History of the Bay: Woodie
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Coming from the small East Bay town of Antioch, Woodie launched East Co-Co Records and a successful independent rap career. Although his music is sometimes overshadowed by his gang affiliation, Woodie was well-respected as a rapper, producer, and hustler who put his friends on and launched several careers. Best known for the "Northern Expozure" compilation series, he managed to use music as a way to escape the gang life that had brought down so many of his close friends. Tragically, Woodie died in 2007 under mysterious circumstances but his legacy lives on. This video breaks down the life and career of the Bay Area underground legend.
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I’m 42 yrs old from NY and always been a hip hop head but every now and then I stumble upon artist online from somewhere random I know nothing about and that was Woodie today. And now I’m streaming all his stuff. Def a legend. RIP to him.
Listen to what you know about me woodie
Hung up the gloves in 2003 but i will never stop slapping Woodies music.
Im from Germany, woodie catched me by lyric and Sound around 2000. I still hear his Music, and collected much of him and East Co Co.
Much respect to Ryan Mitchell Wood ~ rest in heaven ~ and the whole 925.
You a German norteno?
@@daddywaddy8017yessir
Bro! Living in Antioch when woodie dropped yoc influenced. Thats sh!t had everybody screaming Norte. He was yelling out YOC LIFE. Representing all of us , The whole city. It was lit.
Some of the best times. RIP To the an antioch legend. Woodie
Rest in piss
I'm in Texas and I just learned about Woodie this year from the Killer Chronicles episode on him. Been jamming his music since then, wish I would have known sooner
Crazy right !? He made all this beats in all his albums ! Straight up self made , do it yourself underground rap !!!!
Yup he made his own beats and started his own record label, created collaboration albums (Northern Expozure) and he put a lot of people on. Big Tone is still doing his thing, and Woodie was the one that gave em his start.
never to late.
“If I Wasn’t” is one of his dopest songs he’s dropped. Bro has classics. RIP Woodie Wood.
The beginning of that song if I wasn't I always thought that it was recorded when they were shooting a scrap but idk
@@davidgarcia-ey1me 🤣🤣🤣 hahaha yeah when I was younger I thought that too. But I doubt it. That’ll be too difficult to record that and self snitching.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 damn man I really thought they recorded it lol 😂😂 it makes me happy to see Northernerz knock em scrapaz out woodie is my Tupac honestly I think he was a lil more hood
@@davidgarcia-ey1me 😂😂😂 that’ll be crazy! yeah I feel you. He was dope asf, really was with the shit.
@@ruega hell yeah young and reckless is my top n his flow he gots with nemfo shit he really tearz them barz up can't stop won't stop I want a woodie Tshirt but they ain't got one for bear size lol naw 5xl
Hip hop is not a favorite genre of mine but Woodie's music and his approach to it caught my appreciation. His first EP, Yoc Influenced, doesn't even sound like hip-hop. His beats in that album sound like 1980's alternative music: synth pop and new wave (Depeche Mode, New Order). Much respect to him, the legacy he left behind, and all the musicians he inspired.
He grew up listening to that stuff actually. There's a picture of him when he was young with a Madonna poster in the background.
Think bananarama….karate kid
It’s that Bay Area sound, sounds like other worldly
Yup synthwave! Unique sound
I'm 36 & Grew Up to Woodie & Northern Exposure!!.. I Respect This Documentary & How You Spoke. Being a Mexican from East San Jose, Woodie Helped Me Get Through Some Hard Lonely Times as a Teen!!.. His Music Top Notch!!.. I used to Call Him Eminem in the Hood!!.. Gotten Drunk to His Music Since I Can Remember!!.. No Joke. RIP To One of the Realest there Ever Was!!.. Woodie Wood. ✌️
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Glad you talked about Woody. Tragic story. Really was big in the North Bay when I was going to highschool. Glad he got a longer video. Respect.
Woodie**** hated being called woody with a Y .
You covered sensitive topics with the respect and care anyone could ask for. Great job on this. Thank you
RIP woodie man, thanks for doing this homie 💪✊
Much respect Dregs keep doin ya thang… LL Woodie 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 a real legend
I'm a huge fan of woodie too us fans appreciate when he gets recognized💯 good stuff
"Loyalty above all laws!"
That's hard af.. 🙏💪❤
we need more videos like this explaining the story to keep the memory alive without tryna cause drama 🙏
Good vid bro. Much love from Albuquerque MM. keep them coming 💪
Burque 505
Dregs, the channel is 🔥 bruh.
Really enjoying your content.
Woodie was a real 1... I don't bang but grew up around a Lotta folk that did. I found woodie through homies that lived in Antioch as a teen... songs like "tales of a killah" got me stuck... his stories like glue. To this day I still remember all his work. It's been almost 20 years
I know this was about Woodie but Shadow is such a dope emcee!
REST IN PEACE TO WOODIE THE LEGEND
Rest in piss 😂deceased norcaca...
He never will till his moms finish his final wish and drop that tape
@dylanbarnes9191 that might just be the cold truth.. No disrespect to his mom tho but yea he would've wanted all his unreleased shit dropped.
@@bayareadrifter415 I'm talking bout the tape where he admits 2 snoop crime and other stuff
@@dylanbarnes9191 oh fasho off top homie 💯 definitely that needs to be put out there asap
Thank you for this! 🫡
RIP Woodie He Was a real Talented Northern Cali Rapper..
I think he is better than Tupac someone can go 😱 but that's my opinion
@@davidgarcia-ey1me faaaaaaax
Damn homie sharing is caring foreal it is dry here n Kansas I would love some of that good ass weed u look stoned
@@davidgarcia-ey1me Name one beat tupac produced, better yet one he mixed and masterd himself with no samples, and all self learned ???. In that respect he was lightyears ahead of tupac.
Woodie was better than a Tupac,Dr.Dre and Eminem !
I grew up on All of em and Woodie is the only one I still listen to and trip out on the beats Woodie produced are way better and more musically interesting than anything Dr.Dre made.
Them crooked apd took away blackbird and his daughters, the yoc knows
hold up what they do to his kids?? i dont condone getting kids involved wtf yo
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💯 bullshit! I lived around the corner from The Veramontes' and knew all these dudes. Hell I had a line of credit with woody at Live Oak. Carlos did what he did
Sounds stupid. He is the one that came back and started the standoff.
@@KnowOneNoWhere-86How he shoot himself two times in the head, one being in the back of the head?
Woodie I promise is the coldest rapper EVER!!!!!!!!!! MUCH LUV FROM TOLEDO OHIO
I remember when Woodie passed away, i was in high school. Sophomore. Im from Salinas. The cholos in my health class were playing his music on a mini speaker and talking about how he had just passed away. That’s when i kinda got introduced to his music. And then Mac Dre also passed away around that time.
Amazing, been waiting on a Woodie vid! Gotta get that Lil Los or XO Creep interview next!
Much respect for this video on the homie Woodie. 🙏🏽 #LLW
Woodie the man the myth his name is almost like a mythical charter everyone is always so interested in his story I swear they should make a movie about his life or a real good documentary. A lot of people are interested in woodie and not only gang bangers. And towards the end of his life he was touching really controversial subjects about the USA government and the patriot act having your rights taken from you as a us citizen. Which makes his death even more of a mystery ( rip Ryan “woodie” wood)
Yea and the information he was putting out probably is another reason why he was killed. Cus he was talking deep about the government
Word up, heard of Woodie but did not know his backstory. Thx for sharing Bay Hip Hop history once again.
That Cruel Summer flip will forever be a classic up here !🌉
Antioch is my hometown, Woodie was pretty big back in the 90's.
Pretty big you crazy that dude big timin
Love your content mayne I’m a real Pitt kid lo project rip the jacka so shoutout the hustlah. Let’s do a mob figas episode
Hell yeah my ninja jcavilla99 we need the mob figas up in this bitch 209 to the bay 👺👹💯🥨🐐 this is thug life and nigga I never think twice if I end up dead tonight at least I lived my life rip woddie
You're doing a great job brother I appreciate the hustle I was listening to Woody tonight and I'm a northerner from 559 doesn't matter it's all respect
W oo DIE is how he spelled his name. You can probably see why right !?
Woodie a real yay area legend dispute his gang affiliation u gotta love him wit out him we wouldn't have big tone acito Casper locc rico 2 smoove or GB he pave the way for the younger generation and always put on for his city and really just talk bout his life and what he was doing
Nah, Big tone was on his way but without Woodie we would not have B Dawg,Lil los,Lou E Lou and all the other East Co Co legendary artists !
@@AuntAlnico4 bruh legendary? More like classic..they were good but to hit legendary u gotta have albums n some projects..not just be on albums and 1 album..out of all of them woodie n shadow was the dopest ones..really shocked about shadow,he is a dope ass lyricist.
I been bumpin Woodie since day one....RIP OG Woodie...
Glad to see people talkin about this dude. I randomly came across him when I was 10 or 11 and someone online told me about him, dude had his own sound, his own wave. Super talented and it’s a shame more people don’t know about him
killer chronicles did a fire ass documentary on woodie
Definitely some real Antioch History! RIP my bro Wood and Free Snoop! 🙏🏼
Damn, why am I just now seeing this???
Salute to you Dregs One 🤝🤝🤝
Im a Concord Bay Area, always had nothing but love and respect for Woodie and his crew, one of the realist in the Yay, no doubt...R.I.P big dog!!
Concord buster free
Woodie is the GOAT, no doubt about it
Dope. This is accurate compared to everything I’ve heard over the years.
Your a good mane bro, you kept it real while dancing on the line carefully, mad love and respect from dtown tx mane
Cause Its The Bomb...yo thx for speaking on this, fully agree with your perspective. Nice to finally see Woodie getting the credit he deserves out there
Awax my favorite rap artist atvm man I relate to bros music heavy & dat collab album wit woodie was fire!!!!!! Long live Woodie man he was such a major part of Bay Area rap man
Woodies hood was going at it tough with LMT13 in those days
2 sides of the game was fire
Tight Video.
I was JUST Thinkin' bout Him a Few Nights Ago b4 Bed.
Good video. I learned something 💯🤟🏿😎
Damn right we’re the Bay Area. The East Bay Blood. Yoc Life 💯✊🏼
You were almost 💯% accurate. The only thing you were missed informed was Wood was not buried in the Yoc on 18th st. His mom had him cremated. She did not want him on 18th because she feared exactly what happened to his headstone. The headstone was a just a tribute to Wood assembled by Storm
I didn't it was a drive by at the VA either? I thought they walked in with a shotty and a revolver?
@@KnowOneNoWhere-86nah I think the drive by was what happened in pit which paralyzed and later killed Blackbirds brother, then the shotty n revolver walk up at the veterans hall quince that they say was blackbird and snoop (sounds like it was really woodie not snoop)
@@559austin5 💯 facts
I see you used some of my dvd footage @Dregs, right on brother. Woodie was my guy. Our Apt.3 "Known Associates 3: Homeboys and Killahoes" compilation was supposed to be put out by Wood and myself.
@666offering I bought your Apt. 3 Mobb Legacy awhile back. Very well done, some rare footage fsho. C fresh, Jacka, Cougnut and maaan, Wood was goin in on clear channel and the direction the industry was going. i take it your project Known Associates was never completed?
I put out 3 volumes of Known Associates, 2 were double discs.
@@666offering On your DVD, during Wood's interview he mentioned city hall records. They were Mac Dre's main distributor for all his Rompilation projects and the owner is walter zelnik. Do you know if Wood and Dre worked together on any features or collabs? I've been going back and really listening to Wood's lyrics, he was so on point shits damn near prophetic. I asked Mac Mall like ten years ago if Dre fucked with the Northerners which he obviously confirmed. A lot of the youth is just now realizing how raw Woodie was. Nigga really put Jacka on too.
@@123onajet one of Jacks first concerts was at one we threw. Woodie brought him.
@@123onajet Dre and Woodie never collabed.
My friend jade her dad is woodie and btw it was a suicide he left a note on the fridge explaining everything and how much he loved them
Any more proof n anymore good memories about woodie x14
@@Littoz yep one time she told me he went to Applebee’s and I think he asked for some dish. I don’t remember because it was a long time ago and he said I want them sizzling or else. It’s not fun but in a joking way, it was really funny.
That’s cap 🧢 awax said woodie had a will
Shout out to Dregs for always spotlighting the artists who made an impact on the Bay Area music scene. Woodie was a dope rapper, but I think his production skills were immaculate. I catch some of his unique sounds on mainstream music.
Idk if anyone else out there putting down history lessons on classic rap artists like you bro bro. Bless up, you a G for all Dat.
Thanks for making this doc. I had to give him listen, and bro, his style, word play, and skill is dope. 🔥
Bro this guy is a legend most definitely..
I looked at him as an artist before anything.. dude was just talented to the core..
I didn’t really have any big homies but once I started listening to Woodie and East co co they laced me up from what I can soak up and that’s just from music..
Shit kills me too Thinkin like dang why did he have to leave 😞.. ahead of his time I feel like.. especially on his political views and governments hidden agendas and shit like that.. once I was old enough my goals was to buy all his albums before they disappeared.. and I did that.. I was only in 7th grade when he passed..
Woodie dropped gems boii…
He needs the recognition.. and speedy loc (RIP)
Most pioneers are gone.. we only have a few left from this bay/northern cali music era..
I’m just a supporter and a fan.. never a banger but was around that energy and environment..
I think you made a good video here bro.. all your videos are good.. but how you understand that this is a touchy subject and to show the utmost love and respect to a legend and his legacy..
Much love dregs
Stay safe
Much love from the Utah beehive 801 state.
His beats are unlike anyone's. His writing, plus how he delivers it, his lingo and way of describing stories and scenarios is beyond anyone I've ever heard. He's beyond Shakespeare or any of the greats. I can't say enough about this prophet. His music is the only rap I listen to now. Him and B Dawg. I bought his first press of yoc influenced. Getting a Woodie tat w the lark and rip silhouette
His track the streets keep callin me is one of my fav track of all time.
Worker 🐝 state
One of my favorite rappers of all time.
i agree resepect his hustle. and i enjoyed that it was different. and i like the beats. my favs were " N -tha-bay" "this northern california" and "the clock is ticking" but there are so many good ones.
great video
Personally like a wax’s old rap style vs his new style but I still respect it
it was a different time in Antioch in the late 80's & 90's. i grew up around it. i respected it. but as a man pushing 50, looking back i don't want any of my grandchildren to think what i grew up around is normal. We all moved out but we still have the roots in 925.
The Antioch Police Department is hella crooked. Been for hella long
You for the jacka was on the compilations roo
Vatos locos forever. I like the pic frame homie
I'm sure someone else already commented but the shooting snoop was convicted of wasn't a quad homicide, only one person was killed and 4 others shot but survived so he was convicted of 1 count of murder and 4 counts attempted murder.
I'm from pittsburg and been slappin woodie since 2003 rip to a bay legend.
Blackbird is one of my fav songs from him
Man even if you could get bdawg on the podcast too!! Would be dope
Apparently Woodie never even heard A Wax rap when he brought him on to feature on the Northern Exposure compilation. He was a real one like that.
Rip wood blackbird n his daughters. Free snoop
4:21 Didn't one of Woodies friends rap about Woodie's Mom having a VHS tape of Woodie confessing to the murders that Snoop didn't do, but woodie himself who did it, and the Mom wouldn't release it?
Actual facts
@officialogtripleog listen to the song.
*A-Wack - East Co Co.*
He says it 20 seconds into the song
@officialogtripleog ah, ok
Even if there was a tape. I don’t think the tape exist anymore. It burned in the paradise fire. I’ve hear this some where.
Even if there was Allegedly a tape. Woodies mom could be charged for withholding confessions. Or some shit. Allegedly if they existed of course.
Woodie lives forever
Rip woodie Northern Cali legend
Woodie made us all from Antioch Nortes with Yoc Influenced. Even the skaters were rolling around throwing up 14. Haha. RIP to the Antioch Legend. 925 love.
Eh you from Arizona by any chance, he has s huge fan base here in Phoenix.
@@sixodeuce602 nah, I'm from Antioch. Haha. Live in Iowa now.
Woodie was a musical genius
How did he get his name blackbird? Also why wasnt there a Vol 3 album? i want to know
Just recently I see a YT video where someone stated Woodie made a confession video before he passed to clear Snoop, if that's the case it's should be played in the media then given to the authorities to clear him. The reason I say put it out to the media is so they the authorities can't try to bury it!! Woodie was and is a legend and always to care of his!!
I really hate how things ended for all of them i haven't found a person yet who had something bad to say about him they say he is a legend
Legends
Rip
Woodie a legend in the hood and im from Manchester UK
Woodie has been my top 2 favorite rapper. Next to 2pac. Here's the list. 1.2pac, 2. Woodie, 3.Layzie Bone, 4.A-Wax, 5.Stanleemike (Filipino rapper). 6. Chente Corleone
Loyalty above all laws : : rest in peace woodie wood
Rip woodie , carlos, all of the many fallun soliders from the Yoc
Hope you can get az & yella black and shadow on the podcast!
Call me crazy but woodie is my top 3 favorite white rappers of all time. Best cholo or sur/norte rapper of all time despite he was a huero.
If the "tape" is real woods moms should release it. Its been a long time.. Free Snoop Rip woodie Rip blackbird
Appreciate the love and respect woody got from ur show bro . Real dude
If anitoch ain’t the bay , than Pittsburg ain’t either , and that would make Tha Jacka and Husalah NOT from the bay . . Thats not my opinion tho . I’m always for 925 being the bay
Hello y'all lackin Bart goes to Antioch Bart stand's for bay area rapid transit niggas be tripping
i never heard nobody say it's not. it for sure is tha bay.
@@justinfuriated a lot of Oakland and city niggas act like it’s not the bay idk why
@Justin Furiated hella people be trying to say that tha Yoc and tha Burg were not part of tha Bay
Antioch…. Deep east bay….
There is a DVD Mob Legacy 3 10 years deep, a tribute to Cougnat(i think thats how you spell it) and woodie.
I still remember the day he died I thought the cop's did it for the longest time. We still slap WOODIE every day down here in Phoenix AZ,
"Every day and every night
Of my life
"My sanity is standing
On the edge looking
Over the ledge
Among my prayers
I fight to keep
my mind right
Sleeping with my
Lead under my head
Quick to hop out the bed
And point and aim at every
Nosie in the night .
R.I.P Woodie DESCANSA EN PAZ 🙏 NO LOS OLVIDAMOS
Ryan Woods is Alive and well…. Just by a different name angle and perspective now.
Rip woodie wood Bay Area legend!
Bury me on east 18th st
Ryan Wood did not grow up on 20th St.
He went to and lived by Kimball Elementary.
He just uses to hang out on 20th.
Do you know anything about Savage C?
He worked with Andre Nickatina. If you don't know about him, please ask Andre.
I found your channel cause I'm a big fan of Sav C and he put me onto the bay.
But the thing is his music disappeared from the web and a lot of us are wondering if he's okay.
rip woodie!!
How do they know theres a tape confession? Is it just a rumor?
Woodie is our Tupac. Spoke on real issues and even let us in when he was having trouble with his own mind. If it wasn't for woodie I would've offed myself
Rip to the homie woodie , i met the homie back in the day much respect, can't believe someone stole his tombstone from his grave site,
Just ordered myself 4 vinyls. Eazy Duz It, Fiendin 4 Tha Funk, Ill Mannered Playas and of course Yoc Influenced. R.I.P Woodie one of the best out of the bay.
I got the Yoc Influenced vinyl red edition with bonus tracks on it. I got it in a nice custom frame painted in a red bandana design