрын

Colin Herb Kenny Segal produces some... possibly all? Of so the flies don’t come

@epicbeetrootmaster1235 5 жыл бұрын

ONLY 6s AND 8s IN THIS HOUSEHOLD

@billytrespassers3123 5 жыл бұрын

There is a spider, spider, spider He's deep in my soul He's been there for years He just won't let go He's laying around He's got a mean bite Now he's ready to fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

@benandrews4737 5 жыл бұрын

AND STAND UP FOR WHAT HE KNNNOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWSSSS

@Guymanbot97 5 жыл бұрын

I don't need your trooophies or your goooold I just want to tell you all, GO FUCK YOURSEELLLLLLLLFFFFFF

@mikejohnston8275 5 жыл бұрын

Real talk Charlie's high note deserves a fellow flannel and I'd love for Melon to review sunny songs one day.

@hermanfrodit7442 5 жыл бұрын

GO FUCK YOUR SEEEEEEEEEEEEEELFF Starts spitting on people.

@anthonymoran6989 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this project! First time listening to a billy woods project and am thoroughly impressed. Hope to check out more of his earlier stuff.

@itsmebeter3538 5 жыл бұрын

history will absolve me is an absolutely amazing experience.

@sweetshoez 5 жыл бұрын

Today I wrote nothing is my fave

@itsmebeter3538 5 жыл бұрын

Blacktician yes, this is true.

@purodeathcore 5 жыл бұрын

same with me and my god yo.... Billy is on another level dude is the epitome of a lyricist

@madvillain20091 5 жыл бұрын

I love this album from beginning to end. i rate this project 9/10 easily. you should review Quelle Chris - Guns.

@paulolugo7447 5 жыл бұрын

He will, Tony loves Quelle Chris

@rikiishitoru8885 5 жыл бұрын

I need a hiding place from Melon; he's been scratching my windows with minimalist wallets for over a week now

@juveangulo9963 5 жыл бұрын

You too?

@Lebowski55 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Woods is the Walt Whitman of the rap game.

@Billkeys123 5 жыл бұрын

Weyes Blood is getting so much hype.

@virtuallyunknownn 5 жыл бұрын

Calling this now, he's going to give Titanic Rising an 8/10

@GuysOfFilm 5 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful record

@azzamA 5 жыл бұрын

It's a 10/10 for me

@braedonsdayoff9409 5 жыл бұрын

Bill Keys it’s a 9 or 10 in my heart andromeda and movies are some of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard in a while

@azzamA 5 жыл бұрын

@@virtuallyunknownn No, He's going to give it a 10, If he doesn't then I'll turn him into a tropical smoothie

@cdizzy42069 Жыл бұрын

Dude, Checkpoints has become one of my favorite songs. Billy's great lyrics and the incredible production is just mind-blowing

@MeanStreamFraudCast 2 жыл бұрын

Coming back to this now, listening to just the instrumentals.. Kenny deserves endless praise for this joint.

@apothecurio 5 жыл бұрын

YOU have been RELENTLESS , with these loved albums

@unimpressedalchemist 5 жыл бұрын

"Least favorite track: Toothy" What the fuck Melon?!

@JacksonBlackmon 5 жыл бұрын

Still waiting on that Quelle Chris review Anthony. Legit AOTY material

@Cykelpump33 5 жыл бұрын

I just adore how gritty this album is.

@jameshockeyy 5 жыл бұрын

Your 2019 reviews have been a lot more positive than normal

@willingram8496 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this review, it introduced me to this and I love it.

@supersaumon1631 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t mind a whole video of you reading billy woods lyrics.

@joshgraham117 5 жыл бұрын

The album art is an early logo for the Your Moms House Podcast. Main mommies in the house

@technicality 5 жыл бұрын

This is the second 8 Melon gave a Billy in the past week.

@TalkingMusicAllDay 5 жыл бұрын

Great review of so far my 2nd favorite rap album of 2019. I do think the Mothermary feature is hauntingly beautiful though.

@andrewa9888 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you reviewed this - gonna check it out rn. Would love to see you also review the new Shlohmo album

@Jharder218 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for the intro to this album I’m really enjoying it

@peanutbutterpikachu 5 жыл бұрын

Review The Line "EP" from Zheani. It's part of a style of trap fans are calling fairy trap and also happens to contain one of the best diss tracks of the year and probably the decade, the target being Die Antwoord.

@PleistocenePat 5 ай бұрын

This was so raw. Even an 8/10 doesn't do this justice in my opinion. It perfectly captures the feelings of sheer hopelessness and gloom many people feel in the neoliberal age. Loved the percussion/beats here too, something I didn't expect going into this album.

@peircethehedgehog123 5 жыл бұрын

Never even heard of these fellas before this review but billy is dope as hell, thanks melon boy!

@Akjayy74 5 жыл бұрын

MELON I met you today and you kicked my little brother directly in the face! CARE TO EXPLAIN!?!?

@brigader4101 5 жыл бұрын

not his fault your little brother is black

@codycurcio1590 5 жыл бұрын

Second place steak knives is a reference to a scene from Glengarry Glen Ross. In the scene third place was, "ya fired." Hence the opening line of the song "You don't want to be in fourth place, man."

@himbaerno1 4 жыл бұрын

This is frigging 10/10...after this video i will listen to it again

@esterhammerfic 4 жыл бұрын

Billy is a great enough writer that the whole video can just be quoting whole segments and I wouldn't be mad.

@michelle4help 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve come down this rabbit hole via R.A.P. Ferreira to Kenny & Billy and I think I’m going to be here a long time. 🔥 💭 🧠 ❤️ 🎶

@josephthepoet2856 4 жыл бұрын

love this rec! found it today. this man is a poet.

@markandro4126 4 жыл бұрын

Just came across this. This feels like some golden era Slangcorp shit (GDP's old rap crew). Loving it.

@christiancano506 5 жыл бұрын

REVIEW MORBID STUFF FROM YOUR FAVORITE CANADIAN PUNK BAND

@dumbbass6903 2 жыл бұрын

The steak knives reference is from a movie

@divachileonerd6995 5 жыл бұрын

hey man great review! Can u do one about jon bellion s new album: Glory Sound Prep?

@yonisgure7348 5 жыл бұрын

You should mention the vinyls you display in the background in the description box

@dustymiller7120 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Woods is easily one of the best rappers out there

@jessewhite8553 3 жыл бұрын

Had been enjoying Armand Hammer for the last year or so but just stumbled upon this albumn and previous solo work. Thoroughly engaging and welcome obsession amidst Pandemic malaise.

@gz4wbz 5 жыл бұрын

Remember when Anthony didn't know how to pronounce "dour", in his Dour Candy review? We love you, Anthony

@ImpendingRiot83 5 жыл бұрын

Door Candy

@julianwalker9782 5 жыл бұрын

I remember that

@Twe1veGage2 5 жыл бұрын

I need a playlist from you ASAP.

@JoshBurcham104 Жыл бұрын

Bro. Spotify has been recommending me this shit for years but I never got it till the last couple weeks and HOLY HELL. I am officially a billy woods fan and the followup record that just came out might be my aoty

@KJFolly 5 жыл бұрын

This year had a kinda slow start but I think this is gonna be another great year for music

@fred7861 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony ! I’ve never heard this album before but it’s amazing.

@blahblahblah9267 5 жыл бұрын

The lyrics remind me off money store era death grips

@uncrownedoak7777 5 жыл бұрын

Who else recognizes this house as the YMH podcast logo from years back?

@Fleezy81 5 жыл бұрын

Ummm....where's GUNS??

@edenleeman5004 3 жыл бұрын

but Woods is not just full of one liners. I appreciated what Kenny Segal said on an early 2020 interview about how he just knew woods as a one liner guy, but as he worked with him, he started to see the bigger picture that Woods was painting in his lyrics.

@lyonoxproductions 4 жыл бұрын

9/10. I'm a bit taken aback by some of your comments on the album. This was one of my favorite albums of 2019.

@joshcaplan8862 5 жыл бұрын

What’s the higher album on his shelf?

@apes4days254 5 жыл бұрын

Review cows on Hourglass pond NOW, been waiting long enough

@playwalkru 5 жыл бұрын

what is the album behind on the shelf (with b/w picture)?

@blahblahblah9267 5 жыл бұрын

I liked it too! I also really liked the new quelle chris album,med collab and yelawolf album!

@jna9841 5 жыл бұрын

You better review Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising. One of the best records of 2019.

@ezdude7230 5 жыл бұрын

i was hesitant to check it out so far, def gonna give it a listen now! will you review guns?

@smericano7241 5 жыл бұрын

oh my god from the thumbnail i thought this was a dry the river retro review

@veniceismine1 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, it gets better with time. Especially once the story and the narrative that runs through it start to poke out through the decrypted poetic lyrics, it’s a great album. The instrumentals make sense with the lyrical content and I’d say it does have a flow to it. It’s not as loose as it seems. I’d give it a 9 personally.

@evankerr3723 5 жыл бұрын

really digging the code orange shirt melon man

@sepse7en2 Жыл бұрын

Kenny does bring red-hot beat heat, not once, but twice.

@dramaskrybe 3 жыл бұрын

"Second place gets steak knives" is a reference to the David Mamet play, "Glengarry Glen Ross." First place gets a Cadillac, and Fourth place is: "You're fired." Give it a read. You might enjoy it. You'll also see how eclectic and far-ranging Woods is.

@dearcynic 3 жыл бұрын

You are correct that it is from "Glengarry Glen Ross", but that scene is only in the movie.

@michaelmantinaos8330 Жыл бұрын

This just popped up in my recommendations no way it dropped 4 years ago!?

@OtsileM 5 жыл бұрын

Most well crafted set of songs in terms topics, hooks and progressions. What is Known Unknowns?

@akcalbumreviews3719 3 жыл бұрын

Its a Post-Punk album by this band called Joy Division i heard it was really good

@davidmercier7748 5 жыл бұрын

Trunk muzik 3 review?

@gt3shredz510 5 жыл бұрын

That artwork is 🔥

@coles1660 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see that the guy who’s always yelling racial slurs at the homeless outside my local 7/11 is now making music reviews

@jayrusso1589 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do a classic album review of 2Pac's Makaveli album

@louderthangod 5 жыл бұрын

Game shows would give out steak knives but I’m pretty sure Woods is making a more direct Glengarry Glen Ross reference because he starts with saying you don’t want to be in fourth place (fired).