Last week, Saul Williams made a surprise announcement when he declared that he would release his next album on Halloween. Produced by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails , The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! is the spoken-word legend’s third album, and first since his 2004 self-titled disc.

“The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! is the lovechild of Trent and me,” says Williams in a press release. “The Niggytardust concept sets me free to do more on stage with costume, etc. than one might expect from a regular Saul Williams show. It allows me to put my theatre training to use. I’ve also thought long and hard about all the discussion surrounding racial epithets etc. and chose this title as a means of furthering the dialogue while also showing how creativity will outlive and outshine hatred of any kind.”

• 1. “Black History Month”
• 2. “Convict Colony”
• 3. “Tr(n)igger”
• 4. “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
• 5. “Break ”
• 6. “NiggyTardust”
• 7. “DNA”
• 8. “WTF!”
• 9. “Scared Money”
• 10. “Raw”
• 11. “Skin of a Drum”
• 12. “No One Ever Does”
• 13. “Banged and Blown Through”
• 14. “Raised to be Lowered”
• 15. “The Ritual”

Not what I expected at all! But still a dope album from one of the world’s best poets/emcees
-Simian

Im Baaaaccccck! What up Deap , Krooked and all my HHB fam.