Saul Williams' new Trent Reznor-produced album is available for free. Or $5.
The electrifying, political poet/rapper is offering his new album 'The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!' as a download. According to a screed on Williams' niggytardust.com site, he associates the eponymous racial epithet to the way the record industry treats artists.He states, "Most people aren't aware of the world of art and commerce where exploitation strips each artist down to nigger. Each label, like apartheid, multiplies us by our divide and whips us 'til we conform to lesser figures. What falls between the cracks is a pile of records stacked to the heights of talents hidden from the sun."
So he proclaims, "when you click the link below, I think it fair that you should know that your purchase will make middlemen much poorer..." The link offers a choice between paying $5 for the album and receiving it in an array of digital formats, or paying nothing and being restricted to one format.
Once details are entered, fans will receive a download link via email on November 1.
