The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!is the third album by Saul Williams , released on November 1 , 2007 . Williams worked closely with Trent Reznor on the album.
The title of the album is a reference to David Bowie 's 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars . Many of the album's lyrics were adapted from poetry in Williams' 2006 book The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop .