Ever since those first four bars of Nine Inch Nails “Closer” hit back in the early 1990′s, there’s been the question of what a hip-hop album produced by Trent Reznor would sound like. Sure, Nine Inch Nails are a rock band, but long-time listeners know, under some of those guitars and sounds of scraping metal [cont.]

     On his new album, Saul Williams (Nuyorican Soul Slam Poetry champion, writer of “Said The Shotgun To The Head”, spoken word artist, political activist, singer, MC) has really stripped things back. In a time when even Mos Def hides behind make-up and a pseudonym, seemingly grown bored with being an MC, this self-titled record [cont.]

Saul Williams is a renaissance man. He became known to hip-hop heads from his joint “Ohm” on Lyricist’s Lounge comp. He has starred in the award winning movie Slam, and is a published author with his most recent being ‘said the shotgun’ to the head’. I got a few minutes with Saul to talk about [cont.]

I’m definitely a fan of Saul Williams after hearing the stuff he’s done for various compilation albums, as well as his performance in “Slam”. It’s his sarcastic, commandeering tone and attitude, which really makes you want to hang on to every word he spits – no matter how off-beat. “Penny For A Thought”, immediately grabs [cont.]