FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP - To Whom it May Concern To Whom It May Concern is a cult album. And like all cult albums, it had a difficult start. In 1991, in the heyday of Los Angeles' gangsta rap, Aceyalone, Mikah 9, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter, J. Sumbi and M.D. Himself, all […]
SAUL WILLIAMS - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust More than a rapper, Saul Williams is a poet. The guy built his career at NY's Nuyorican Poets Cafe, published books and became exposed to a large audience when a movie where he featured, Slam, received an award at the Festival de Cannes. All of this is great, but slam and spoken word are significantly different from rap, and practitioners are not always successful when time comes to record their lyrics. Amethyst Rock Star, the first album Williams released by 2001, demonstrated this. Despite his fame and the support he received from Rick Rubin at this time, it had been a huge disappointment.
