Saul Williams Music

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Decades: 1990's and 2000's

First establishing himself as an influential poet, and then as an award-winning screenwriter/actor, Saul Williams then went on to establish himself as an MC. His approach to MCing, though, wasn't exactly in line with the traditional school of hip-hop. His rhymes weren't really rhymes but rather his poetry delivered in a frenzied spoken word manner that was more rhythmic than alliterate. His first major recording was a collaboration with KRS-One, "Ocean Within," which appeared on the soundtrack to Slam, the ... Read More

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