09.27.24
The fifth anniversary pressing of billy woods & Kenny Segal's critically acclaimed album, Hiding Places, is out in records stores everywhere and shipping direct from Rhymesayers.com! There are only a limited amount left in stock. Don't sleep! 😴
The original 2019 vinyl pressing of Hiding Places was limited to 500 copies alongside a numbered run of 100 special editions with alternative artwork by M. Musgrove. In 2020, a new pressing included the album instrumentals; this version had all-new artwork and was limited to just 1000 copies. This fifth-anniversary reissue brings back the iconic house cover and also includes a gatefold with new original artwork from M. Musgrove. The album features contributions from both artists’ well of collaborators with E L U C I D, Self-Jupiter, and MOTHERMARY making appearances. In 2022, just three years after its release, Hiding Places was named one of the 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone.
As for the music, while the original album description is a little quaint in retrospect, it remains accurate: Hiding Places finds both artists deep in the labyrinth. Segal’s lush soundscapes have a new edge, woods’ writing is paradoxically, at its most direct. Hiding Places is a child’s game: funny and cruel, as brutal as a fairy tale.
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