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Beautiful Photos by Philippe N, aka Star P. Please support. The very first Afropunk tour hit Toronto last Friday with a lineup of impressive performances from the likes of Saidah Baba Talibah, American Fangs and the legendary poet and rebel, headliner Saul Williams. Matthew Morgan, Resident Producer of the Afropunk 2009 tour, Producer of Afropunk [...]
The tour starts tonight at the Blender Theatre for CMJ, and continues across the country with Saul Williams and special guest Living Colour! Also joining on the tour are Amp Fiddler, Hollywood Holt, CX KiDTRONiK & Tchaka Diallo, Activator, Rough Francis, Saidah Baba Talibah, The oOohh Baby on selected dates. Click on Venue Names for [...]
Saul Williams – The Government [Audio clip: view full post to listen] On the morning of last week’s historic Inauguration, Saul Williams dropped a track into the Internet with his thoughts of the moment: We have overcome. Except those of us now in Gaza. Except those of us whom police kill. Except those of us [...]
The Black Rock Musical Passing Strange We’re ringing in 2009 with our reader Best of 2008 lists. I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day over the next several weeks. Today’s Reader is Rob Fields [...]
Saul Williams kills it again with his latest video from last year’s incredible The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, which was re-released in Vinyl and CD format earlier this month with 5 new bonus songs. Check out our interview with Saul and my review of his 9:30 club show.
You may hate on Saul Williams for licensing his song to Nike for their latest ad campaign. Call him a sellout, but the dude is selling out all the way to the bank. Indeed, the original video for “List of Demands” has become a posthumous hit; it has racked up more than 400,000 views on [...]
For some reason, DC crowds always surprise me. I honestly wasn’t expecting anyone to be at the 9:30 club based on this city’s so-so track record with live music, and of course again, I was proven wrong last night. Everybody and their mama was out last night: from afropunks, blipsters, hip-hop heads, rednecks, fratboy douchebags, [...]
No doubt most of you have seen this new Nike commercial featuring Saul Williams. It’s been plastered across ESPN, and the NCAA March Madness tournament for the past couple weeks.Most people were a little concerned that Saul would let a song about reparations be used by a corporate giant like Nike, who still uses sweat [...]
Update: I'm gettin' mad Google hits for this right now, so I decided to bump this post up. Real Niggery, Vol 1 (also known as Poetry Funds Terrorism) is a mixtape/remix project from the definitive poet Saul Williams. Saul (and Catchdubs) is offering this mixtape for a LIMITED time only! Saul Williams – Real Niggery, [...]