Saul Williams
Saul Williams
Saul Stacey Williamsis an American rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 film Slam and Holler If Ya Hear Me, a Broadway musical featuring music by Tupac Shakur...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth29 February 1972
CityNewburgh, NY
CountryUnited States of America
cnn people hip-hop
I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect.
hip-hop hips definitions
Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it
wall hero hip-hop
Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the heroes of capitalism - you know that's not rebellion. That's not "the street" - that's Wall Street.
blood body
this is her body this is her blood
song fun simple
There is a lot of fun to be had when you try and fit as many words as you can within a three-minute song, but there is also a lot of fun in trying to get that message across in three words, or better yet when the music can overpower the words and convey something really pure and perfect... It's as simple as wanting to lift the spirits.
spring angel breathing
When I can feel you breathing into me i, like a stone gargoyle atop some crumbling building, spring to life a resuscitated angel.
italian sharks blood
pools of blood are not recreational even lifeguards drown when the undertow breaks bread with the underbelly demons disguised as sharks have not put enough thought into their costumes a wiseman stays ashore when pointed fins read like italian subtitles the end is near (...) the beginning
men anchors overboard
the anchor man thrown overboard has simply rooted us in history's repeating cycle
party kids rocks
It was always important to me to be that kid who could rock the party as well as rock the English professor's mind.
girl lonely jesus
Talk to strangers when the family fails and friends lead you astray when Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay. 'Cause angels and messiahs love can come in many forms: in the hallways of your projects, or the fat girl in your dorm, and when you finally take the time to see what they’re about perhaps you find them lonely or their wisdom trips you out.
rap ghetto ideas
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
rhyming rhyme making-up
I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.
morning bird black
When I wake up in the morning, the first things that I see are the clouds. They're right there. I look out my window now and there's always, always a black bird of some sort on the ledge there. Usually I wake up and look at the birds.
rap gone done
I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done