History Will Absolve Me
by Billy Woods

History Will Absolve Me by Billy Woods
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-04-10
Overall rank: 6,572nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 52 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (133rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,257th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,572nd)

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Billy Woods bestography

History Will Absolve Me is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Billy Woods on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billy Woods is Aethiopes which is ranked number 2335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 685.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 6,572nd | 2010s rank: 1,257th | 2012 rank: 133rd
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 88 Music Albums of 201229/883
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2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 201241/1003
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2025 LebowskiRamsTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s79/1004
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2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 201296/1000
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2024TheKingTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s75/1005
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 201211/1005
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2024 srogers900Top 44 Music Albums of 201223/443
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 51
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 196
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76/100 (from 52 votes)
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02/12/2026 03:22 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57669/100
 
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12/23/2025 12:32 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,21464/100
 
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05/14/2025 13:07 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,98369/100
 
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10/03/2024 23:00 bcc  Ratings distribution  1,13268/100
 
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06/05/2024 21:24 colonelchibbers  Ratings distribution  2,95477/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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From 03/18/2013 02:29 | #68767
I feel so cool listening to this album
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From 10/21/2012 18:58 | #53029
A brilliant underground rap record, reminiscent of Cannibal Ox. Not too sure about the artwork though...
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