Saul Williams: Slam Poetry Performance

Slam poet Saul Williams recits from his book "The Dead Emcee Scrolls". Performed at a talk with composer Thomas Kessler. Salzburg Biennale, March 25th, 2011 at Atelier Bergstraße.

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• Salzburg Biennale
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• rap
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[molious101]

bahahahahah not a single black person in the audience...all them white folks were ahmmm aaaahhh he sure say's Nigger a lot.

[kingmomo010]

that white lady ways smiling hard as hell ..

[ArsExMalum]

@molious101 It's fucking Austria (mind you, not the town Fucking, Austria), what do you expect?

[HaveYouSeenAndy]

Race has nothing to do with this. Sauls words are about transcending race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. I'm disappointed by the number of people who are only impressed that he's the only black man in the room.

[Mrlucky0711]

Only black man in the house! I Love it! They have no idea the power of words they have been told!

[Robinzorz]

@polljoy93 it is called 'break' I believe there is a musical recording of it on the Niggy Tardust album

[thisisacunt]

cringe

[FunKeyBayBee]

Awful lot of honkies in here....

[withinsight2012]

nigga nigga white ppl nigga nigga white ppl break LMFAO

[Timenvoyage]

REVERSE RACISM galore in some comments!!! How many black folks do you expect to show up in Salzburg/Austria? Do a white audience, white organizers in Europe reduce the value of this text/performance in any way? Some white people may give way more than a fuck and way more consideration and appreciation than black "brothers" sneering at Saul for spreading the word in places a bit further away. You'd rather have him slabber "gangster rap" in your hood or what? Saul's one of the best, period!

[polljoy93]

whats this poem called? would be good to read it