Saul Williams - Telegram

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Part lament for the current condition of music culture, part battle cry for a new generation of visionary artists, Telegram is Saul's message to Hip Hop. Originally featured on his 2004 self-titled album, Saul digs beneath the scabs of greed, sex, and violence often associated with rap culture, revealing the true essence of Hip Hop in just a few transcendent minutes.

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[LucidDream]

"Perhaps you should not have allowed them to use cordless microphones, because they have walked too far from the source and are emitting a lesser frequency."

One of my favorite lines.

[vetiarvind]

wish the audience would STFU and listen

[ricgardmerceljr]

u are the animated Douche ,, 6th grade science  come on now , fucking fool

[MrCiscojae]

Wouldn't it be great if you hear this poem without idiots screaming. Let a brother work!

[LucidDream]

@TheLivirus That's very scientific of you...but that doesn't change the fact that it's a great lyric. I still feel the same way about it as I did. When you get technical like that, you lose the meaning he is trying to get across. Whether or not a lyric is scientifically relevant or not, does not matter. I encourage you to stop over analyzing everything.

[TheLivirus]

@LucidDream Not wanna break it to ya, but the frequency does not fade with distance, the amplitude does. The frequency fades with their velocity relative to the source, an effect casually called "doppler effect".

Also it's the reciever (source) that feel a reduced amplitude with distance, the cordless microphone's emission is still the same.

[UltraVert]

Now hear it with a beat, even more powerful:

watch?v=pgzcg31tjOU

[UltraVert]

Now hear it with a beat, even more powerful:

watch?v=pgzcg31tjOU

[JustTakenPics]

As an emcee with hope of finding a way to the message out in a powerful, smart, and inspiring way Saul is one of my guides really powerful man of word.

[pumpkill]

@TheHowardStudent The way he shouts it and his tone of voice just conjure up images of a dreadlocked hippy too haha! Most fitting voice ever

[pumpkill]

Just saw him at Reading Festival this year in the UK. I had heard nothing of him before and wandered into the tent to kill some time until a band I wanted to see were on.

I was not expecting something this incredible and left that tent in awe!!

[ianor2304]

@SKAmillz009

there's always people who want you to know they've heard it before haha