{"product_id":"billy-woods-today-i-wrote-nothing-10-year-anniversary-vinyl","title":"Billy Woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing (10 Year Anniversary)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eWhen Billy Woods released Today, I Wrote Nothing ten years ago, it was an\r\nunexpected departure from a rapper who was just starting to make waves in the indie\r\nrap scene. After spending the earlier part of his career in the wilderness, woods had\r\nmanaged to crawl out of obscurity with the minor success of 2012's History Will\r\nAbsolve Me. Dour Candy, 2013's collaboration with underground legend Blockhead\r\ndrew accolades, which only increased with Armand Hammer's debut Race Music.\r\nThen, woods dropped out of sight for two years before returning with Today, I Wrote\r\nNothing, a record that deviated significantly from what had come before. Where\r\nDour Candy had been concise and focused, TIWN was a sprawling 24 tracks. Where\r\nHistory Will Absolve Me was anchored by hard-hitting beats, anthemic songs, and a\r\ncouple high powered features, TIWN was comprised of short vignettes, quietly eclectic\r\nproduction, and the only guests were his Backwoodz label-mates. Only one video was\r\nreleased; the claustrophobic \"Flatlands\", shot on a shoestring budget in a Brooklyn\r\nhousing project. Reviewers didn't know quite what to make of the record, and in many\r\ncases, neither did fans.\r\nAs is often the case for woods' albums, many perspectives shifted as the years passed.\r\nListeners came to see the sad, quiet beauty of Today, I Wrote Nothing; a road trip album\r\nthat doubles as a meditation on life's journeys and death's hiding places. The album's\r\npower is in it's intimacy, it's insistence on holding your hand through the darkness.\r\nNow, TIWN is considered one of the more unique and vital records in woods catalogue.\r\nThe dynamic woods created with TIWN vis-a-vis History Will Absolve Me and Dour\r\nCandy is one that would come to define his ouerve; constant experimentation, a refusal\r\nto be pigeonholed, and an unwavering search for the emotional heart of his subject.\r\nFor us at Backwoodz, being able to repress this album on it's ten year anniversary is\r\nespecially sweet, because we remember how long it took us to sell that original run of\r\n500. To everyone who copped one of those and helped us keep the lights on, this is for\r\nyou too, we couldn't have gotten here otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54876040921434,"sku":"2850063560292","price":17.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/2692\/3098\/files\/4437581-3408486.jpg?v=1790667613","url":"https:\/\/groovedeck.shop\/products\/billy-woods-today-i-wrote-nothing-10-year-anniversary-vinyl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}