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Saul Williams
Saul Williams
American Musician
Born: Feb 29, 1972
Always Black Ever Music People Power
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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. Saul Williams
History Events Old Black Criticism Guess Ghetto Rap Rappers Able Take Outside Idea Look Because Esoteric Current Current Events Influence Aspire Why
We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud. Saul Williams
Walk Black Our We Cannot Ourselves Some Blackness Simply Idea Reactionary Because Around Proud Continually Walked Africa African Being Cannot Race
I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life. Saul Williams
Life Thought My Life Become Would Poetry Never Always Making Making Up Up Rhymes
If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct. Saul Williams
Lie People Progress Other Says Favourite Construct Poets Going Realise Race Social Gonna
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. Saul Williams
Day News People Remember Black Back Chuck More Highly Like Biased Well Hip-Hop Suspect Now Fox Fox News
The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community. Saul Williams
Reflection Community Critical Only Gives Because Always Hip-Hop Been Effect African-American African-American Community Reason Aware
The MC that we love are usually the ones that we consider be kinda heartless, like 50 Cent. That's pretty much the prowess and power of an MC. That's what sells. Saul Williams
Love Power Consider Kinda Pretty Like Sells Prowess Heartless Cent Much
I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK. Saul Williams
Work UK Out Inspired Always Coming Been Lot
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. Saul Williams
Gone Too Considered Rap Exactly Exactly What Make Limiting Done Want Now Ever Album
The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate from it. Saul Williams
World Political Way Emanate Those Seeing Voices Powerful Most Most Powerful Sounds Different Processing Different Way
You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age. Saul Williams
Time You Age Political Anything
I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas. Saul Williams
Great Age Vision Birth Way Obama Would Hoping He New New Age Am Were Role Any Transition Us Spawn Peaceful Million Played Harmed
I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance. Saul Williams
Live Parallel About Seems Resurgence Excited Performance Very Which Interest Live Performance Growing Vinyl

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