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Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
 

offline uzim on 2007-10-27 12:21 [#02138349]
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Saul Williams has made a new album! it will be
released on November 1st and you can get it either :

• for free, in 192 kbps mp3
• for $5, in either 192 kbps mp3, 320 kbps mp3 or FLAC
• or on cd, in early 2008.

also, it's produced by Trent Reznor and one track is called
"WTF!".

i'm pretty excited about this, his self-titled album was
great : )


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-27 13:19 [#02138365]
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awesome!


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-10-27 13:23 [#02138367]
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oh yeah i heard nine inch nails is planning on ditch there
record label and release there music as radiohead did.maybe
many others will follow.


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-10-27 13:23 [#02138368]
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The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
cool name


 

offline staz on 2007-10-28 06:02 [#02138588]
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pre-ordered this. i loved his previous one.


 

offline thecrimsonguard from ∞ (United States) on 2007-10-28 14:24 [#02138661]
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I listened to the "leaked" *roll eyes* track. While the
production that went into mixing etc is really good, the
track is highly forgettable to me. one listen was enough.

There was a time when i would have loved to hear that Trent
Reznor was giving his music away or selling it outside of
the record label system...that was two albums ago. I'm sure
a lot of artists will be doing this type of release which is
cool. Sometimes that studio artist conflict is needed
though...or else you get material like the track mentioned
above.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-10-28 19:36 [#02138700]
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Radiohead didn't do shit. Prince, Neil Young, and a
gazillion of artist have been putting full albums online for
free.



 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2007-10-29 05:37 [#02138772]
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Thanks for the heads up. I love Saul Williams!

: )


 

offline staz on 2007-10-29 08:05 [#02138798]
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haha, you're still caught up on this. let it goooo.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-10-29 08:37 [#02138801]
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THIS IS FUCKING FANTASTIC.

5 bucks for an album in Flac is EXACTLY the model I wanted
and hoped for. Looking forward to an email on Nov. 1 with my
files!

Everyone should buy this and help stab a knife into the
black heart of everything that's wrong with the music
industry. GO GO GO come on let's get on it, let's ordering
music happy family yes!


 

offline staz on 2007-11-01 01:36 [#02139671]
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got the release mail this morning, just downloaded it.

listening now!


 

offline staz on 2007-11-01 01:45 [#02139673]
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sounding great so far, bit of an oldschool hiphop vibe mixed
with NIN style distorted mayhem. funkydrummer included!


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-11-01 01:57 [#02139674]
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i still aint got my download mail :(


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-11-01 01:59 [#02139675]
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nevermind it was in my junk mail folder



 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-11-01 02:08 [#02139676]
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this is kind of like when draft7.30 came out and i was like,
"wow. someone has finally made the cd i have always wanted
to listen to"


 

offline staz on 2007-11-01 02:17 [#02139677]
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some really good stuff in here, fo sho.


 

offline staz on 2007-11-01 02:23 [#02139678]
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banged and blown through is faaantastic.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-11-01 02:54 [#02139682]
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allow me to completely rescind that statement

"black history month", "tr(n)igger", "raised to be lowered"
are just great and i cant use words to say how much i like
them. they are so good. being black and growing up in
america and being "peculiar" (as far as common personality
traits go) i know where saul williams is coming from, i feel
him. its all so true and the rage he expresses in these
songs is so touching because it is so fucking raw and so
strange. and the music is just fucking unconventional and
pretty raw

the rest of the songs; i dragged and dropped onto the trash
icon in osx almost by reflex


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-11-01 03:00 [#02139684]
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update: i dont like "black history month" anymore. at all,
actually. deleted


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-11-01 03:28 [#02139686]
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what the fuck's wrong with trent reznor? i just want to say
to him, "give saul some alone time and let him loose. keep
your ass out of it."

you can hear hear trent reznors influence all over the
album its just this awful "i am a rock star" crap, just turn
your fucking guitar off trent. just put it down and go away.
don't touch on the keyboards, just keep your ass out of the
studio and let saul mess with your expensive equipment. take
the reverb off of those drums, shut your dumb self in a
closet and go to hell. the only song it works on is "raised
to be lowered". otherwise trent should have just stayed away
from the drum set or whoever it was - or whoever "made"
those songs.

how can you work with saul williams and not know what sort
of music to make for his vocals? how stupid do you have to
be, and why would you allow it to be heard by someone else?


"raised to be lowered" is good and "tr(n)igger" is good .
the rest are just a bunch of garbage

saul shouldve made this album with gescom,skeksi, opus, or
adrock from the beastie boys. those are some white boys
who'd know how to make a black man sound good ovr their
beats. listen to that sensational remix by autechre that
remix is razor sharp

nothing against trent reznor i just think he put too much of
himself into it and its brutal


 

offline PORICK from fucking IRELAND on 2007-11-01 11:26 [#02139800]
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everything about this album is terrible.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-11-01 11:54 [#02139818]
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Wow, I'd love to pay $5 to support this release, but the
music is just fucking awful.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-11-01 14:59 [#02139891]
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I'm enjoying this album and liking it more the more I listen
to it.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-01 16:55 [#02139940]
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you make this album sound like its nin with a different
singer, I just got the album and its nothing like that, yes,
Reznors influence is obvious... but not the degree you
imply. Having said that i think Reznor is an outstanding
producer, and his influence on anyones music is no bad
thing.

I'm liking it so far, I think its a grower...

funny that you dropped tracks into the trash after
listening, what, once, twice? do people no believe in
'albums' any more?


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-01 17:03 [#02139948]
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Won't anybody else miss CDs? I *like* CDs. They often have
pretty covers, and it's nice driving to a shop to get a CD,
and then driving back and playing the CD in the car. It's
like Christmas was when you were six all over again, sort
of, vaguely. Now I'll have to make mp3 cds. :-(


 

offline uzim on 2007-11-02 04:37 [#02140112]
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i like cds as well... i haven't listened to the album yet
because i can't decide whether to pay $0 or $5 for it — i
want to support the artists, but i'd rather buy a real cd
than pay for mp3s...


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2007-11-02 07:52 [#02140174]
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this album is fucking awesome... tracks 1-9 = OK
tracks 10-15 = FUCKING WIN.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-09 07:15 [#02142231]
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Did cygnus have a mental breakdown in this thread?


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-09 07:15 [#02142232]
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also, I like this album.


 

offline gl0tch from www.gl0tch.com     on 2007-11-09 08:22 [#02142259]
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The irony is that if you took out Saul's vocals and replaced
them with Trent's, um, approximation of the same style... It
be WAY better than the last two anal leakages he called NIN
albums.



 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-09 08:24 [#02142260]
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Agreed!


 

offline gl0tch from www.gl0tch.com     on 2007-11-09 08:33 [#02142261]
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It's almost like being unable to listen to your own advice.
It's easy to tell someone what THEY need to do, though it's
impossible to swallow it if the same thing was prescribed to
you.

Trent really needs an out of body experience and somehow
rethink his entire delivery.

Though I wasnt feeling the Pusicifer album, I'll give it to
Maynard that his multiple personality as a vocalist will
definitely keep HIM interested, thereby keeping him
interesting.

Now imagine relistening to the entirety of Niggy Tardust,
with Trent on vocals. Now imagine the album was called Nine
Inch Nails' "Insert Industrial Emo Title Here." It would be
amazing.

Trents inevitable downfall is his relationship with gravity.
He just orbits his own planet staying predictable and dare
I say, cliche.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-11-09 10:15 [#02142277]
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Pitchfork gave it a 7.3 but inexplicably laments that it's a
challenging listen. Sorry grampa, have some iced tea and
Henry Mancini while you're coming down.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2007-11-09 11:11 [#02142285]
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My friend got this and played it in the car. I thought it
was just OK. It really reminded me of Tricky for some
reason, who is also hit or miss for me.

I really think the self-titled Prick album was a
great example of Reznor's signature production style on
another artists album. He does some backing vocals (not
credited but it sounds just like him) on here and there is
also some sequencing that sounds like his. Also the
legendary Alan Moulder mixed the album.

Any of you youngsters who weren't listening when this came
out in 1995 should check it out.


 

offline mimi on 2007-11-09 15:14 [#02142333]
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i actually agree with twatface, this shit sucks balls


 

offline SPD from United States on 2007-11-10 05:26 [#02142407]
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Rez just wanted an excuse to make the most racist album
ever, and he USED a racist black man to do it....making it
like quintuply racist or something.


 

offline big from lsg on 2007-11-10 05:41 [#02142408]
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dling
no idea who this guy is


 

offline yoyoyo from cornwall on 2007-11-10 05:44 [#02142409]
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me to but i know who this guy is : )


 

offline uzim on 2007-11-11 06:53 [#02142694]
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"Rez just wanted an excuse to make the most racist album
ever, and he USED a racist black man to do it....making it
like quintuply racist or something."


> what...
how is it racist?


 

offline uzim on 2007-11-14 13:23 [#02143594]
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well, anyway i paid $5 (first time i ever pay for digital
music) and i must say it was well worth it... this album is
at least as good as the self-titled one and one of the best
albums of the year. brilliant stuff.


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-11-14 15:58 [#02143627]
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dont you say anything about henry mancini.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-15 12:56 [#02143842]
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anyone notice the fragile era sound on some of the tracks?


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-11-15 13:16 [#02143849]
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yeah, it's what Trent does when he can't come up with
anything new.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-15 15:41 [#02143913]
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i meant it in a good way,


 

offline thecrimsonguard from ∞ (United States) on 2007-11-15 20:10 [#02143979]
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trent is only as creative as the people that he hires to be
around him (band members/friends etc)


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2007-11-15 20:17 [#02143980]
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yeah, trent doent make wonderful music, then hires members
to help him live or anything......

the Saul is not my cup of tea though


 

offline thecrimsonguard from ∞ (United States) on 2007-11-15 20:22 [#02143985]
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huh?


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2007-11-15 20:24 [#02143988]
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you basically said trent is shit w/out others, lol-E


 

offline thecrimsonguard from ∞ (United States) on 2007-11-15 20:35 [#02144001]
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yea, i was just trying to figure out what you wrote
there...he had a good group of people at one point


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2007-11-15 20:37 [#02144003]
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"solo/had/has"


 


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