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There’s a lot of talk of Backwoodz being the heir to Def Jux.
Billy Woods: I think that’s because New York hasn’t been rap’s epicenter for a long time. There have been a lot of intervening scenes. There was a time when Das Racist, Lakutis – those guys had a moment, like a lot of groups. But there wasn’t a certain artist to coalesce around. There wasn’t like a particular marker and nobody was going to write an article and be like Armand Hammer comes in the wake of xyz artist because that scene didn’t have an easily identifiable hook for a writer to refer to. But in between Def Jux and now there have definitely been various hip-hop scenes that have had a moment in the sun in New York. But I’m loathe to say that this is a marker of the scene now because people will be like this new group harkens back to the days of Def Jux. I definitely feel there has been a strong scene in which I’m operating that included other groups like Uncommon Music, Ka, Mach Hommy… but I don’t know.
I couldn’t say where Backwoodz is in the wider hip-hop world. Is it possible for an indie label today to progress to the level of say a Stones Throw? I’m not sure. When we started we spent a long time trying to position ourselves in ways that are mostly irrelevant now because of the state of the music industry. My goal is to be a reliable wellspring of creative energies.
Hope in a Hopeless Situation: An Interview With Billy Woods
There’s a lot of talk of Backwoodz being the heir to Def Jux.
Billy Woods: I think that’s because New York hasn’t been rap’s epicenter for a long time. There have been a lot of intervening scenes. There was a time when Das Racist, Lakutis – those guys had a moment, like a lot of groups. But there wasn’t a certain artist to coalesce around. There wasn’t like a particular marker and nobody was going to write an article and be like Armand Hammer comes in the wake of xyz artist because that scene didn’t have an easily identifiable hook for a writer to refer to. But in between Def Jux and now there have definitely been various hip-hop scenes that have had a moment in the sun in New York. But I’m loathe to say that this is a marker of the scene now because people will be like this new group harkens back to the days of Def Jux. I definitely feel there has been a strong scene in which I’m operating that included other groups like Uncommon Music, Ka, Mach Hommy… but I don’t know.
I couldn’t say where Backwoodz is in the wider hip-hop world. Is it possible for an indie label today to progress to the level of say a Stones Throw? I’m not sure. When we started we spent a long time trying to position ourselves in ways that are mostly irrelevant now because of the state of the music industry. My goal is to be a reliable wellspring of creative energies.
Hope in a Hopeless Situation: An Interview With Billy Woods
