Saul Williams

A fixture on New York's spoken-word scene long before he entered the recording booth, Saul Williams made a name for himself in the late '90s with a series of incendiary 12-inch singles and as the star of the movie Slam. His commanding baritone evoked the stylings of a chastising preacher, and his moral and intellectual certitude made him an impressive, and unusual, musical force. By the time...