 Produced by Trent Reznor and mixed by Alan Moulder, this album is the result of impressive collaboration. In the past, spoken-word poet Saul Williams commanded attention by spitting words against sparse hip-hop beats, but Niggy Tardust is an entirely different animal.
Niggy is to Williams as Ziggy was to Bowie; a persona that is both an embodiment of and separate character for its creator. Throughout this conceptual record, Saul Williams pits hard-edged spoken poetry against the NIN mastermind's industrial backdrops to create multi-part musical hybrids that unite urban funk with dark rock. Overtly and insistently political, fierce percussion, "80s synths, mechanized noises, and wide range of sung and spoken vocals from Williams create one of the most cutthroat albums out there." by Alternative Amy
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