Amethyst Rock Star
by Saul Williams
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 May 2001
- Label: American Recordings
- Country: United States
- Length: 58:31
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced largely by Rick Rubin, the slam poet's debut album is a dense, highly confrontational collision of aggressive hip-hop and abrasive alternative rock. Williams delivers deeply esoteric, socially conscious poetry over chaotic breakbeats and heavy guitar distortion, defying easy genre categorization.
Genres
Descriptors: political, conscious, rap, spoken-word, experimental, industrial, diverse, conceptual, avant-garde
Tracklist
- La La La (2:40)
- Penny For A Thought (4:34)
- Robeson (4:21)
- Tao Of Now (4:19)
- Fearless (3:12)
- Untimely Meditations (3:55)
- Om Nia Merican (3:06)
- 1987 (5:21)
- Coded Language (8:48)
- Our Father (7:06)
- Wine/Do You Know (11:04)
Credits
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