Friday, October 23, 2009
TONIGHT in Toronto: Afro-Punk presents Saul Williams and Guests....
Live at the Opera House. Doors at 9pm. Show at 10pm. Who's going? I'ma be there. Are you?
Click here for details: REMG | Opera House
Labels: Afro-Punk, Saul Williams
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Afro-punk Announces North American Tour
Starting in NYC at CMJ on October 21 headlined by Niggy Tardust bka Saul Williams and also featuring The London Souls, Hollywood Holt, Krak Attack, Activator,The Smyrk, J*Davey, Irradio and, American Fangs.
Click here for more details
Online:
Afropunk.com
Labels: Afro-Punk, CMJ, J*Davey, Saul Williams
Friday, September 19, 2008
New video: Saul Williams - "DNA"
The story (as explained to me in the email this video came in):
"Greg Brunkalla (director of "List of Demands") was in LA this summer and got a call from Saul Williams. He was calling to see if they could film something quickly for Saul's website. They got together at Greg's hotel and quickly started brainstorming about other things they could film. An hour later this DNA video is what they came up with. All shot in a hotel room, in slow motion, and out of focus."I've always dug Saul's stuff so I gotta rep for him with this new clip.
Labels: Saul Williams
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Saul Williams x Nike "My Better Is Better" TV spot
Using Saul's "List of Demands" track. I'm glad son is getting that Nike paper. Kvn, you have anything to do with making this happen? :)
Labels: Saul Williams
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
SXSW: Matrix Presents Afro-Punk TONIGHT!!!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Free MP3: Saul Williams - "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
From his new Trent Reznor-produced album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, available online now as a DRM-free download available for FREE or a $5 artist contribution at www.SaulWilliams.com:
Saul Williams - "Sunday Bloody Sunday" [MP3 | Windows Stream]
Yes, this is a U2 cover (with a Serious Intention ad-lib added in for good measure!).
Labels: Saul Williams, Serious Intention, Trent Reznor, U2
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Saul Williams & Cam'ron: Reppin' the Best and Worst in Hip Hop
Cam'ron on 60 Minutes:
More: Part 2 - listen to those kids (from a church group no less!), truly sad....
Even more:
- Rapper Cam'ron says Snitching Hurts His Business and violates his "Code Of Ethics." LOL!
- Cam getting super-flagrant as usual.
Excerpt from Saul Williams' "Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey":
Someone with more time and insight than me could probably connect the dots between these two things but right now, right here it ain't gonna be me. On a related note though, I happened to catch an episode of the MTV show "Parental Control" today and I was way more offended by the content of that show than any rap record I have ever heard. But maybe that's just me?
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More: Part 2 - listen to those kids (from a church group no less!), truly sad....
Even more:
- Rapper Cam'ron says Snitching Hurts His Business and violates his "Code Of Ethics." LOL!
- Cam getting super-flagrant as usual.
Excerpt from Saul Williams' "Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey":
"[T]oday we are at a crossroads, because the institutions that have sold us the crosses we wear around our necks are the most overt in the denigration of women and thus humanity. That is why I write you today, Ms. Winfrey. We cannot address the root of what plagues Hip Hop without addressing the root of what plagues today's society and the world.
You see, Ms. Winfrey, at it's worse; Hip Hop is simply a reflection of the society that birthed it. Our love affair with gangsterism and the denigration of women is not rooted in Hip Hop; rather it is rooted in the very core of our personal faith and religions. The gangsters that rule Hip Hop are the same gangsters that rule our nation. 50 Cent and George Bush have the same birthday (July 6th). For a Hip Hop artist to say "I do what I wanna do/Don't care if I get caught/The DA could play this mothafukin tape in court/I'll kill you/ I ain't playin'" epitomizes the confidence and braggadocio we expect an admire from a rapper who claims to represent the lowest denominator. When a world leader with the spirit of a cowboy (the true original gangster of the West: raping, stealing land, and pillaging, as we clapped and cheered.) takes the position of doing what he wants to do, regardless of whether the UN or American public would take him to court, then we have witnessed true gangsterism and violent negligence. Yet, there is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch by censoring the leaves.
Name calling, racist generalizations, sexist perceptions, are all rooted in something much deeper than an uncensored music. Like the rest of the world, I watched footage on AOL of you dancing mindlessly to 50 Cent on your fiftieth birthday as he proclaimed, "I got the ex/if you're into taking drugs/ I'm into having sex/ I ain't into making love" and you looked like you were having a great time. No judgment. I like that song too. Just as I do, James Brown's Sex Machine or Grand Master Flashes "White Lines". Sex, drugs, and rock and roll is how the story goes. Censorship will never solve our problems. It will only foster the sub-cultures of the underground, which inevitably inhabit the mainstream. There is nothing more mainstream than the denigration of women as projected through religious doctrine." (Click here for more.)
Someone with more time and insight than me could probably connect the dots between these two things but right now, right here it ain't gonna be me. On a related note though, I happened to catch an episode of the MTV show "Parental Control" today and I was way more offended by the content of that show than any rap record I have ever heard. But maybe that's just me?
Labels: 60 Minutes, Cam'ron, Saul Williams, Stop Snitchin'
