Saul Williams and Stuart Davis - April Showers, April Tears

www.integralnaked.org

From Stuart Davis:

"One of the great pleasures of working on this new album was collaborating with Saul Williams. Saul is a long time inspiration, truly one of the greatest geniuses of hip hop, or any genre of creativity. Ever since I got his CD Amethyst Rock Star my life and art have been enriched by his unsurpassed vision and craft. I've been lucky enough to become friends with him too, and when I asked him to be a guest on this new album, he took a day off, came to the studio, and not only provided the backing vocals on Easter (which fucking ROCK), but he also wrote a poem, on the spot for me to use as an intro. That poem, which he wrote in the studio, sitting in front of the sound board on a yellow legal pad, listening to four bars of Easter loop over and over to lock him into the vibe -that poem- became April Showers, April Tears, and it is the companion piece to Easter. On the CD, it proceeds it directly, and is an extension of it. It really gave me the chills being there with Saul as he wrote, and then recorded it on the spot. It's pure magic on the album, and it was one of the high lights of my year. Can't thank him enough for that. Here it is, but you really need to hear it as rendered by Saul. Which you will, when you get the CD."

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Integral
• Naked
• Saul
• Williams
• Stuart
• Davis
• Poetry

[bazu]

its a reference to shaving sheeps for wool after winter, April signals the beginning of spring. his imagery is complex and can have many interpretations, but they are generally all foreboding and shit so i think hes trying to show the melancholy side of rain at the beginning of spring, drenching the cold sheep and sad shit like that. hes pretty good, b.

[blahblahblahman]

He is very handsome (Saul), beautiful man inside and out.

[alberts1985]

great poem

[RamReportMICDS]

2:40 "That was terrible." lol

[Djabo2009]

no its ever about me

[MaBu888]

Art is also inter-subjective... :), that means that there is a community of the adequate, similar to a cult at times, and of course at times: beautiful blue moon.

[ALEXXX518]

lmao hahaha yup

[RatatRatR]

Must be. It's not like art is subjective or anything.

[Switchbldekitten]

That's because you're stupid.

[RatatRatR]

I mean I've heard him spit some groovy stuff (e.g. Children of the Night), but I didn't get much out of April Showers April Tears. Lay still I'll shave you?

[RatatRatR]

I honestly don't get the Saul Williams thing