I've always created art of all forms music, painting, drawing, writing - the more i fight to create art the more i am actually fighting to look inward - to tear out anything dishonest and be as honest as possible. People like Saul Williams are the true artists of today - they value looking inwards. He's a great inspiration as always, a genius.
I'm glad to see of him again. I first saw this talented, genius brother in the poetic, survival-in-the-street-life-of-some-black people film in SLAM!!! He is SUPA-Awesome!!
Saul Williams forever. Who cares if youre black, blue, red or yellow. If you are a true artist, then you will connect with those people that are looking for something more than what we are being fed everyday on MTV and the radio. MTV and the radio are tools to make money, nothing more so don't get the facts confused. Saul is one of the FEW true artists alive today. I don't usually listen to hip hop, but his dude is the motherfucking man
This man is such a hero to me. My English teacher introduced me to him when I told him I didn't like rap/hip hop because I thought it was too shallow.
A friend and I picked up this man from the airport when he came to perform for a benefit at Brandeis. He flew in from Cali and was justifiably hungry, so we drive through downtown Waltham, on a Saturday, precisely during the 2 hour break ALL Waltham restaurants are closed before dinner. All he wanted was some vegan some shit and we couldnt provide that with our wack means. He said, "It's cool, it's better this way. Lemme go to the hotel, take a quick nap, and I'll see y'all at 7." He's been a
verry intelligent man but i dont understand the david bowie theme niggy stardust..... i think he could be more original but i love his poetry and his music hes so bad ass
"Its like if you have a seperate well, and I have a seperate well, we're going to use the same well, but the deeper you go, the source is the same" so i had to look at that, i had to look inside myself and understand that the deeper i go and the more i see myself, the more i see everyone else, because i am everyone." wow, Powerful stuff, wtf is the arms race gonna do when we figure out we're all one. haha, thats really gonna fuck up the plans, i say bring on the earth federation already!
he said it himself, what hes doin used to be called "alternative" and now that means nothing, because the school of logic is that society's majority identifies with what people in power tell them too. people are moving so fast that the senses are no longer able to react at a reasonable pace, instead, the senses are overwhelmed and everything becomes a distraction. its clouded the ability to slow down and look at yourself, as opposed to looking at everyone else. let freewill ring!!
Why is it that whenever this guy's name comes up, smart people are saying he should be more well known? He should be! Why is he only known by conscious people? That saddens me. He is so important and uplifting.
"If you have a well in your backyard to get water from and I have a well in my backyard to get water from, we both are gonna go to separate wells to get our water, but, if we know anything about wells we know the deeper we go the source of water is the same"
in 2068, saul williams will be a legend that came to fame by telling people the truth and showing people how to liberate themselves thru what their gut tells them to do, not the control placed on them by people who think they know what reality is. lol. " SHOW ME SOME SHIT IVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE" LOVE SAUL WILLIAMS.
I am a vortex of infinit intricacy. High speed circuitry, working for a need. A wise friend is a good friend indeed. Know thyself. Put thy ego on yonder shelf. Move onward then ponder on how much it's helped.
@theradioboxer if you think it is about "sticking it to the man" you must hear no words, do you catch eye of the dust in the wind, or only which direction wind must blow?
@theradioboxer what i'm trying to say without sawing you with my blade, is that vocabulary, conciseness of self-statements and self-expression.. that is something you must understand. People do not expand their word bank merely to bounce their checks... so to speak.
@IAmJonesty i didn't say i don't understand saul's purpose or statement of interest. he is a fighter and a poet. some things are meant to be sung, and he is waging war on the ignorant. i feel it, but it's not the beginning of a revolution.
they need to make alot lot more.. and tapeworm project needs to finish.. why are you leaving and quitting great awesome concepts that evolved into fantastic art and music than just drop it wtf.. Mooooarrrrr
that is hip-hop taking something old amking it new. thats how hip-hop started taking classic songs breaking them down and litterally ripping the record a part and making it their own.
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Niggy stardust?Blacked-up version of Ziggy Stardust? Fightin' for civil rights? In the 80's? Train left the station in 64-65. Black History Month is not civil rights, it's recognition. If it's civil rights, every "underrepresented" minority and ethnicity ought to get a month: Jewish month, Italian month, Romanian....Scandinavian. This is a product of NYC in the 80's. How Oppressed!
Sometimes when people of high intellect are thinking of what words to say, they almost become overwhelmed with thoughts and ideas as to how to convey what your thinking, and feel, into words. I'm sure Saul had a moment of introspect to find that word to describe what he was doing with his album, which I'm sure is difficult to arbitrarily label something for him, and that word was interesting. This is probably all in vain because someone like yourself would not understand what I am talking about.
i know wat u mean im the same way its hard to express my mind with word cause its so restricting in the way that people dont always interpret wats being said thats wahy art is great cause there is no restrictions
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I never thought I would say this, but this guy is way to deep. I felt like I needed a pound of weed to follow what he was talking about. Just seemed alittle bit of over anolizaition. <spelling) oops!
everyone's the same through the human chemical compounds, and everyone's different through the personality or conditioned mind. simply becuase no mind is conditioned exactly the same.
Saul has to be one of the geniuses of music today. It's sad that his level of intellect doesn't appear in normal music artists these days. Music would be much better off if it were.
@RockFanatic319 no It manifests, you might need to update your music catalog rock fanatic, I could make you lists but Id rather leave you with "seek and you shall find", peace
@RockFanatic319 Tell me about it. I actually hate rap music but, I was truly blown away when I heard him. I have not heard anything in any form of music that sounds like him. A great creative imaginative and amazingly unique artist. Besides who can't go wrong with someone who samples Bad Brains.
you good brother are what dreams are made of. probably one of the coolest people i have seen. which is even cooler is that you dont promote what is "cool" in the mainstream. keep on preaching prophet.
I heard Saul at Bonnaroo and he blew me away. Loved Slam. Niggy...well...I'm not a Reznor fan at all...but I can appreciate it artistically. This is a fantastic interview. It was good to hear more about the person behind the incredible lyricism. He is a good confirmation of some core beliefs.
Your right Saul is, to me, the most inspirational hip hop artist/poet I've ever heard but if you listen to some of Reznors music (which I'm sure you have) you will find that you may not like the music itself but the lyrics and art in it is incredible and can be just as deep and meaningful as some of the the poetry/music as Saul puts out.... and the art in Niggy Tardust is intense.
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he is as stupid, as misdirected, as un creative, as souless as all of you. the fact yo look to him as a leader, only shows, that he, by his own admission is the same, buT DIFFERENT, but not different, yet you still idolise. shows your so dumb as hell not weven worth saving existence for. but this time. you shall have it. but please. wake the fuck up
Saul is a very smart brother. An intellectual. A healer. A liberator. I love his work. I love his mind. I give thanks for his life and his influence. PEace
they totally tried to make him look more mockish than positive with the background music fuckin assholes. if you listen you can hear nothing but fuck you bitch mother fucker this and suck it that while your talking to such a good a positive poet fuckin assholes
it aint that good an album though, despite the sentiment. fair enough to do what yr gut says, but most musicians, by the time theyve slogged thier guts out to get somewhere, want the money and dont care about the message.
but as saul quotes, there's nothing more powerful than an idea who's time has come. his time has come. cant wait for the next album.
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What the balls? I thought this was gonna be some kinda spoof on David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. Wow, I suppose he's a real creative genius if he has to rip off of other peoples' album titles. "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" ..."The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust" C'mon man, this is laughable.
the fact you view HIM, as very very intelligent, is only detrimant to who incredibly stupid YOU are, cos. sorry to deflate the bubble. the thoughts he entertains, are on FUCKING youtube. hence, he is an idiot.
I find him very intelligent and well spoken, I'm an engineer I design sky scrapers, I don't need to defend my intelligences to trash talkers. And if you failed to realize everything is on youtube, Brian Greene and Stephen Hawking are still among the most brilliant minds alive today despite both having allot of content on youtube.
my point was discracefully put, and not particularly polite. i apologise. what i mean is more along the lines of, "its a great shame that many people have not bothered to use their time and intellect wisely, as his intelligence is unfortunately rare, but is nothing out of the ordinary, it merely shows the idiocy of the common stock." make sense? personally its ego feeding having your video on youtube. that was my point. bg sh, nothing special there. just spend time thinking. we all should.
I remember Saul Williams opening for NIN back on the Winter 2006 With Teeth Tour, completely blew me away pretty much...he played a soild set with NIN at the Voodoo Fest in New Orleans in 2005. His words in poetry and lyrical singing is badass. I'm not really big on hip hop that much, its like that silly shit rap has taken over the hip hop genre.
If he can bring some depth to POP music then more power to him, but he is not gonna change the beast by himself, it will change him first. The music biz is fraternal so he is either in the club or he's not.
ex:
Seen the "Black Stacey" video yet? Please tell me what exactly does his greasy crotch, revealed by low riding pants, have to do with the song at all?
Good luck to you Saul, I just hate to see what the brotherhood can do to heroes.
It hurts that someone so powerful is so slept on... Saul is able to push forward while remaining true because, like he says, he started be exploring himself--which is just not done enough today. He understands hip-hop organically, internally... and he understands the power of the spoken word the same way, so he CANNOT just put bullshit together under the banner of hip hop. He wouldn't be real to who he is. He's just learning from Reznor the same way DJs and producers learned from the JBs.
This guy's awesome. I'm fond of anyone who's differen't/wierd/unusual/original. He could've just done what everyone else is doing and rapped with lame club beats, but somehow he met trent reznor, and just that experience alone probably had a major impact and influence on him.N1N3 1NCH N41L5 is fucking dope.
Who are you to say he is bullshitting or not? All you can say is an opinion, that's it. Thanks for your opinion but we would rather not hear your negativity save it for yourself.
Someone has to be negative. Too many blind and hopelessly dedicated fans. I'm critical because I feel that someone should be. Also, I'm just some guy who calls bullshit, that's it. Take it for what it's worth(very little). You don't like it, thumbs down it and move on with your life. Or comment back. But I can say what I please, to whom I please, and when I please. I'm not making you listen, just speaking.
Justify your opinions on that excellent artist Saul Williams. His agenda is post-postmodern, beyond political correctness, beyond mere pluralism, beyond conventional postconventionalism... and all of these words have meanings that you care not find out.
Justify? Why do I need to justify ANYTHING to you? This is exactly what I'm talking about. You hail him as a prophet but he's just a man. Just a man putting food on his table in his own way. "Nothing of me is original, I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known" Remember that when you decide to call yourself, or someone else an individual or free thinker.
I never hailed him as a propet. I see you think everyone is exactly 100 percent the same... this would be 100 percent wrong. Everyone is dang original, is more like it, and some are more original than anyone else. I agree with Saul Williams and I would also describe myself as more or less an amalgamation of what was before... in an artistic sense. Saul Williams, according to my opinion, is trying to come across as not special, when in fact, everyone is quite different.
Subjective opinions and objective ones are differentiable. In a postmodern media stepping barely out of PC culture, denying the creativity of oneself is standard. I have made a conscious decision to be integrative, and post-ppostmodern. Saul Williams' efforts are commendable. Moral relativism is moot.
4 you to notate MaBu888 thinks he's a prophet is what you conceived in your mind due to misunderstanding where he was coming from, moreover since you presume he seems prophetic in his mind and your defending hes not just shows your jealousy, you cant stand a man being prophetic so you refute and ideation of it, lolz now I'm prophetic I'm a God, now convince ppl I'm not if you dont you will fail your self Ms.RobbyTheSheef. lolz
You say someone has to be critical, but I think that someone is Saul himself - just by watching the way he talks you can see he thinks very carefully about what he says. If theres nothing to critisise why critisise?
If you're looking for blind and dedicated fans, look for mainstream rap and pop. You can be dedicated to an artist's work and not to the artist but like the artist for his work. But yes when placing bands on ridiculous pedistalls, that means you have a problem. This man's opinions are reflected in his music on which we argee with because he shares the same voice, in this, orignality and unoriginality is the same thing.
@ Followthategg. I see your point, but I think it happens in the less-than-main-stream as well. BECAUSE he isn't hellishly famous I think people tend to put him even higher.
whether there is a paradigm shift happening or not, people are realizing that we are all equal and one. saul knows this. the deeper we look within ourselves, the more we see that personality is not self.
He speaks with words we can all understand. He doesn't try to outdo himself and that's a reason why he's so badass. He speaks words we all know, he doens't use big words that confuse us.
A well of wisdom and grace. Such a beautiful soul. I've had the privaledge of seeing him Down Under on his Niggy Tardust tour. What can I say... it was just Brilliant. !!
well he has never mentioned The last poets though to my knowledge, acknowledged their influence. that would be one negative comment. or the black rock coalition of the 90's. Hopefully he gets to work with people from tackhead & living colour, at least doug wimbish on bass.
I love Saul, he speaks with such humble conviction, eloquent and profound...this marks the first time I have ever read all the comments and found not ONE negative remark...NOT ONE!!!! I am moved by that, as much as I am from his thoughts...UNIVERSAL indeed :-D
I totally agree with him. His mind is opened, he is a sponge for wisdom, a true philosopher who has mastered language and never stops thinking about life, himself and the world.
this response just goes to show the ignorance of some people. philosophers are kings of men not in the literal sense of dictatorship but in the sense that they are thinkers and are willing to open their minds and accept knowledge for what it is and not look at something blindly and pick out a word or 2 and ramble on about that. open your mind and you too can become a king of men .... dumbass
STAY GOLDEN SAUL.
antjuanoden 5 months ago
I think that what he's describing is called an auto-ethnography...or at least it could be considered to be one.
roostershoot 6 months ago
I've always created art of all forms music, painting, drawing, writing - the more i fight to create art the more i am actually fighting to look inward - to tear out anything dishonest and be as honest as possible. People like Saul Williams are the true artists of today - they value looking inwards. He's a great inspiration as always, a genius.
StrongHeartLives 7 months ago
I'm glad to see of him again. I first saw this talented, genius brother in the poetic, survival-in-the-street-life-of-some-black people film in SLAM!!! He is SUPA-Awesome!!
Ayoluwa41 8 months ago
love the message..
matthewjamal 8 months ago
I was turned on to him after he was on Girlfriends...(I know lol) but this brotha is the truth. His intellect is so effin sexy!
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wezthapez 8 months ago
Saul Williams forever. Who cares if youre black, blue, red or yellow. If you are a true artist, then you will connect with those people that are looking for something more than what we are being fed everyday on MTV and the radio. MTV and the radio are tools to make money, nothing more so don't get the facts confused. Saul is one of the FEW true artists alive today. I don't usually listen to hip hop, but his dude is the motherfucking man
scrubbycritter 8 months ago
I love this guy!!!
LaSheek 10 months ago
This man is such a hero to me. My English teacher introduced me to him when I told him I didn't like rap/hip hop because I thought it was too shallow.
Telecasterpunk 10 months ago 3
Be an artist not a conformist, love that!!!
DJDEREKHOC 10 months ago 7
"this is what you can do with your integrity intact"...boom.
coykoehler 10 months ago
A friend and I picked up this man from the airport when he came to perform for a benefit at Brandeis. He flew in from Cali and was justifiably hungry, so we drive through downtown Waltham, on a Saturday, precisely during the 2 hour break ALL Waltham restaurants are closed before dinner. All he wanted was some vegan some shit and we couldnt provide that with our wack means. He said, "It's cool, it's better this way. Lemme go to the hotel, take a quick nap, and I'll see y'all at 7." He's been a
BluWavMusic 11 months ago 4
Hell yeah. He was a philosophy major! Smart man.
SouthBendKE 11 months ago 3
"I realize that Im everyone" I All Everybody!
PtAltmVansanTarr 1 year ago
Saul Williams is eons beyond our time.. this is the evolution of music and minds.. Absolute Genius
mmmuziccc 1 year ago 3
verry intelligent man but i dont understand the david bowie theme niggy stardust..... i think he could be more original but i love his poetry and his music hes so bad ass
phiscobiscuits15 1 year ago
from one writer 2 another...preciate ya..smart cat
MrPoetNMotion 1 year ago
real good speaker
TheFormula22 1 year ago
thanks
dylantscott 1 year ago
is he gay
mitalkditingsdem 1 year ago
@mitalkditingsdem No... He had a daughter with a previous girlfriend.
ChainsawUnion 1 year ago
Saul Williams is a beautiful man.
DTparrot 1 year ago
you can tell he thinks about he thinks about what he says kanye did a song with him now he needs to be coached by him please!
QuentinFUCKINParks 1 year ago
@QuentinFUCKINParks If youre referring to 'Never Let You Down', it was actaully with J. Ivy, not Saul.
DubbyKid 1 year ago
Keep doin ya thing, reelblack!!!
roscoegino 1 year ago
I'm in love with this man
Mustardsnakes 1 year ago
"Its like if you have a seperate well, and I have a seperate well, we're going to use the same well, but the deeper you go, the source is the same" so i had to look at that, i had to look inside myself and understand that the deeper i go and the more i see myself, the more i see everyone else, because i am everyone." wow, Powerful stuff, wtf is the arms race gonna do when we figure out we're all one. haha, thats really gonna fuck up the plans, i say bring on the earth federation already!
Rane909 1 year ago 2
he turn gay when he want to dc jail
uptdcdre 1 year ago
he said it himself, what hes doin used to be called "alternative" and now that means nothing, because the school of logic is that society's majority identifies with what people in power tell them too. people are moving so fast that the senses are no longer able to react at a reasonable pace, instead, the senses are overwhelmed and everything becomes a distraction. its clouded the ability to slow down and look at yourself, as opposed to looking at everyone else. let freewill ring!!
griffin210 1 year ago 4
@griffin210 very well said!
evilzlatan 1 year ago
he knows himself so well. his mind is so clear
zoesterino 1 year ago
Why is it that whenever this guy's name comes up, smart people are saying he should be more well known? He should be! Why is he only known by conscious people? That saddens me. He is so important and uplifting.
Italrish1212 1 year ago
@Italrish1212 because only highly conscious beings are able to comprehend the truth he transcends..
mmmuziccc 1 year ago
@Italrish1212 because only highly conscious beings are able to comprehend the truth he transcends..
mmmuziccc 1 year ago
more than 90% dont get thi stuff what he is talking about
Chuldini 1 year ago 2
I find myself quite fond of his sideburns.
pseldenym 1 year ago 3
"If you have a well in your backyard to get water from and I have a well in my backyard to get water from, we both are gonna go to separate wells to get our water, but, if we know anything about wells we know the deeper we go the source of water is the same"
Secrets of the universe 101.
Schism2o12 1 year ago 2
an incredible wellspring of inspiration. a bridge. a wonderful soul.
iamanubertuber 1 year ago
in 2068, saul williams will be a legend that came to fame by telling people the truth and showing people how to liberate themselves thru what their gut tells them to do, not the control placed on them by people who think they know what reality is. lol. " SHOW ME SOME SHIT IVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE" LOVE SAUL WILLIAMS.
CandiKittie89 1 year ago
he is basically saying that he isn't in the Illuminati but he is illuminated :P
SaveyourSavior 1 year ago 2
what is the song that starts at 3:09 ?!!?!?!??!?! sick beatttt
AIIAnIIIusion 1 year ago
@AIIAnIIIusion it's the first song off of his new album Niggy Tardust called Black History Month
TheTfraze 1 year ago
Say "You know" one more time.
blake119538 1 year ago
i love him...........honestly and truly
jimichild 1 year ago
I am a vortex of infinit intricacy. High speed circuitry, working for a need. A wise friend is a good friend indeed. Know thyself. Put thy ego on yonder shelf. Move onward then ponder on how much it's helped.
TheScottGillies 1 year ago
That’s some shit that I identify with lol
dellabrook 1 year ago 2
Such beautiful, deep, eyes.
ShaneWednesday 1 year ago
How does he get his hair like that?
STNKbone 1 year ago
i admire saul's work but there is nothing new about sticking it to the man.
theradioboxer 1 year ago 2
@theradioboxer if you think it is about "sticking it to the man" you must hear no words, do you catch eye of the dust in the wind, or only which direction wind must blow?
IAmJonesty 1 year ago
@theradioboxer what i'm trying to say without sawing you with my blade, is that vocabulary, conciseness of self-statements and self-expression.. that is something you must understand. People do not expand their word bank merely to bounce their checks... so to speak.
IAmJonesty 1 year ago
@IAmJonesty i didn't say i don't understand saul's purpose or statement of interest. he is a fighter and a poet. some things are meant to be sung, and he is waging war on the ignorant. i feel it, but it's not the beginning of a revolution.
theradioboxer 1 year ago
they need to make alot lot more.. and tapeworm project needs to finish.. why are you leaving and quitting great awesome concepts that evolved into fantastic art and music than just drop it wtf.. Mooooarrrrr
letsgoforajoyride 2 years ago
keepin it real
1,2,3,4,5
learnin my abc's 2
keep a look out
nikolaspearce 2 years ago
Saul Williams is an interesting artist... But sometimes he comes off a bit pretentious...
Norybdroll 2 years ago
noone likes a word smith
letsgoforajoyride 2 years ago
i beg to differ. i like him
rrippp 2 years ago 2
when he was looking for words before 1:18 i thought he was slow at first but then he whipped out that mad analogy and i was like fuuuuuuuuck
kinetik44 2 years ago 2
@kinetik44 Its called thinking before you speak lord know i have problems with that lol
jjalstar 1 year ago
Saul is my role model
exitinto 2 years ago
fucking wisdom
chinable 2 years ago
love it
purexpression 2 years ago
"I am everyone." I like when he says that.
Borrowed poem:
"But now a great thing in the street
seems any human nod,
where walk in strange democracy
the million masks of God."
amazinero 2 years ago 3
that is hip-hop taking something old amking it new. thats how hip-hop started taking classic songs breaking them down and litterally ripping the record a part and making it their own.
hamrage27 2 years ago 2
fuck yes.
28g34ajbsd 2 years ago
Here is a little trivia for you, he is on the movie K-PAX and plays a guy who is morbidly afraid of germs
gzussturbo 2 years ago 3
True.
amazinero 2 years ago
I know his daughter :)
RoyalCandyKiss 2 years ago 3
@RoyalCandyKiss
How? Lucky ;/
RainCreme 1 year ago
The song in the background is "The Ritual," the last song on The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
DomPody 2 years ago
It was different throughout the video.
stoopidMonkey56 2 years ago
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Niggy stardust?Blacked-up version of Ziggy Stardust? Fightin' for civil rights? In the 80's? Train left the station in 64-65. Black History Month is not civil rights, it's recognition. If it's civil rights, every "underrepresented" minority and ethnicity ought to get a month: Jewish month, Italian month, Romanian....Scandinavian. This is a product of NYC in the 80's. How Oppressed!
timghouston 2 years ago
BLAH!
schoolforthelifted 2 years ago
now that was some insightful shit. that man has his head on his shoulders
juiceman38804 2 years ago 4
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What I been doing is......Interesting.
How the fuck is this guy a poet
lamyunholic 2 years ago
Sometimes when people of high intellect are thinking of what words to say, they almost become overwhelmed with thoughts and ideas as to how to convey what your thinking, and feel, into words. I'm sure Saul had a moment of introspect to find that word to describe what he was doing with his album, which I'm sure is difficult to arbitrarily label something for him, and that word was interesting. This is probably all in vain because someone like yourself would not understand what I am talking about.
Rognarak 2 years ago 3
Protip: Writing a unnecessarily long paragraph to deliver a simple point doesn't impress anyone after high school.
lamyunholic 2 years ago
i know wat u mean im the same way its hard to express my mind with word cause its so restricting in the way that people dont always interpret wats being said thats wahy art is great cause there is no restrictions
berma051 2 years ago
Not true, smart people know how to talk.
VALsacount2 2 years ago
Be Human
odin2free 2 years ago 2
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I never thought I would say this, but this guy is way to deep. I felt like I needed a pound of weed to follow what he was talking about. Just seemed alittle bit of over anolizaition. <spelling) oops!
LICK5d 2 years ago
you're complaining about flaws in yourself, not him. and weed wouldn't help you understand a word of it (lsd, maybe)
NotFilmSchool 2 years ago 2
everyone's the same through the human chemical compounds, and everyone's different through the personality or conditioned mind. simply becuase no mind is conditioned exactly the same.
refuel829 2 years ago
We are Gods, and we are good men, and we know everything, because we started first, with knowing ourselves.
RexNunc 2 years ago
Saul has to be one of the geniuses of music today. It's sad that his level of intellect doesn't appear in normal music artists these days. Music would be much better off if it were.
RockFanatic319 2 years ago 79
@RockFanatic319 I disagree, I think the fact that it isn't as wide spread is part of what gives it meaning. Social shifts occur VERY slowly.
Saul Williams is just ahead of his time.
Bulldog22031 1 year ago 2
@RockFanatic319 no It manifests, you might need to update your music catalog rock fanatic, I could make you lists but Id rather leave you with "seek and you shall find", peace
9shadowstyle 1 year ago
@RockFanatic319 Tell me about it. I actually hate rap music but, I was truly blown away when I heard him. I have not heard anything in any form of music that sounds like him. A great creative imaginative and amazingly unique artist. Besides who can't go wrong with someone who samples Bad Brains.
lantenec 7 months ago
Saul kicks ass
oscarry 2 years ago 4
you good brother are what dreams are made of. probably one of the coolest people i have seen. which is even cooler is that you dont promote what is "cool" in the mainstream. keep on preaching prophet.
YEMbyphish 2 years ago
I heard Saul at Bonnaroo and he blew me away. Loved Slam. Niggy...well...I'm not a Reznor fan at all...but I can appreciate it artistically. This is a fantastic interview. It was good to hear more about the person behind the incredible lyricism. He is a good confirmation of some core beliefs.
Thanks!
banchara 2 years ago 3
Your right Saul is, to me, the most inspirational hip hop artist/poet I've ever heard but if you listen to some of Reznors music (which I'm sure you have) you will find that you may not like the music itself but the lyrics and art in it is incredible and can be just as deep and meaningful as some of the the poetry/music as Saul puts out.... and the art in Niggy Tardust is intense.
luketurd 2 years ago 2
jeez so much hatred....
spamduv 2 years ago
Saul is a free visionary elevating.
conceptualidiots have no value. Don't hate, congratulate, ha!...
Pirate7X 2 years ago
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he is as stupid, as misdirected, as un creative, as souless as all of you. the fact yo look to him as a leader, only shows, that he, by his own admission is the same, buT DIFFERENT, but not different, yet you still idolise. shows your so dumb as hell not weven worth saving existence for. but this time. you shall have it. but please. wake the fuck up
conceptual0theorist 2 years ago
simply genius
nefisto666 2 years ago 2
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he's high...
jacketero 2 years ago
Saul is a very smart brother. An intellectual. A healer. A liberator. I love his work. I love his mind. I give thanks for his life and his influence. PEace
BlaQueeNumi 2 years ago 50
they totally tried to make him look more mockish than positive with the background music fuckin assholes. if you listen you can hear nothing but fuck you bitch mother fucker this and suck it that while your talking to such a good a positive poet fuckin assholes
wow
that's fucked
4gottenprofits 2 years ago
it aint that good an album though, despite the sentiment. fair enough to do what yr gut says, but most musicians, by the time theyve slogged thier guts out to get somewhere, want the money and dont care about the message.
but as saul quotes, there's nothing more powerful than an idea who's time has come. his time has come. cant wait for the next album.
brixtonadam 2 years ago
He was most likely highly influenced by david bowie, who isnt?
clonis 2 years ago
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What the balls? I thought this was gonna be some kinda spoof on David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. Wow, I suppose he's a real creative genius if he has to rip off of other peoples' album titles. "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" ..."The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust" C'mon man, this is laughable.
TheHippie0 2 years ago
Have you even listened to the album?
Commanderloochy 2 years ago 5
He comes across on a whole other level, very very intelligent man
clonis 2 years ago 2
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the fact you view HIM, as very very intelligent, is only detrimant to who incredibly stupid YOU are, cos. sorry to deflate the bubble. the thoughts he entertains, are on FUCKING youtube. hence, he is an idiot.
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conceptual0theorist 2 years ago
I find him very intelligent and well spoken, I'm an engineer I design sky scrapers, I don't need to defend my intelligences to trash talkers. And if you failed to realize everything is on youtube, Brian Greene and Stephen Hawking are still among the most brilliant minds alive today despite both having allot of content on youtube.
clonis 2 years ago
my point was discracefully put, and not particularly polite. i apologise. what i mean is more along the lines of, "its a great shame that many people have not bothered to use their time and intellect wisely, as his intelligence is unfortunately rare, but is nothing out of the ordinary, it merely shows the idiocy of the common stock." make sense? personally its ego feeding having your video on youtube. that was my point. bg sh, nothing special there. just spend time thinking. we all should.
conceptual0theorist 2 years ago
Doesn't mean he put the video on here himself. So no, it's not ego feeding having your video on youtube.
hellfirebrian85 2 years ago 5
He actually has been performing for quite some time...
skinsorion 2 years ago
I remember Saul Williams opening for NIN back on the Winter 2006 With Teeth Tour, completely blew me away pretty much...he played a soild set with NIN at the Voodoo Fest in New Orleans in 2005. His words in poetry and lyrical singing is badass. I'm not really big on hip hop that much, its like that silly shit rap has taken over the hip hop genre.
jrquilty 2 years ago
As the great Del once said..
"Fuck this is hip-hop and this is rap, it came from the same place."
nick4man3 2 years ago
Integrate minds.
Not countries!
afthefragile 2 years ago
This is what you can do with your integrity intact and that's what I'm hoping people will follow.
This is so inspiring to me.
Thank you Saul
deliciousphoto 2 years ago 2
this is great! the guy is so great. im gonna look up his stuff :)
themindfuck 2 years ago
If he can bring some depth to POP music then more power to him, but he is not gonna change the beast by himself, it will change him first. The music biz is fraternal so he is either in the club or he's not.
ex:
Seen the "Black Stacey" video yet? Please tell me what exactly does his greasy crotch, revealed by low riding pants, have to do with the song at all?
Good luck to you Saul, I just hate to see what the brotherhood can do to heroes.
3rdEYEbeHolder 2 years ago
He's not trying to change pop music.
He's trying to change human condition and the mindstate...
doctorrin 2 years ago 5
this is an artist and this is art at its best , open your eyes human race he has a message for us ....
seliPizme 2 years ago 4
hip pop/possibly rap with actual meaning to the songs
xMaStRmAtTx 2 years ago
@ Homerjay66666: It's the song "Black History Month" from the album the video is discussing. The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
43thelarch 2 years ago 2
Does anyone know what song is playing at 5:22?
Homerjay66666 2 years ago
Black History Month. An amazing song & how I found this amazing man.
wormmm 2 years ago 2
Thank you very much!
Homerjay66666 2 years ago
It hurts that someone so powerful is so slept on... Saul is able to push forward while remaining true because, like he says, he started be exploring himself--which is just not done enough today. He understands hip-hop organically, internally... and he understands the power of the spoken word the same way, so he CANNOT just put bullshit together under the banner of hip hop. He wouldn't be real to who he is. He's just learning from Reznor the same way DJs and producers learned from the JBs.
kdubios 2 years ago 3
PEACE TO THE GOD!
incaperseverance 2 years ago
i am inspired...glad i checked this out!!
SaunSpokenWord 2 years ago
i like his hair.
hawkthewalk 2 years ago
Exactly what was going through my mind!
I love his mohawk too...
afthefragile 2 years ago
i love him
my ears are thirsty for his art
23lotusblossoms 2 years ago
This guy's awesome. I'm fond of anyone who's differen't/wierd/unusual/original. He could've just done what everyone else is doing and rapped with lame club beats, but somehow he met trent reznor, and just that experience alone probably had a major impact and influence on him.N1N3 1NCH N41L5 is fucking dope.
danzig5 2 years ago
Saul's a cool nigger.
Panda13375k337 2 years ago
nigger would be the opposite of what he is.
but whos knows, he might say different if hes speaking from his natural self.
roach408 2 years ago
nigger...always the highest of compliments...sarcasm. Could REALLY NOT find a better word.
baudbwoy 2 years ago
so intelligent. I bet you hurt your brain wrting this.
mizfield 2 years ago
He makes good sense and seems grounded. Good for him!
Belialzen 2 years ago 2
Who are you to say he is bullshitting or not? All you can say is an opinion, that's it. Thanks for your opinion but we would rather not hear your negativity save it for yourself.
scrubbycritter 2 years ago
Someone has to be negative. Too many blind and hopelessly dedicated fans. I'm critical because I feel that someone should be. Also, I'm just some guy who calls bullshit, that's it. Take it for what it's worth(very little). You don't like it, thumbs down it and move on with your life. Or comment back. But I can say what I please, to whom I please, and when I please. I'm not making you listen, just speaking.
RobbyTheSheef 2 years ago
Yea totally, I was just stating my opinion :)
scrubbycritter 2 years ago
Justify your opinions on that excellent artist Saul Williams. His agenda is post-postmodern, beyond political correctness, beyond mere pluralism, beyond conventional postconventionalism... and all of these words have meanings that you care not find out.
MaBu888 2 years ago
Justify? Why do I need to justify ANYTHING to you? This is exactly what I'm talking about. You hail him as a prophet but he's just a man. Just a man putting food on his table in his own way. "Nothing of me is original, I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known" Remember that when you decide to call yourself, or someone else an individual or free thinker.
RobbyTheSheef 2 years ago
I never hailed him as a propet. I see you think everyone is exactly 100 percent the same... this would be 100 percent wrong. Everyone is dang original, is more like it, and some are more original than anyone else. I agree with Saul Williams and I would also describe myself as more or less an amalgamation of what was before... in an artistic sense. Saul Williams, according to my opinion, is trying to come across as not special, when in fact, everyone is quite different.
MaBu888 2 years ago
Subjective opinions and objective ones are differentiable. In a postmodern media stepping barely out of PC culture, denying the creativity of oneself is standard. I have made a conscious decision to be integrative, and post-ppostmodern. Saul Williams' efforts are commendable. Moral relativism is moot.
MaBu888 2 years ago
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41fevaoaklandyada 2 years ago
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4 you to notate MaBu888 thinks he's a prophet is what you conceived in your mind due to misunderstanding where he was coming from, moreover since you presume he seems prophetic in his mind and your defending hes not just shows your jealousy, you cant stand a man being prophetic so you refute and ideation of it, lolz now I'm prophetic I'm a God, now convince ppl I'm not if you dont you will fail your self Ms.RobbyTheSheef. lolz
41fevaoaklandyada 2 years ago
@ 41fevaoaklandyadaI don't even know what the fuck you just said dude.
RobbyTheSheef 2 years ago
@ RobbyTheSheef see thats the problem right there, now since you have no redemption act confused. lolz
41fevaoaklandyada 2 years ago
You say someone has to be critical, but I think that someone is Saul himself - just by watching the way he talks you can see he thinks very carefully about what he says. If theres nothing to critisise why critisise?
musiq1987 2 years ago
@ musiq1987. Because I can?
RobbyTheSheef 2 years ago
If you're looking for blind and dedicated fans, look for mainstream rap and pop. You can be dedicated to an artist's work and not to the artist but like the artist for his work. But yes when placing bands on ridiculous pedistalls, that means you have a problem. This man's opinions are reflected in his music on which we argee with because he shares the same voice, in this, orignality and unoriginality is the same thing.
Followthategg 2 years ago
@ Followthategg. I see your point, but I think it happens in the less-than-main-stream as well. BECAUSE he isn't hellishly famous I think people tend to put him even higher.
RobbyTheSheef 2 years ago
I respect Saul Williams a lot. He has infinitely more artistic integrity than some rapper like Kanye West or Lil Wayne.
Grimeyhoob 2 years ago 3
Saul Williams is the man. His integrity is his priority. Badass, man. Badass
TheSicknessUntoDeath 3 years ago 4
AWESOME! ^_^
Keep it going Niggy. =)
Sincerest & Most Kindly Regards,
-TIGER M [Wednesday]
-4:25 PM (1/28/2009)
TIGERMDOTNET 3 years ago
i feel honored just to say i saw him speak. his words are a gift to this world that few have discovered.
KC7689 3 years ago 2
whether there is a paradigm shift happening or not, people are realizing that we are all equal and one. saul knows this. the deeper we look within ourselves, the more we see that personality is not self.
Tidnull 3 years ago 2
A paradigm shift is occruing, but it will seem slow...
MaBu888 2 years ago
so underrated. one of my fav albums i have now.
exactspace 3 years ago
He speaks with words we can all understand. He doesn't try to outdo himself and that's a reason why he's so badass. He speaks words we all know, he doens't use big words that confuse us.
MrKilla187 3 years ago
A well of wisdom and grace. Such a beautiful soul. I've had the privaledge of seeing him Down Under on his Niggy Tardust tour. What can I say... it was just Brilliant. !!
Thanks for uploading this. Cheers !!
aussieangie 3 years ago
A very Pantheistic stance. Love it.
laconic84 3 years ago
the truth
brayshizzle 3 years ago
dag...i WISH i was that eloquent
betsy5a 3 years ago
"Keeping your integrity intact." I get you, Saul. I don't want an "inverse relationship with my gut."
CaliforniaAfrican 3 years ago
I learned a lot. from just watching that.
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pylostheposer 3 years ago 3
Me too, man. Thank you, Saul.
alexxahex 3 years ago
well he has never mentioned The last poets though to my knowledge, acknowledged their influence. that would be one negative comment. or the black rock coalition of the 90's. Hopefully he gets to work with people from tackhead & living colour, at least doug wimbish on bass.
ThomasJeromeNewton 3 years ago
I love Saul, he speaks with such humble conviction, eloquent and profound...this marks the first time I have ever read all the comments and found not ONE negative remark...NOT ONE!!!! I am moved by that, as much as I am from his thoughts...UNIVERSAL indeed :-D
knova 3 years ago
His voice is sooo
hypnotic, soothing
its poetry
WannaPEECE 3 years ago
His voice is sooo
hypnotic, soothing
its poetry
WannaPEECE 3 years ago
The Tao of now
ArisenProdigy 3 years ago
ok ..just too much "uknow".Great dude! aint too difficult estimate water amount in earth..that has been drinked many times :)
koponenii 3 years ago
I totally agree with him. His mind is opened, he is a sponge for wisdom, a true philosopher who has mastered language and never stops thinking about life, himself and the world.
PHILOSOPHERS ARE KINGS OF MEN.
moyga 3 years ago 3
"Kings" of men..
tss youre not much different than the people he's talking about.
there shouldn't be no Kings , Kings are People who place themselfs above other people ,
everybody =equal and has no differences.
everbody should want what they want.
but extrmist are not the ones who im talking about. the people should go for what they want until they start hurtin other people.
So Kings? No boy no..
Matserfratser 3 years ago
this response just goes to show the ignorance of some people. philosophers are kings of men not in the literal sense of dictatorship but in the sense that they are thinkers and are willing to open their minds and accept knowledge for what it is and not look at something blindly and pick out a word or 2 and ramble on about that. open your mind and you too can become a king of men .... dumbass
twatson89 3 years ago
ot if it's acknowledged as a leader like in africa , how irt was originally among tribes in germany for instance.
ThomasJeromeNewton 3 years ago
So true, look up the definition of Sage. Williams seems to be very sage-like in the most truest, Taoist, sense of the word.
jojodivo 3 years ago