Peter Oberth
08-13-2004, 10:12 PM
SAUL WILLIAMS SELF-TITLED LP OUT THIS FALL ON
FADER LABEL
NEW YORK, NY-August 11, 2004-The past decade has seen Saul Williams emerge as one of the world's most recognized poets as well as a rising actor and a highly acclaimed musician. In the music world, Saul made noise with some tracks in the mid to late 90's on the Eargasm and Lyricist Lounge compilations, to name a few. The songs he released during this time period were grounded in hip-hop but were a far cry from the traditional rap that was gaining popularity at the time. He released 2001's Amethyst Rockstar, which was co-produced by Rick Rubin and won him critical acclaim all over the world (The Times of London named it best album of the year), leading to him touring with Blackalicious, Cursive and The Mars Volta.
On September 21st, The FADER LABEL will release his latest album, simply titled Saul Williams.
In Saul's own words, "the tracks range from politics to relationships to the politics of relationships. What I ended up with was something that captured the authoritative cool of hip- hop, the playful angst of rock and roll, the raw emotional torment of emo and the fuckoffness of punk."
Saul Williams has proven himself a master of words, music and acting time and time again. With this album, he's expressing himself through what he refers to as "the most powerful artistic medium.² He adds, ³If it has the power to make a nation nod their heads then it can help society change it's face."
Listen to the track List of Demands (Reparations): http://www.redmusic.com/streams/SaulWilliams/Reparations.asx
FADER LABEL
NEW YORK, NY-August 11, 2004-The past decade has seen Saul Williams emerge as one of the world's most recognized poets as well as a rising actor and a highly acclaimed musician. In the music world, Saul made noise with some tracks in the mid to late 90's on the Eargasm and Lyricist Lounge compilations, to name a few. The songs he released during this time period were grounded in hip-hop but were a far cry from the traditional rap that was gaining popularity at the time. He released 2001's Amethyst Rockstar, which was co-produced by Rick Rubin and won him critical acclaim all over the world (The Times of London named it best album of the year), leading to him touring with Blackalicious, Cursive and The Mars Volta.
On September 21st, The FADER LABEL will release his latest album, simply titled Saul Williams.
In Saul's own words, "the tracks range from politics to relationships to the politics of relationships. What I ended up with was something that captured the authoritative cool of hip- hop, the playful angst of rock and roll, the raw emotional torment of emo and the fuckoffness of punk."
Saul Williams has proven himself a master of words, music and acting time and time again. With this album, he's expressing himself through what he refers to as "the most powerful artistic medium.² He adds, ³If it has the power to make a nation nod their heads then it can help society change it's face."
Listen to the track List of Demands (Reparations): http://www.redmusic.com/streams/SaulWilliams/Reparations.asx