Saul Williams - Break (produced by Trent Reznor)

[poppyplanet1]

Saul Williams is so underated. I've yet to hear this guy on any radio station. Thank God for his fans.

[FunkTheNWO]

this sounds like marilyn manson there in the middle.

[Eternalux]

i bought his album when it was first released on his site for $5. i feel like i should've paid more lol it's so good.

[imjustmeize]

FUCKING AMAZING

[fetalalien1369]

Death creeps through the streets over programmed beats...

[newsoundfactory]

The world will have to catch up with this one.

[kristine129]

Saul is a poet first.......using the mass media of music to spread his words.....it was .the mutual admiration of two artists that formed a sound that is unique to either individual..........Trent's music w Saul's words combined 2 form something new

[zombie32wes]

@kristine129 This union moved the world a lil bit further. I'm loving this at maximum intensity.

[lotusdecay]

To all of those trying to give trent all the credit.. shut up, and the same for those who are trying to give saul all the credit. it's called a collaboration cause they both work on it. And they both did a fantastic job.

[luciano9009]

Damn awesome.

[Drucifer1983able]

christ people on the internet are so fucking negative

Trent Reznor sucks- Only in your minority opinion, you dont last 23 years in the music buisness by chance

Rap isnt really music- then why did you bother clicking on the video to begin with??

SMH

That said, I wasnt as blown away by this collaboration album as I expected to be

[bluephreakr]

@Drucifer1983able Haters will hate. Fuck 'em all, just keep going. :)

[CarlosHigg]

@Drucifer1983able I agree, they're both great artists but its just missing something...

[notoriousmichal]

@CarlosHigg Your missing something. perhaps some genes in your pool ?

[alkmoan02]

Everything Trent has anything to do with turns to gold.

[Pridefulpain]

People who like "pretty music" will never like NIN. Trent doesn't simply go for what sounds good. He doesn't want people to hear it, he wants them to feel it.

[rwagsjr]

@Pridefulpain but his music is still very pretty though

[Pridefulpain]

@rwagsjr True story

[Staphylin]

This sound really NOT nin!

NIN rules

[SyncrisisVideos]

@Staphylin not nin? you listened to any of the newer nin? this has "the slip" all over it.

[estevancarlos]

I swear I hear a second of cellphone interference in this recording. 2:45?

[DigitalBitch2000]

100 WAS me......I agree, Saul is a genius-hope he works with Trent again.. : )

[LiquidELO]

Saul Williams is a genius u douche.

[neuroelite]

trent has terrible taste in friends, one minute he's hanging out with dillinger escape homos and now he's producing this garbage. this sounds like ice-t. trent must be having bad reactions to his meds.

[defiantwon33]

oh yes. nice collaboration.  very nice.

[DigitalBitch100]

Infectious...

[hallowXcore]

diggin the spoken word.

[sacredlybreathing]

Lyrical lessons. A lyrical awakening.  Saul makes you think. Tallam Acey has a spoken word video called a market for nigger's.

[EyelessLeech]

Dreamteam!

[Oakles22]

crap

[MaBu888]

Not crap. Let's debate over whether or not this Saul Williams song is crap or not? Then again let's not. :)

[musudi]

yal like this go check out  (umbrellaseance) greatest poet alive freesyle

[1000rtodd]

homo

[DrewFellows]

Trent introduced me to Saul, and if f@%king glad he did. Saul Williams is sensational!

[AnonShawi]

agreed

[ElHypno2007]

@DrewFellows You might also like Prick.

[brgs27]

Trent is the FUCKING KING!!! Every time I listen, I learn something new. Saul is the man too!!!

[thecall4]

damn. there is NOTHING that sounds quite like this. awesome.

[Cmndr95]

thats the truth

[Naajaw]

This sounds like Nine Inch Nails if you want more material like it...

I can tell Trent helped out with this in addition to producing it.

[shuakram]

This album was largly made of stuff from the NIN cutting floor.

[hazillow]

@shuakram

Truth.

[SyncrisisVideos]

@Naajaw production in music is different from a producer in film

[mikemike390]

@SyncrisisVideos yeah its sauls song, with the help of reznor basically

[SyncrisisVideos]

@mikemike390 from the interviews i've watched with saul (specifically on the making of we are broken instruments, the music is basically 85-100% trent. he sent instrumentals to saul who then came up with lyrics to match the mood.

[rightwabit]

dead inside from the golden palominos and poet nicole blackman and i've been waiting years for for something like it and this is it

[corpsiii]

Trent Is Amazing I love all of his work. Better than all of the other sh*t music out there in my opinion

[eyesofnova]

Aww, don't you love the same tired old top 100 shit mtv projects on a regular basis?

[jrquilty]

Trent Reznor's newer material such as The Slip was kinda a let down for me personally, don't get me wrong its got badass shit on there. The Ghost album was just an experimental world for him to go off in and kinda finish what he wanted in The Fragile, so he said in an interview back in 2008. Pissed me off the whole 2007 Year Zero Tour was International. The Lights In The Sky 2008 Tour was amazing. I just hope after this NIN/JA 2009 Tour its over, but I think he just wants to take a break.? lol

[Naajaw]

Oh yes, he'll be back. Don't worry.

[jrquilty]

CtrlAltDECIMATE...I have to agree with you on the fact he is "under rated by ppl that don't really know much about him or NIN. As far as over rated I don't think so, the man has produced all of NIN work since 1988 and so on, TDS was a bit of a pop type thing ppl say...I really don't see that.yes..his music has changed somewhat, still fucking amazing almost 20 years and hes 44 now, I miss the electronica/Industrial Rock of PHM and The Fragile. the raw anger of the Broken EP changed NIN...

[jrquilty]

The NIN/Saul at the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans 2005 was pretty amazing. I actually had tickets for that fucking show then ppl were like " I doubt they are going to have the Voodoo Fest after the hurricane" think they did the other date in Memphis.

[jrquilty]

Saul Williams is an amazing poet and lyrically..prolly the only possible hope of the original hip hop genre, who knows, now all there is is shitty clown as rap music with no meaning what so ever unless you got yo 9mm haha...Reznor def took an interest in Saul's poetry to take time during the With Teeth Tour to produce the album and have him as an opening act in the Winter 2006 Tour.

[afrikahnoir]

Saul is Amazing!!!

[itbeshannonfoo]

It isn't amazing, but it is good. I like it, different. Different is amazing.

[antjuanoden]

INDEED....

[AlteredBeats]

This tracks just been remixed by SOL INVICTO, Deftones & Cypress Hill side project! take a look!

[MessageontheWind]

Just wanna say one thing, to those who don't necessarily like the whole Trent Rez thing. He's a cool guy, does some cool stuff. But he did not write anything on this album--Only produced it, i.e., worked the recording console, and did mixdown. Those of you arguing that his drum loops and back music isn't great, know this: He did none of that. CX Kidtronix did all the studio loops and shapes for Saul. Thus, get angry not at Trent, but at CX.

[1LTD1]

There is a fair pile of music here and there that on the album that comes straight from TR.

Chorus of the title track is written by TR for example.(only the music obviously,not lyrics)

[spitndecay]

i love good collaborations and this is frigging off the hook and i likey the songey

[existentialfingers]

Well my little opinion is this:

I loved Saul's first album. Then the one after didn't take me as far.... Wondering if i should buy this one at all....

Would love to get some of his poems in book form though.

[elzuwolfe]

I think both Saul and Reznor are incredible, on their own merits. Saul has a poetic freedom, his voice is strong and shows no hesitancy in his love for the world, whereas Reznor is probably one of the most depressed people to walk the earth. He is simply a founder of true loss. On top of which I think he has a thing for drums, He has applied the same electronic drum style to this album as he did in NIN's work, and it doesn't work especially.

[happysmellyfish]

The Fragile is one of the absolute best albums ever made. Listen to at least one half of it in one sitting. Trent's since gone 'downhill' (i.e. he sorted his life out and got interested in the real world) but The Fragile is just flawless.

[zombie680]

Second'd =]

[armedholdup]

love saul, but this album doiesn't even get close to his self titled album . this track right here is as good as it gets off tardust imo. p.s i'm off to see him this saturday night by the way, in byron bay australia. peas.

[kraeckelium]

'Black & White' as it should be.

[jrquilty]

I'm sure Trent and Atticus worked on the programming together

[jrquilty]

fuck that...Trent is an amazing producer, just look at NIN jackass, Saul is pretty good as well fuck head

[tlrowbtemple]

Everything Trent Reznor touches turns to shit.

Saul stick to your roots man...stick to your roots.

[Soulfab]

This is the most primal sound I've heard from Saul in recent memory. It's actually one of the best ALBUMS I've heard in recent memory mainly because of the lyrics and sheer lack of competition. So I have to disagree with you alluding to the fact Saul is somehow being watered down by Trent. As a matter of fact, let me translate your comment for the Youtube viewers: you have a problem with a black man making music with a white dude.

its 2008.

quit being ignorant.

[tlrowbtemple]

Actually, you don't know what I meant. Don't translate for me, I HATE TRENT's Sound..I would hate it even if Trent was black. He sucks. I mean Saul was great without Trent Reznors remix. I don't idolize Trent. I think everything he touches turns to shit. That is my opinion. It has nothing to do with race or color. Anyone who can sing about Saturn being hugged by a rainbow is a testament of faith to me. When I say to Saul to stick to his roots.....I meant go back and work with DJ's and his poetry

[Soulfab]

Look. If you don't want to hear something NEW it's really your loss. First of all I don't idolize Trent. Second, You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't written one stupid lyric at some point in their career. Third, I love BEATS; It's in my bones. I appreciate where you are coming from and why you would like Saul to return 'to his roots'. At the same time I commend him for doing something different. For a musician to NEVER change up their style would just be plain weird. Change is good!

[tlrowbtemple]

Look, I came, I listened....I heard something new...I like change...but I didn't particularly like this..style...I love Saul Williams but can't stand Trent Reznor's style. It's personal preference and it this is not a personal attack on Saul. The musick is in our blood and bones....I really like Saul's voice and style....not Trent's. Trent is EMPTY....fake...a seller of doves. He ruins the purity and essence of Saul's work. Change is Good...Reznor trashes it.

[Ekustix]

Listen to NIN -Still

You'll realize that your opinion of Trent Reznor's "fake" music is simply wrong.

[tlrowbtemple]

How could their opinion be wrong....

[jamesusillXD]

I think your right,

Listen to The Fragile & Still

Hes one of the greatest artists of our time...

This album sounds great also.

I only dabble in Rappy stuff so i dont really know, But i think all this bashing of trent rezsnor is simply sad =[

[thirdshift47]

I totally agree with you.

Trent Reznor is hands down one of the most overrated pop artists of our time.

The man seems to have missed his calling as a snuff cinema auteur.

[KaL976]

trent's a star & earned the right to do whatever the fuck he likes long before you were out of nappies probably.

fixed/broken, etc

[thirdshift47]

He's a 'star',alright--apparently with an infinite number of worshippers and minions to prove it.

He has indeed been around for a long time,supports good musicians,and has a wealth of interesting ideas(along with loads of disenchanted charisma).

I just think that when people start assigning labels like 'genius' to the guy that it's a wild stretch,to say the least.

Reznor is who he is:an entry level industrial provocateur with an extremely uneven backcatalogue of album releases.

[CtrlAltDECIMATE]

I partially agree with you. While I am a devout NIN fan, I think he is seen as a bit too messianic by his fans (including me sometimes). He is a talented artist, don't get me wrong, he is just a bit too overhyped.

Now, onto my disagreement. You think Trent is 'one of the most overrated pop artists of our time'? If that were true (& if Trent's style actually was pop; it's far from pop), I don't think Trent would try to experiment as much as he has with some of his newer releases.

[CtrlAltDECIMATE]

And I'm not trying to offend anyone, especially you, thirdshift47; I just think Trent is good, yet slightly overrated within his fanbase and underrated by everybody else.

[thirdshift47]

With regard to Trent's cult status the term 'pop' is used here with strict regard to his avenue of music making(not to confuse the man with Madonna or Britney Spears).Ofcourse,if we leave it to rock critics then everything becomes a genre,e.g.,'pop','folk','alter­native',underground','progress­ive',etc.

Mainstream musicians have always had the curious tendency of playing the credibility game--who's more relevant than who--and Reznor has a notorious history of this,which makes him an easy target.

[Soul6ess]

If you should hate anyone, it should be Saul Williams for agreeing with Trent Reznor to be his producer, because it is Saul's shit after all.. And if Saul had an imagination, he wouldnt need to use Trent Reznor's opinions, or anyone else for that matter... Saul lacks the ability to be a rockstar, because he needs help..

How is that Trent's fault? I dont get it, but if hate is what you want to do, then go for it. I hope it helps you understand life...

[killphil1986]

why if someone works on a project with someone he "lacks ability" and "needs help"??? that makes no sense to me.

i think if someone rejects influence from everyone but himself then he is influenced by a fool.

[Mike209000]

and also, why would someone like Saul Williams want to be something so material as a rockstar? He doesn't even write rock music, for a start.

[MorroWolf]

@tlrowbtemple

Yeah man Reznor is a genius your a fool

[billgermany2000]

AMAZING BEAT and lyrics

[SpicaRieo]

I like it. I happen 2 like trent rezor'd work w/ NIN as well, but I can't bleive that I hadn't heard of this guy until he came to my college! He's a tru blaq jenius

[oscarry]

Prefer Black Stacy, Or List of Demands

[maggiemcgill]

NO!

I don't like it.

Too much Trent not enuff Saul.

[iaeruo]

most producers polish the artist around the edges..

[Mickmandee]

80% Of the reason I like 'niggy tardust' is because it has such a trent reznor thing going on

[quexalcoatl]

Holy hell, Reznor picked up on Saul's beatnik revival, I always thought those two would mix it up well. I must predict the future easily.

[Jiggytarmac]

too much for many a system

[zoo74lander]

Rizimar says: "I think Trent is just better at producing than he is at composing and (especially) writing his own material. "

Noted, and respecting your opinion, I think Reznor´s are some of the best lyrics concerning intimacy, selfdestruction and feeling insecure...pretty human after all. Specially in THE FRAGILE album. Masterpiece.

Trent is one of the greatest artists in the "business" these days.

P.D: I´m not thinking about decay and insects all the time,nor is he, for sure :D

[justblissgraceful]

Hearts in two-step beat...Break. Dance pray work whip... Break. Neck jump back kiss... Break. Ashes, dust, kill, crush... Break.

love it.

[JTHizzy]

yeah, that's fuckin awesome. way to go. what a dynamic duo these two make.

[napalmhope]

I love Niggy!

[JLredspottedDrum]

i don't really like the music he produces i prefer the music he creates.

[DieZukunftMedia]

agreed

[orlyyarlynowai]

There is truth to that statement. Everything after The Fragile has been a bit of a downward spiral...

[spiffymint]

Year Zero was really fuckin' good.

[Rizimar]

Getting better? He's been pretty good at producing other peoples' music for quite a while. Check out Prick's self-titled album. It was released in 1995 and produced by Reznor and is really damn good (imho).

I think Trent is just better at producing than he is at composing and (especially) writing his own material.

[hurly000]

"I think Trent is just better at producing than he is at composing and (especially) writing his own material."

So you must not have heard that he wrote a lot of the music on this album.....

[Rizimar]

He wrote a lot of it, but this really isn't about the music. It's much more about the lyrics. The music and production just compliment what Saul is saying.

Also, I would count it as production more than composing. Hip-hop producers are not usually credited with composition when they tend to make most of the backing music as well.

[xeniast]

"but this really isn't about the music" Rizimar you're an idiot.

[Rizimar]

I think you misunderstood what I said. Go reread it.

[vycon88]

without trent saul wouldnt even be here.. so dont even push to dare to put down trent

[bosshallucy1]

Saul would be here without trent, to say otherwise is ignorant. however the collaboration produced amazing results.

[supersoulbrother]

while i salute you in all your brilliance saul, choosing "niggy tardust" as a moniker is simply in bad taste.

[eboyd32]

what's wrong with parodying minstrelsy? especially when it is a political statement from a black man.

[daveglove]

this guys a freaking genius

[tonikaye45]

uhhhh...i dunno.

[numbchucking]

I'm going to see this guy tonight!!

[Majesticon]

I hope they have hard copies at the show!

[MrPatrickBateman]

been hooked on this song for days!

[AceXVI]

I really respected your opinion up until you called it crap. It's just not your cup of tea, and that's fine.

But please have a little more common sense than to talk down on something that other people actually enjoy.

[wizotch]

im sooo getting this album this is an importante album, whats missing in a musick land of escapiss-ism WAT WAT!

[ASithTheyCalledEmo]

Wow, I am one a roll of discovering AMAZING music after quitting my band not too long ago!

[xeniast]

O_o

[miniboss1487]

one of the better songs on the album

[alrobinson]

I'll admit. When I got Saul's album, I skipped over this song a lot when I first heard the intro.

Then I listened all the way in by accident once. Heard the chorus.

Hooked to it since.

[knnoox]

off as fuck, shitty

[EtcEtcAndEtc]

too futuristic? can't diss them for trying, I think the overlapping lyrics thing is one of the most original and daring ideas I've heard for a long time, although it is very obviously NIN production!

[ssamoon]

people can't not like things anymore?

[SqueakNinja]

Bah! I wants Saul Williams! Sooo gooooood. Mah fave is Bloody Sunday. Absolute Marvy fab.

[Limezor]

Sunday Bloody Sunday was made by U2 first, but I still think Saul's version is better.

[nin56665]

Agree!!!!!I like Saul's version more

than U2's version.

[PoeticSpacecom]

nice...

[FKSOHDFPUI45642]

both of you guys did a great job very nice

[ksr314]

great song

[mcorneah]

Holy shit, this song is so damned amazing. It reached my top 5 list the first time I heard it.

[chino462]

mrmangina!!!!!!!!!!

[mrmanback]

cochino weewees como pepino...te miro tus nalgas @ asesino

[chino462]

mrmamback is a homo! Great song though!

[mrmanback]

cochino...you need to learn how to spell puto...te voy a matar culero

[PHAROAHVII]

he wrote it correctly

[mrmanback]

no, he misspelled my username..

[PHAROAHVII]

oh okXD

well yea hes messed up, randomly insulting you

[mrmanback]

great song

[Orrmonger]

I heard this on the radio real late at night when they play crap you've never heard of. I love the beat of this song and the bass.

[hermes41]

We really feel the Raznor influence on this song. That sound good. It's verry original to have industrial beat in hip hop. Actually, we have in hip hop too much beats influenced by r'n'b.

[spookypig]

Its Reznor, BTW.

[ParabolaTool]

Yeah I love Tront Reznik.

[Sinsation27]

lol

[ritualfunk]

Tresh Fleshkick pls ffs

[xeniast]

RAZNOR FUCKING LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[catfishcoleslawfries]

I first heard about Saul reading an article in Vibe magazine, then I rented "Slam". It was unique and good. Later I checked out Amethyst Rock which was ok, but this joint here is definitely album of year.....ANY genre. I don't like to pigeonhole, but wikipedia describes it as hip hop/industrial.. NICE :)

[jacksontravistjack]

i like robots

[RedSaint83]

I listen to the new album all the time. Worth the 5 bucks. And then some. "Convict colony", "Raised to be lowered" are some of my favorites at the moment - Check it out :)

[zeebird69]

Sometimes it's dangerous to try and classify things by genre as if you build up walls to define things, you end up fencing yourself in.

[zeebird69]

this is good goOD GOOD! dirty beats, mangled bass and compelling lyrical flow. Haven't heard anything like since Dr.Octogon. Well done boys

[Soupstorm]

I love this song. Got the album last night, and I've listened to it non-stop since. And as much as it pains me to say this about a hip-hop album... A huge part of me wants to call this the album of the year.

[ajasen]

Niggy is as much a hip-hop album as, i don't know, Apocalyptica is a classical album. Niggy sounds way more like year_zero than anything I'd normally call hip-hop.

What's the diff? Well, i'd say that anyone who liked year_zero, musically, ought to like niggy. OTOH, I can see how a lot of rap fans might not like the album.

Anyway why do you even care? You like it, you like it. Don't get so hung up on genres.

[Vindicut]

I wonder if any of these songs will have a augmented, cut up warped amen break on them? I suppose not since it is so used in the dnb scene as well as lame ass car commercials. Would be cool though to hear a saul/trent take on DnB using some twisted ass version of the break.

[BunmiHazzan]

it does sound like old school marilyn manson. i guess reznor was the real brains behind that

[Velvetgoldmine92]

It sounds more like something off Year Zero if u ask me?

[Fandanglius]

I only like Manson's first album for that very reason. Then again I havn't heard em all...

[anthrax2244]

it was his third album

[Fandanglius]

oh my mistake... It was the 'breakthrough' album however, in bullshit commercial terms at least. After that, it seems the music got more and more watered down. I like what Manson has to say though usually. Again I'm not too familiar...

[valereznor]

ma xche Trent ti sei dato all'hip-pop? èèèèèè?? perche?? me lo dici che esigenza c'era?? io proprio non capisco!! amo i (forse è il caso di dirlo anche se è davvero dolorosissimo dirlo, i passati) Nine Inch Nails

[visred]

towards the end

[rockersrgr8]

this is a great song, im anxious to get the album downloaded