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Poetry with Saul Williams

Mary Anne Hobbs is joined by American rapper and actor Saul Williams for an epiphany on the importance of poetry.

Mary Anne is joined by American rapper and actor Saul Williams for an epiphany on 'The Importance of Poetry'.

Williams became an open mic poet in 1995. By 1996, he had won the title of Nuyorican Poets Cafe's Grand Slam Champion, and by 2016, he had released his fifth album 'Martyr Loser King' and was dubbed "the data-age Gil Scott-Heron".

This morning, he discusses the importance of expressing yourself through this medium, and Mary Anne plays some of his favourite lyricists, Public Enemy, Kendrick Lamar and Kojey Radical...

3 hours

Last on

Sun 17 Jul 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Ann Robinson

    You Did It

  • Underworld

    Nylon Strung

  • Bobby McFerrin

    Sweet in The Mornin'

  • Kayla Painter

    Drones

  • The Isley Brothers

    Take Me To The Next Phase, Part 1

  • Longpigs

    On And On

  • Primal Scream

    100% Or Nothing

  • Suicide

    Dream Baby Dream

  • De La Soul

    Pain

    • A.O.I. Records.
  • Morrissey

    The Last Of The Famous International Playboys

    • Now.
  • Agnes Obel

    Familiar

    • Play It Again Sam.
  • Wire

    Eardrum Buzz

    • Mute.
  • Teenage Fanclub

    I'm In Love

    • PeMa Records.
  • Vashti Bunyan

    Diamond Day

  • Gossip

    Heavy Cross

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.
  • Bat for Lashes

    Sunday Love

    • Parlophone.
  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

    • BLUEBIRD.
  • Aphex Twin

    CIRKLON3

    • Warp.
  • Lauryn Hill

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    • Columbia/Ruff House.
  • World Exclusive

    • 脫lafur Arnalds

      脰濒诲耻谤贸迟 (feat. Atli 脰rvarsson & SinfoniaNord)

  • Julia Holter

    Feel You

    • DOMINO RECORDING CO LTD.
  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • Virgin.
  • Disclosure

    Feel Like I Do

    • PMR/Island.
  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

    • Universal.
  • ANOHNI

    Why Did You Separate Me From The Earth?

    • Rough Trade.
  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Award Tour

    • Universal Music TV.
  • Sunriser

    • Jenny Hval

      Female Vampire

      • Blood Bitch.
      • Sacred Bones.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Man Of The World

  • Public Enemy

    Rebel Without A Pause

    • Global Television.
  • Jamie T

    Tinfoil Boy

    • Virgin EMI.
  • Saul Williams 3 Minute Epiphany

    • Saul Williams

      Think Like They Book Say

      • Fader Label/Caroline International.
  • The Kinks

    Till The End Of The Day

    • Sanctuary.
  • Kojey Radical

    Rent's Due

    • 23 Winters.
  • Lou Rhodes

    All I Need

    • Nude Records.
  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • POLYGRAM TV.
  • Caribou

    Can't Do Without You

    • City Slang.
  • Christine and the Queens

    Tilted

    • Because Music.
  • Edwin Starr

    25 Miles

    • Spectrum.
  • R贸is铆n Murphy

    Ten Miles High

    • PIAS.
  • Bob Dylan

    Tangled Up In Blue

    • Columbia.
  • BADBADNOTGOOD

    Time Moves Slow

    • Innovative Leisure.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Jul 2016 07:00