Saul Williams

Hip-hop poet Saul Williams brims with raw word power on his debut full-length album; he's
armed with an old-soul fierceness and enough conviction to leave posturing rappers
quaking in their half-laced Timberlands. Amethyst Rock Star is more of an event than an LP,
an electrified head rush of street prophecy, dense wordplay and urgent truth-speaking.
The diverse, Rick Rubin-helmed background sonics play second fiddle to Willia... More >