Saul Williams

Noted slam poet, spoken word, free-style activist hip hopster gives us an awesome CD beyond simple classification (hip hop? Spoken?). And thanks to a radio clean version, we benenfit with tense rock samples, uber intelligent thought streams, funky beats, ass tearing rock. In fact, the rock samples seem to predominate, but with no compromise to the funk, hip hop and over all quality that permeates. My only complaint is that he doenst address the war on Iraq. Nonetheless, EXCELLENT.

1) spoken word, tense minor piano based music, about life, god, “the fat girl in your dorm”, excellent
2) Fuck!! One of Chrome’s best riffs used as primary sample, padded with great electro beats, a dancehall type rap delivery, funky.
Finally someone recognized the beat-friendly genius of pre-80’s SF noise rock band Chrome
3) heavy, near metal soundbed, low fi, spoken hip hop delivery, about hip hop and the death thereof
4) experimental hip hop feel, think Dalek, a subversive grinding beat soundbed w/ great hip hop vocs
5) cool near electrorock feel “list of demands”
6) basic beat, ode to African roots, minimal, nice noises
7) nice swingy beat, funky delivery, cool, sexy, personal “too black”-about black skin, white slave masters raping to dilute skin color- black Stacey, with dubby backbeat
8) funky simple beat w/ a timely vocal delivery, brief
9) greath rhythm, excellent free-style spoken, personal, romantic, “deep down I think she’s stupid”
10) funky intro turns driving rock w/ slow phrased awesome lyrical delivery
11) spoken word takes forefront, nice rhymes about gas prices, exploitation
12) pensive singing, dark backwards beats, spooky, cool