As Rolling Stone, Stereogum, and more have professed, GOLLIWOG is another triumph in the billy woods oeuvre. Influenced by MF DOOM as well as 20th-century sci-fi and horror authors like Ray Bradbury and Toni Morrison, GOLLIWOG incorporates elements of horror, humor, surrealism, and Afropessimism into a distinctive danse macabre. Featuring all the elements of a woods classic — African zombies, time traveling trap cars, malevolent ragdolls, landlord revenge fantasies, and a dying Frantz Fanon — it's as layered and compelling as anything he has ever done.
The album features production from The Alchemist, Kenny Segal, EL-P, Conductor Williams, Preservation, Messiah Musik, Sadhugold, Ant (Atmosphere), Shabaka Hutchings, Steel Tipped Dove, DJ Haram, Willie Green, Jeff Markey, Saint Abdullah, and LA-based experimental jazz trio Human Error Club. woods is joined on the mic by Backwoodz labelmates ELUCID and Cavalier, along with rappers Bruiser Wolf, Despot, Al.Divino, and singer-songwriter Yolanda Watson.
