Billy Woods and Rituals of Mine

Album Overview

GOLLIWOG is Billy Woods' first album in two years, preceded by 2023's Maps, his second collaboration with producer Kenny Segal. That nimble travelogue has little in common with Woods' newest work, despite the fact that Segal shows up a couple of times in the credits.

Artistic Themes

GOLLIWOG is a haunting collection that weaves horror, humor, surrealism, and Afro-pessimism into a cinematic tapestry, aided and abetted by a murderers' row of producers. African zombies, time traveling trap cars, malevolent ragdolls, and a dying Frantz Fanon are just a few of the revelers in Woods' danse macabre.

Production and Collaborations

GOLLIWOG 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
• LA-based experimental jazz trio Human Error Club

Meanwhile, 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.

GOLLIWOG is another triumph in the Woods oeuvre, as layered and compelling as anything he has ever done. A black carnival pitched in a muddy field overnight, empty rides whirring and clattering in the dark.

Event Support

Support from: Rituals of Mine

Sunday June 1st 2025

Neck Of The Woods 406 Clement St San Francisco, CA 94118

$28 in advance, $35 at the door

Doors at 7pm

ALL AGES