Not at your weekly club

SO today I wanna talk about the flyest cat I know thats out there. The man is in all means real to the core and has a lot of shit to say. I got my first dose of singer/writer/poet/actor Saul Williams in 2001 when I checked out his album "Amethyst Rock Star" which had a lot Rage Against The Machine influences. I caught back up with him again in 2004 when his self titled album debuted, which I fell in love with. Songs like "Black Stacey", a deeply personal song (hence his middle name is Stacey) written about a boy growing up out-of-place and frustrated, racially confused, and living in the shadow of a white man, and his more high powered energetic single "List Of Demands", which is now featured in some lame ass sports commercial. The afrocentric poet started out as an MC, then went on to graduate with a Bachelors in philosophy, moved to New York and earned a Masters in Acting, and in 1998, pursued his acting career by getting the lead role in the Sundance Awarded feature, Slam.


At the same time he was heavily getting into music. He has worked with such artists such as Erykah Badu, Blackalicious, The Mars Volta, NIN, and The Fugees and has five albums strapped to the gurney & he has also published four books. Most of his music is influenced by his own personal experiences, and even more so the politics and downfalls of government, Hiphop, ethics, and humanity. He has a lot to offer lyrically and switches in and out of spoken word and beautiful poetry throughout all of his albums. I hope you all listen to this and gain some sort of insight out of it, or at least respect the mans prophetic messages and important beliefs. You can pick up his latest album "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!" at his website for a mere 5$.

-Spread the love ya'll, D.



mp3: Saul Williams - List of Demands (Zshare)
mp3: Saul Williams - Black Stacey (Zshare)

& Sardonik Smirk, still widely unknown, has made an elegant recreated and mastered version of Saul's already beautiful spoken word single, Gypsy Girl
mp3: Saul Williams - Gypsy Girl (Sardonik Smirk mix) (Zshare)