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Free Music Review: Already the 2nd Hiphop-album I love this year..
Hit: 5 Stars
..and that comes out of the mouth of a man who used to hate hiphop. Well, I still hate mainstream-hiphop (or better, mainstream in general), but again a hiphop-album blew me away this year. The first one that blew me away was 'Young Dangerous Heart' by Subtitle, wich was released at the beginning of this year. Yet, I find this to be better then Subtitle's album, wich had some flaws..
This is nearly flawless. Overall, this is labeled as 'hiphop', but you can clearly hear the rock- en electro-influences on it. It's a bit Rage At The Machina-esque. From the openingtrack 'Talk To Strangers' I was hooked. The piano is very good, but the lyrics are the real stand-outs. He's a lyrically genuis. On 'Grippo' and especially 'Telegram' you can hear the aggresive rock-style he uses frequently. Also, he seems to have alot of critism on hiphop. On 'Act III Scene 2' you can hear the unmistakeble voice of Zach De La Rocha from RATM. I could go on about each track, but I'm not going to do that. I'll just say 'Black Stacey' is a classic! Very personal and again the piano, that song is worth the price of this album alone. I not only recommending this to hiphop-fans, but also to fans of good music with an open mind. Now if you excuse me, I have some repeated 'Black Stacey'-listening to do.
Free Music Review: Great discovery...
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw Saul in concert with NIN recently at Voodoo Musicfest in NOLA. He was awesome. Of course, he had NIN backing him so his show was great. He performed "List of Demands" and "African Student Movement". I was so impressed that I bought the album. I like both of the songs that I heard performed live as well as "Act III Scene 2(Shakespeare)" with Zach from Rage Against the Machine as a guest. "Telegram" is also a great song.
It's an album that has lots of great beats varying from slow to fast. Saul changes his vocal style on different tracks, it's particularly funny when he does a song in a 50 cent voice. It also has some political messages put forth in a refreshing tone. It never sounds like Saul is trying to hammer you over the head with his ideas.
It's been in my rotation non-stop since I bought it.
Free Music Review: BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!
Hit: 5 Stars
For someone who has been listening to hip hop and a lot of other music since a teen, there is something on these tracks for everyone. Secondly, the lyrics that Saul has are gripping to the socially conscious. In such a mad world that we live in, Saul has a way of just getting it all out. If you like rage against the machine, public enemy and KRS1, you need to here this. If you like punk rock, you need to hear this as well. I can go on and on about Saul Williams. From the moment I heard this amazing stuff live I knew I had to buy this album. To hear his message is nothing short of a refreashing release for all that is wrong in this world in music, world politics, racism and just life in general. Thank you Saul for representing an honest voice in this ill time we live in. We need more like you.Free Music Review: quick review
Hit: 5 Stars
Hey folks just a quick review. For starters, I'm not really a hip hop fan, I primarily listen to alt rock, metal, industrial. I do like a few hip hop and rap artists. I was flipping through the channels the other day and came across Saul Williams performing 2 songs live on MTV2. I was very very impressed. I listened to the samples of his album on his website, was again very impressed. I picked up the album on iTunes a few days ago, its great....any music lover with a bit of an open mind that is open to many different styles of music should definately give this a listen, its a nice mix of several different sounds. Anyone who wants to hear something new and fresh sounding, with a good message, pick this one up, I highly recommend it.Free Music Review: Please give more to the non people
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a very good record, I liked his first one, liked his live performances, just like the unexpected. This is nothing you will ever hear anywhere else or from anyone else. thats keeping it simple. I could go on and on about how much I like this, but the united states of america has atomic bombs, and we're the only ones allowed to have em. So my favorites are the first 7 tracks and then you can listen to the rest if you are into it and can understand art. The only thing is I wish there was more to this record, or better yet, a second record that mirrors this one, and has a different title and has more songs, DAMN, what a marketing ploy. But if you know this type of material, then what you get is good enough. ENJOY!