billy woods ‘Christine’ Track Review w/ Defcee | Ep. 164

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Welcome to our Digging in the Crates series once more, looking at key songs from a hip hop artist’s catalogue. This week, we kick off our billy woods catalogue with rapper Defcee, who breaks down why he loves ‘Christine’ (featuring Mike Ladd), from woods’ 2022 record ‘Aethiopes’.

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Show Notes

• Why he loves billy woods (07:31)
• How woods has drawn from Jay-Z (13:30)
• Track review (38:24)

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