Saul Williams

Saul Williams (born 1972) is a hip-hop artist, poet, writer and actor who has collaborated with Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails on several occasions.

Collaborations with NIN

Besides opening numerous shows for the band, Williams was joined by the full NIN touring band during the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans to play "African Student Movement" and "List of Demands" from his self-titled album. Bootlegs of this performance are widely available.

Reznor produced Williams' third full-length studio album, The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust, out in late 2007. In addition, Williams has contributed two tracks to Nine Inch Nails' Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D: "Gunshots By Computer" and a remix of "Survivalism." Whether or not the "Survivalism" remix is new or appears on a prior Nine Inch Nails release is yet to be confirmed.

Body of Work

Albums/EPs

• Penny For A Thought / Purple Pigeons EP (2000)
• Amethyst Rock Star (2001)
• Not In My Name EP (2003)
• Saul Williams (2004)
• The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust (2007)

Filmography

• Downtown 81 (narrator) (1981/2000)
• Underground Voices (1996)
• Slam (1998)
• SlamNation (1998)
• I'll Make Me a World (1999)
• K-PAX (2001)
• Lackawanna Blues (2005)

Bibliography

• The Seventh Octave, 1998, Moore Black Press ISBN 0-9658308-1-0
• S/he, 1999, MTV/Pocketbooks ISBN 0-671-03977-6
• ,said the shotgun to the head, 2003, MTV/Pocketbooks ISBN 0-7434-7079-6
• The Dead Emcee Scrolls, 2006, MTV/Pocketbooks ISBN 1-4165-1632-8