Album Lounge: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
Released: 2007 15 tracks-
- 3. TR(n)igger
- 5. Break
- 6. Niggytardust
- 7. DNA
- 8. Wtf!
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- 9. Scared Money
- 10. Raw
- 11. Skin of a Drum
- 12. No One Ever Does
- 15. The Ritual
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I love this new Saul Williams video! The imagery is amazing and eerie and of course Saul is a poet as ever on "Convict Colony": Saul Willams: Convict Colony - The video was directed by Chris Edley and Rob Leitzell - the same team who orchestrated the MGMT videos for "Time To Pretend" and "Electric Feel." Edley spoke at length with FADER Mag, which is the mothership of the FADER label who released/distributed Williams and Reznor's masterpiece, Niggy Tardu... MORE
Gotta finish the HHT-Rez trilogy with Saul Williams' brillian Niggy Tardust. If you haven't downloaded this album, shame on you. It's going to be one of those records that influence the kids for years to come.
This really isn't a video, but I'm at work and can't upload any mp3s, so just crank it. Let it out, blow it out, spit it out . . . Break the pain!
Saul Williams, one of hip-hops poet laureates, has been getting a lot of attention lately for his collaboration with Trent Reznor and his promotion of DRM-free music. But what I haven't heard anyone talk about is a move that's seeming incongruous with a political rap leader who's worked with the likes of Zak De La Rocha and the Fugees, the selling of his song for a Nike ad:
I don't have a problem with selling out per se, but I do like musicia... MORE
So, in the spirit of yesterday's post I'm posting the following from Saul Williams:
When I first saw the video for Kanye West's "Sierre Leone" I thought it was ABOUT something. Imagine my surprise and chagrin.
This video isn't brand new, but I sure missed it until now and I see no one else on MOG has posted it yet... Here is the official video for Saul Williams' cover of U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust and produced by Trent Reznor:
I saw this yesterday on Saul Williams' myspace. Don't ask me why I was there in the first place because I honestly do not remember. I do remember thinking as I was reading this letter that it seemed really appropriate for this time as we are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and looking back upon the struggles of black Americans for freedom and equality. Are we in a place now that we can look back and laugh at the backward nature of generations before? Are we still... MORE
I'm wary when it comes to a superstar(in this case Trent Reznor)lending his name to an "upcoming" artist because he/she thinks this artist is great. Why? Cream rises to the top, right? If its good then the music will make it to the ears of the willing, right? I like Saul Williams and he would make it to my ears regardless of who endorses and/or produces his music. That said this track is slammin'.




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