Armand Hammer, the New York duo of billy woods and Elucid, released Snakes & Ladders on Backwoodz Studioz on November 11 with no prior announcement. Sixteen tracks, their eighth full-length overall, and it arrives not long after Mercy, their 2025 album with The Alchemist. There was no lead single, no tracklist and no rollout: just a record, appearing overnight. A varied, textured production Snakes & Ladders is not built around a single producer. The album benefits from a vari