{"product_id":"billy-woods-today-i-wrote-nothing-10-year-anniversary-cd","title":"Billy Woods - Today, I Wrote Nothing (10 Year Anniversary) [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Billy Woods released Today, I Wrote Nothing ten years ago, it was an\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunexpected departure from a rapper who was just starting to make waves in the indie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erap scene. After spending the earlier part of his career in the wilderness, woods had \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emanaged to crawl out of obscurity with the minor success of 2012's History Will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbsolve Me. Dour Candy, 2013's collaboration with underground legend Blockhead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edrew accolades, which only increased with Armand Hammer's debut Race Music. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, woods dropped out of sight for two years before returning with Today, I Wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNothing, a record that deviated significantly from what had come before. Where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDour Candy had been concise and focused, TIWN was a sprawling 24 tracks. Where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory Will Absolve Me was anchored by hard-hitting beats, anthemic songs, and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecouple high powered features, TIWN was comprised of short vignettes, quietly eclectic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproduction, and the only guests were his Backwoodz label-mates. Only one video was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereleased; the claustrophobic \"Flatlands\", shot on a shoestring budget in a Brooklyn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehousing project. Reviewers didn't know quite what to make of the record, and in many \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecases, neither did fans. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs is often the case for woods' albums, many perspectives shifted as the years passed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListeners came to see the sad, quiet beauty of Today, I Wrote Nothing; a road trip album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat doubles as a meditation on life's journeys and death's hiding places. The album's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epower is in it's intimacy, it's insistence on holding your hand through the darkness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, TIWN is considered one of the more unique and vital records in woods catalogue. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dynamic woods created with TIWN vis-a-vis History Will Absolve Me and Dour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandy is one that would come to define his ouerve; constant experimentation, a refusal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto be pigeonholed, and an unwavering search for the emotional heart of his subject. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor us at Backwoodz, being able to repress this album on it's ten year anniversary is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eespecially sweet, because we remember how long it took us to sell that original run of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e500. To everyone who copped one of those and helped us keep the lights on, this is for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou too, we couldn't have gotten here otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spinster Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67711187714131,"sku":"850063560238","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6399\/files\/4437580-3408487.jpg?v=1792108371","url":"https:\/\/www.spinsterrecords.com\/products\/billy-woods-today-i-wrote-nothing-10-year-anniversary-cd","provider":"Spinster Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}