Blast from the Past - Saul Williams and his List of Demands

In 2004, Saul Williams dropped his self-titled second album released by the Fader Label. Featuring songs like Black Stacey, Control Freak, and List of Demands, I rocked the cd for two years straight, blasting it in my house, my car, my friends' houses and their cars. The songs are raucous and exuberant and I loved every one!!

So the other day, I turn on the television and while elbow deep in email and IMs I hear the familiar jagged notes of List of Demands, Williams' raging stand for reparations and against the mistreatment of blacks since their arrival in this country. I found it ironic that a song so vehement in it's anti-exploitative message was laid over Nike's new "My Better is Better Than Your Better" ad considering the company's less than stellar manufacturing history. Don't get me wrong, the song is hot and fits the energy perfectly, but do you think the creatives over at Wieden + Kennedy really thought this one through?