Still, he said he was optimistic about the future of the genre--in part because of new talent entering the industry.
"You can see the transition slowly happening," Williams said. "I've met so many people that are on the cusp. Everyone is hungry for something new."
Williams admitted that much of his current popularity derives from the energy with which he performs his work but said his poetry could still be powerful in its written form.
"There is a difference between the recited word and the word that is read," Williams said.
He said he often read Shakespeare's work aloud in order to understand it better--a technique that he urged audience members to replicate with his own writings.
"So my voice can be replaced by your own," he said. "That is the power of word. With or without my voice, there is a life for the words."
But for those admirers who still wanted to hear the artist recite his own work, Williams joked that his second book does come with a compact disc.
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