Saul Williams: Convict Colony

[777oddball]

like fishbone, like bloc party, like PIL, like 808 state, like the fall, attitude personified, head on, orgasmatron

[leurbantoaster]

seeing him tomorrow

[KashgroundTM]

...uh.o_o

[MrCaptinredeye]

How did he get those feathers to stick in his hair ?

[BasmentGuy3000]

I always find great music late like a mafucka & eye beat myself up for that but I look at it this way better late then ever!!!! Yeah I know you never heard that sayin b4 I just made it up so always remember better late then ever cuz of me like congrats & really

[stilleism]

There is a fault made by god. (or what the fuck ever you call him or her)

[KIFTROMANIAC]

@stilleism

asshole

[stilleism]

@KIFTROMANIAC belief is the way which is chosen by the miserable and fearful people just like you stupid. Why? you can't explain and understand the world, the sorrow and pain people have in their lives. That's why you need an immaterial thing to feel you better and to live easily. Because with this thinking you can remain blind to children dying cause of the hunger, soldiers dying for nothing, woman raped, the violence in the world. You choose the way you do nothing more than pray.

[stilleism]

@KIFTROMANIAC You pray your god and want many things for you each time. You may want the peace in the world. But, you bitch, you never can't see that peace is not allowed cause of our creation. I expect nothing from god but many things from people. Therefore i believe in people not in god. God existing along many years and world is getting worse every single day. The difference between you and me lies exactly here. When we say, "stop war" we fight versus God.

[stilleism]

@KIFTROMANIAC Because she (or he) loves wars, tears and pain we have. You got it asshole?

[KIFTROMANIAC]

@stilleism now that you went off blasting on religion,and shit,I called you an "asshole" because I thaught you said "saul williams'' was a fault by god(or whatever the fuck you call that nigga) I thaught you were being racist,to saul,got it?? my good freind??

as for my "religion" I free people from them,each one of us is free to beleive in whatever the fuck he wants.and I was an Athiest,it's been less than a week that I became a muslim,because of people like you mistaking me 4 what Im not.

[KIFTROMANIAC]

@stilleism ahahaha it's funny how I said one word "asshole" and you went off ,and wrote 3 paragraphes to prove that you really are an asshole!!!

Peace my good fellow human being ^____^

[stilleism]

@KIFTROMANIAC it seems like the way you told. But after i read your comment i went to your channel page and read what you wrote there either. I taught you have been defending the god i talk about. Your right, each one of us is free to believe or not. That's why i was protecting my religion either. You see? You misunderstood and i misunderstood.

[KIFTROMANIAC]

@stilleism yeah I see!! it's all good bro :)

[Distrakt]

INCREDIBLE!!!

[Lobodomy69]

oh man, Saul Williams is amazing! In my opinion he is the lack MGMT :P

[cptdrk]

beautiful song and video

[Eternalux]

i see persia white :) seems like they made the coolest couple.

love this song!

[TheScytheofthetimes]

Saul is a genius!

This video is fucking amazing!

[floppies]

Saul Williams is one of my main musical influences check out my channel have a listen.

[greatbrutus]

@floppies umbrellaseance youtube him ( saul william little brother

[blahblahblahman]

I think that Saul Williams is so aesthetically beautiful. Seems to be beautiful inside as well.

[greatbrutus]

@blahblahblahman umbrellaseance youtube him ( saul william little brother subscribe

[Jdub14000]

CX KiDTRONiK!!!!

[elliol]

this song used to scare me

[inFLUence2508]

preach on rev.williams!

[derrick4104]

i love saul williams, but i absolutely hate this cheap, crappy video.

[jollyrogers011]

awesome video...these guys are so unique...

[fffitgc]

I think the music was all made by Nine Inch Nails seeing as how Trent Reznor produced this album and got the band to play on a lot of the songs.

[ricnlayla]

@fffitgc : Listen to Saul Williams first album (pre-Trent) and you'll see that the sound isn't all that different. Trent just picks em well.

[hellchild65]

@fffitgc you know outside of touring, "NIN" is just Trent in the studio, right? there is no band, its him and a bunch of Synths, drum machines and guitars, at some points a producer.

Great record, im not big into hip-hop/rap music, but this cd got me into Saul Williams, loved his second self titled record as well, shame more rappers are not intelligent like him.

[MaBu888]

Is that Mt Shasta or Kailash in the Back ground? Anyway in lak esh!

[elmariano1990]

UPIERDOLONY FARBĄ CZY NIE WIEM CZYM!

I LOVE SAUL WILLIAMS BLESS YA FROM POLAND!!

[Buzzmancer]

was that mc cx kidtronik? :D yay i hope he produces a new album with atr, yes i know he is part of the group but a new album has yet to be announced. and im like saul williams :) my first listen

[minusblame]

mothers brand your babie if you want them to keep your name and another thing my dog rides up front.

[csefton921]

Ohhh...It Matters...

[jimichild]

what an incredible artist

[DeadPixel2009]

I think I hear a drum sample of tipping the lion by the melvins?

[liamaldrich]

lol sounds a bit like a mighty boosh crimp

[djsubliminalreeve]

this is like bloc party meets hendrix meets bowie = epic

[showmeyourlight]

Bestest of the best. Go Pisces.

[krisOwnerOfTheWorld]

something about this video reminds me of jimi hendrix =/

[TheSpudnic]

he is a mad dude. got a a mad style. hes kinda like David bowie as a black rapper.

He reminds me a lot of Tricky

and new artist AllFlaws

They all break the boundaries of contemporary genres

[terramortim]

@TheSpudnic I can hear some Hendrix in it as well.

[ElHypno2007]

@TheSpudnic Yeah he is kinda like Tricky.

[EyeWearMySunglasses]

@TheSpudnic what happened to Tricky??

[Doodlebugdude]

@TheSpudnic Like your views.

[Evanmileus]

@stgm

Yes they did escaped slaves fought with the seminole indians in the civil war. The indians took in escaped slaves....

[Bismarkable]

Yeah, this video definitely makes me think of a really intense shroom trip (and not any other psychadelic I've experienced). Makes me wonder what place shrooms have in Saul's life. . . not that it matters. I'm just glad he exists. His art is so freakishly, logically beautiful. . . what a motherfucking artist!

[tobiahtillman]

FUCK YOU SAUL!

Thank you for stealing my Top Secret footage that I stole fair and square from the USAF!

hahaha

fuck you Saul Williams you thieving bitch!

2 minutes and 10 seconds into your vido you play that hous blowing up in the backround of that chick dancing.

2:10 press pause

copyright my asshole nigger!

[Followthategg]

@tobiahtillman ....how can you steal something "fair and square"?

[streetlight13]

I agree with trash can july- free your mind with some shrooooooms!

[stgm]

This video brings up a question in my brain. Did escaped slaves ever team up with natives to fuck white man? It only seems logical escaped slaves would find something in common with them.

[smoothmove]

slam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trashcanjuly]

all the colors, sounds,... the way the video is shown, all pretty much how a half ounce shroom trip is like

[headphoneharmonics]

Hey, I actually was born in a [former] convict colony...

[Suliaan]

America ^^

[Soldforcheap]

Australia? :P

[headphoneharmonics]

Yah, Australia... Van Dieman's Land...

[gears757]

not cocaine nigga its lsd

[colanthony]

coolest video i've seen in a while

[roflwaffle12321]

this= handrix + cocaine

[jaydogg408]

You know the thing I love about Saul is; his words , excuse the pun, speak for themselves. This track takes away from the strong lyrical/vocal driven-ness that I've come to expect from Saul. I dig the NIN influence but let's turn down the backing track and let Saul's powerful voice ring through. Also, did Trent say "Imma dress you like Chicken George, cool with you?"

[Sabbatai]

Saul has pretty much always dressed like this. This is a typical Saul Williams look.

I don't think Trent was as controlling as you seem to think. :)

[tvsuicide4]

It's weird, but I like it. Surreal yet... there.

If he likes it, eh, doesn't matter. I imagine Trent has looked back on some of his videos, shaking his head at how he didn't like how it turned out. I think Saul has created something he likes here. And in the longrun, sweetness.

^__^ I dig it.

[DjediPanda]

uhhh needs more sol

[needleinthehay331]

Weird, this is my first time hearing a record from the album and it sounds exactly like a Nine Inch Nails song except with Saul on vocals. Pretty cool nonetheless

[funkyman94]

ya t reznor and him callab with a lot of shit

[oneeyedking3]

Awesome vid and i guess it was inspired by MGMT- Time to Pretend witch is pretty wicked!

Good Job Saul keep it up!

[CaptainSolid]

wasnt this song made way before MGMT's song???

[oneeyedking3]

No theres an interview with him and he says thats were he got the ideas on the visuals in the back

[mac9641]

Yes, it definitely was.. I personally don;t see how anyone could compare the two

[RankinYouth]

indeed man

[Cmndr95]

great song+wieird video= Genius

[jshheller]

haha

fun fun =D

its just a guess but saul was probably on alot of cough syrup or black tar when making these videos =]

[D3athCr0w]

Lol what a spaz..

[coffey0072]

Saul! Always and Forever! Love this guy. His artistry knows no bounds.

[diamondhide]

WTF???

[lactoseowen32]

Another great Saul Williams song!

[Stefmanovic]

I really love the whole aesthetics of the video! Saul's Niggy Tardust look is really cool!

[bellemcky]

As a lover of punk, electronic, and dance music, I can so rock to this!

And I can see why some of his vids have comments disabled.

[likefiur]

oooookkkkkk...................­

[jaybforthewin]

I've been a fan of Saul's since '98, bought the first and second album and seen him perform live.

I tried to give the Niggy Tardust record a chance, I really did but I ended up throwing it out in the garbage.

Hoping he gets back to the spoken word and rap style he rocked before he linked up with Trent Reznor.

But that's what the life of a musician is, a little experimentation otherwise they lose every creative molecule in their bodies.

[olvr1902]

agreed.

[1PostPoMoMaN1]

I think all of Saul Williams is seeaaack.

[leakeg]

Niggy Tardust is just as awesome as any of his other stuff (methinks). But I can see how it could seem a bit abrasive to someone who got into Saul via his early stuff. "The Ritual" has one of the greatest hip-hop beats ever produced.

Give it another go!

[brixtonadam]

he seems to want a bigger audience and to reach out to (especially) young black males, but the industrial sound veers toward white middle class kids, whats's that about?

i love his stuff but he needs to get back to basics.

[symon2525]

what the fuck does it matter wha color you are?

[ViLeDeth]

I agree - I don't think the color matters, he is in the minds of those he inspires and its going to do whatever he wants it to do. "Back to the basics," sounds like you're uncertain about accepting Saul for his creativity and rather judge his medium of spreading his message more than just LISTENING.

Directed towards brixtonadam.

[mofopker]

@symon2525

Because these Cat's can't fuck with me, I purrr Purple.

[greatbrutus]

@symon2525

umbrellaseance youtube him ( saul william little brother

[TinyVessels00]

@symon2525 because some people in this world are born with a privilege over others, and the color of your skin, whether it truly matters or not, will affect how you see and experience things, and to say otherwise is denying this. it also implies cultural erasure. i know what you're trying to say, but it really does matter a lot.

[sickboyduke]

well i'm actually white and midle class and really enjoying that industrial beats...but i dont get,why white people can listen to any kind of rap or hip hop, but black people couldn't to stuff like that.

its a matter of taste not of colour i hope. and there are so many damn mc's...why ONE, just f*cking ONE shouldnt try something else.

[TopGunOriginal]

If u think he made this video to appeal to black youths, then u have no idea whats popular among black youths.

[isaactiku]

@TopGunOriginal well, im presuming you're not black, it's very sad how bad african americans have it bad when it comes to instant gratification racism. do you honestly believe all blacks like gangster rap. open your mind brother, you're missin out on the colorfulness of other people's ways of life. and i think the music like any other music is intended to appeal to the human race, rythm and beat doesn't deflect off people's skins!

[TopGunOriginal]

@isaactiku

"im presuming you're not black" - your presumption is incorrect, i am black. Thank you for projecting your own stereotypes and racism onto me to incorrectly make your point.

Back to the video, i never said all blacks love gangsta rap. I am black, i do not like gangsta rap. I'm also not blind or ignorant, to say most black youths listen to industrial hip hop (like Saul Williams) is not being honest.

[deftoned516]

@TopGunOriginal

don't mind him, that dude is ignorant,

obviously he can't read the part where you said, "popular among black youths"

popularity is something that can even be proven to an extent, look at your youtube map thingy that shows you which age groups, countries, etc. etc.

instead of an accurate statement, this dude takes it as "instant gratification racism" LOL, do you even know what that means.

[magicmonkiboy]

sick

[felixicon]

keen to the idea.. convict colony. you don't really want it..

good..

can someone send me the lyrics.. i can't hear them all very well.

[Aviv36]

I don't really understand allmost nothing..

Lyrics will help a lot! XD

[DRIZZY2005]

Saul is the sh*t :)

[Underpress21]

iiiiii

[woodentops]

thats good

[sramgirl]

Saga Storyteller can you elaborate on what you mean by "tries his best to be different"...Is his individuality so alien to you because you yourself have not seen it before? How many versions of self is the man allowed? If he were to be less different who and what type of person would you have him be?

[breakdancebrooklyn]

hey. that's the woman from "girlfriends". i heard they got married.

anyway loved it. saul is amazing. the words that come out of his mouth are perfect

[SagaStoryteller]

really artys and pretentious. did anybody actually enjoy this or do we all just appreciate that saul williams tries his best to be different?

[Aueneye]

I'm sure there were thousands who dismissed The Velvet Underground's Venus In Furs as Artsy and Pretentious, ( there probably are still thousands who do) but that is probably one of the finest records ever produced. I wouldn't say that this particular track is in that league, but Saul Williams is incredible and definitely in that avant garde tradition of artistry. Besides, nothing wrong with artsy.

[lerangisn]

I really really like the hook and the beginnings of each verse. It's not too "different" it's really catchy and the video is cool

[kssocialist]

If this is what the end looks like.... Bring it the fuck on!!!!

[rummouse]

Australia is a Convict Colony. In my estimation so is the US and few other "allies" I was mad at the lack of Aboriginal people I was seeing out and about Sydney The projects in RedFern looked exactly like the projects I grew up around, with people getting high or drunk on the stairwells hanging clothes to dry out the window etc I even had a bunch Aboriginal kids walk up to me and tell me excitedly that they were Niggers too. I wanted to write something they could scream at the top of their lungs

[rummouse]

being an Aboriginal Australian - to have one of my favourite (thatnks to trent reznor) artists say this - is extrememly awesome to me :D :D : D

[sunilamaru]

i just wanted to ask.. were the convicts who first settle in australia, were thy american or british?? i m not sure

[cullen21stcenturey]

british, hense the "simliar" accents

[RightsReserved]

I love the fact that Saul isn't afraid to experiment.

[deviljordan]

i love tribal stuff.

[CurlyisKing]

Tribal? lol

[deathchips]

Am I the only one who hears bits of TVOTR in Saul's music?

[beckryanperson]

i was thinking that too

[mybirthday0104]

Saul is not a man... he is a metaphor for a man, a message, a eternal voice buzzing in your ear...

[ViktorIsFilth]

Agreed, he is the euphoric message to society's youth.

[ENigma9001]

It's like you take Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Hank Shocklee, some German Krautrock and little bit of Mozart thrown into the kitchen sink and you get Niggy Tardust.

Nice.

[bluethirdwave]

YeS ToTaLLy.... & Ginsgerg,...& James Baldwin,...& Basqiat...industrial PuBlIc EnEmY.....VooDoo LuV ChiILD of hardcore PuNk rock Robeson & a buddhist beat poet.....sooo glad trent from NiN is working w/U,,,makes me respect trent more too.......soo glad i found yr music & spoken word........very inspiring........FuCkiN' AwEsOmE!!!!

[trashcanjuly]

haha, shroom trip to the max

[smeltingtanks]

this is prolly the best music video ever

[biggdaddie72]

Whatever you want to call it...it's fuckin brilliant!!!

[sentient02970]

I can't believe it matters how much of this is like hip hop or not. It's still an awesome sound and beat to me. I don't give an f what you call it.

[MaBu888]

My cat likes it too.

[MaBu888]

Tha best base. Cat likes colors.

[psaionyx]

most think that saul is trying to be like trent not because of his music but because of how it sounds... UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN TRENT PRODUCED THIS ALBUM YOU MORONS.. of course its gonna sound a little like reznor...

[doganddice]

But that's the issue that I've always had with this album, not because it sounds like NIN, but because it's barely a hip-hop album. I'm all about progression and experimentation, but when the reason I started listening to an artist is compromised, I lose interest.

[psaionyx]

if your all about progression and experimentation this should be right up your alley.. even hip hop has to change eventually.. saul is a poet before an artist.. it shouldn't matter how it sounds.. its something new to the genre.. at least he's is trying to break molds and make his mark be known personally i consider saul to be a supernatural hendrix/pac hybrid.. he's making hip hop move forward not stay where its been for the past 10 years.

[Gasi37]

poet IS artist .. but yeh i like music moving forward aswell

[psaionyx]

artist as in musician of course.. thats what i should have wrote but o well

[thesongwithinme]

well said psaionyx

[Blahsmack]

one of my fave songs the whole Niggy tardust album is pretty fucking awesome

[ihateumbridge]

this really reminds me of radioheads 'myxomatosis' but radiohead is way superior.

i dunno, saul williams seems so...contrived...

[theschmendrick]

And radiohead can't be considered contrived?

[jshbartolome]

so is your face

[Natokowsky]

like find a more original name..

cunt fuck

[headphoneharmonics]

This is a cool video but there are much better songs on the Niggytardust album which deserve to be singles... "Break", "Raised To Be Lowered" or "WTF!" need videos like this one!!

[Sindicutt]

saul is crazy. not my favorite song by him but he's an amazing musician/poet

[opheliamoonstone]

there is a certain JM Basquiat-ish flair to this video.

[staphinfection]

He has so many styles it's fucking crazy.... And the music is top notch.

[1gui]

Trent Reznor xD

[cresuno]

mejor que mike ladd

[MaBu888]

Saul Williams generates creativity in my world space.

[Gainryusai]

New Age

[MaBu888]

YES. But not the ususl boomeritis new age, but an integral new age. Unlike the pathological version of the new age professed by the hippies in the 1970s, this one has depth, not just surfaces. Pathological, deconstruction-based post-modernism and new age 'philosophy' really would like to reduce everything to culture, instead of acknowledging ALL GOOD OF HUMANITY: subjective, objective, intersubjective and interobjective domains of consciousness and culture, including integration of spirituality

[gosrisky]

You put way to much thought into this crap. Look at you trying to impress people you don't even know with all of your big words. Get laid anytime this... year?

[MaBu888]

You are most original, mister Gosrisky. Big words ay? Are you trying to deconstruct these big words? Be my guest. Laid? Irrelevant! :) If you are confused about these big words in any way, then ask questions, what ever questions! Saul Williams thinks the same, prety much, though, about it, but he knows more of this than I do. There are no 'small' words to use when it comes to write that post. Deconstruct this.

[MaBu888]

Getting laid? What ever fits oneself best. Objectivity, subjectivity, interobjectivity, intersubjectivity. Are these big words big? Let me define them. Subjective is what ever occurs in one's consciousness, objective is the behavior of objects, the behavior of a human being under crack cocain. Intersubjective means culture - the sharing of individual interiors to create a collective but interior domain of dynamic knowledge. Interobjective is the sharing of exterirors of objective truths.

[ccredo]

gosrisky, I admire how youre open about your ignorance to culture.

[jshbartolome]

douchebag

[Whore4Horror]

Wow, this music is awe-inspiring. It transcends genres. I can really hear Trent Reznor's industrial influence. There is also a tinge of psychadelic and funk which gives it a unique sound. This is unlike anything I have ever heard. All of you feeble minded assholes who keep on pigeon holding Saul Williams for being black are the reason why good music never succeeds. You need your art spoon fed to you.

[MaBu888]

... well the convict wakes up and sees his original face and his already enlightned nature being synonymous and one with the enlightened nature of everything and nonthing... beyond everything and nonthing for SURE. I is seen'... that is seen... we seen' ... its are seeing and freeing. TRANSCEND AND INCLUDE.

[stitchizstl]

search youtube for stitchiz

[Ezkeel]

dis is the realest I ever sen.

How many occult messages do you need to put in in one song before somebody recognize?

straight up...props man.

niggy on deck.

and I am about to be right up there wit em.

Y'all betta jump on the chattaniga express this train is bout to depart and you gone get left behind!!!

[fab9911]

Hey, plz; gime a lill bit of U'r cocaine...

[javierenchina]

he sure is into being...black

[kaylynnsdad]

yo diznawg yous be needin to be tixankin you azz biznack to aznafrika...cuzz dis shiznit dont b fliznyin in ameriznica diznog.. peaznisis n stupid nigge nobody wants to hear stupid shit I want the last 3 minutes of my life bsck

[MaBu888]

Ze vat?

[billgermany2000]

i love it

[loopy77]

Hip-hop Hendrix psychedelica

[IBERJEN]

Awesome!