Slam poetry, acting and activism – there’s not a lot Williams hasn’t tried, and on the release of his latest album MartyrLoserKing he explains why Reddit AMAs and J Cole can be dull and why his new record sounds like corduroy
Saul Williams just finished his Reddit AMA. He’s a bit surprised by its monotony. Fans asked about working with Trent Reznor, how he felt about Bernie Sanders’ chances in New Hampshire (“Bernie’s chances are growing every day and I’m happy about that”), and his thoughts on Kanye West’s Yeezus.
“The questions were all what I expected,” he says, almost annoyed. “They played it kind of safe.” Williams has forged a successful career doing just the opposite: he’s a poet, musician, actor, activist and an esteemed rapper who last released a full-length project in 2011, the hyper-experimental Volcanic Sunlight. Since then he’s been “shooting a film here” and “doing a play” and “then writing the book”, a collection of poetry called US(a.).
Just because someone’s an explorer doesn’t mean I’ll like it …the Paul McCartney and Rihanna shit was wack to me
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