Saul Williams Collaborates with Robert Del Naja and Kamasi Washington on "Leap Year" Album

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Saul Williams Recruits Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington for New Album Leap Life

Carlos Niño, Gonjasufi, and Moor Mother also appear on the project By Alex Suskind June 17, 2026 Save this story Save this story

Poet, actor, director, singer, and recently minted graphic novelist Saul Williams has announced his first album in seven years. Leap Life arrives August 28 via Big Dada, and features a stacked list of contributors: Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington, Carlos Niño, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Surya Botofasina—along with Gonjasufi and Moor Mother, who contribute to lead single “Conspiracy.” You can watch the video for the new track below.

Williams views Leap Life —named after his leap-year birthday—as an attempt to commune with the dead, particularly in light of the ongoing devastation in Palestine, Sudan, Haiti, Congo, and Yemen. “We’re going to need those spirits,” he writes in a statement. “There’s an understanding that the soldiers in our struggle are not only the visible ones. There are people standing and fighting with us that we may not see.”

Leap Life : 01. Baobab Constellation 02 Mazahua 03 I Think I Get It Now  04 Great, Great-Grandmother 05 The Dagger 06 Controlled Is Not Controllable  07 13 Moons 08 Une Photographie 09 Not Everything For Sale  10 Robot Slave 11 Conspiracy 12 Vengeful Spirit 13 Friends I Ain't Met Yet 14 Coming Forth

Saul Williams: Leap Life $44.99 at Rough Trade

_Originally reported by [Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/news/saul-williams-new-album-leap-year/)._