“That said, I’m yet to listen to Niggytardust (what kind of a lame ass title is that anyway?), but I know from past experience that Williams is talented at something other than writing a 10-page epistle to Oprah.”

He was right on the mark with that epistle though. I think the title is a play on David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust character. It might work nicely as a concept for an album, not so much as a title though.

Ziggy Stardust, homage to david bowie

Fuck, yes. This album’s great, I haven’t heard anything else like it all year. Lyrically, Williams’ is at the top of his game.

“I swear / I used to pray to change back the year / when niggers spoke of motherships with space helmets for hair. / Well, now what have we here? / Thugs and poets, ah yeah. / What we seem to have in common is we’re common as air.”

I did download the album, and for a white boy like me it sounds really good.
I am not sure the industrial beats will be something traditional rap fans will be able to understand and like.
It deserves a download, anyway.

This album is AWESOME !!!

I make industrial hip-hop for years and this album is a great step forward for people to know this kind of music.

Massive respect to Reznor and Williams !

Yeah, Rizoh, how do you call yourself a music fan and not recognize the inspiration behind his album title??

It’s more like a Nine Inch Nails album featuring Saul Williams.

I would be offended if Nas named his album Niggytardust….is that wrong??

Yo Riz, i downloaded the album for $5 i thought it was pretty decent and i support Saul. How is Nas calling his LP “nigger” get a pass but here we are discussing Saul shit….damn!

title is ode to david bowie, as mentioned above…

i downloaded the cd yesterday and while its not something I would typically listen to, i find it intriguing…

Be embarrassed that you didn’t recognize the Bowie reference, good grief!

So, knowing the reference makes it a great title? Where’s the logic in that?

well its not just a play on the title, from what i understand. David Bowie’s spaced out alter-ego was Ziggy Stardust, complete with wild stage show and such. In doing like 2 mins of research, I’ve seen that Saul Williams has used the Niggy Tardust name as an alter-ego of sorts for himself. I even saw somewhere that Saul is going to be tour in support of this download with a full Niggy Tardust stage show, and perform “in character”.

I told myself I was gonna pre-order this, then buy it, but I have not done either. Kind of on the fence. But Riz, if you break down the Ziggy Stardust shit, I would assume that Saul has tried to create this album in that vein. Trent Reznor is a big Bowie fan, too.

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Rizoh, UR killin’ yourself Lupe-style on this one. Take the L, learn from your mistake and move on… )

this record is the best thing i’ve heard all year. the sound is different, way ahead of its time. support this guy, he deserves it.

-tom