TAG: shafiq Husayn

Jul19

Shafiq Husayn – DNA (Splice Mix 3) feat. Om’Mas Keith (MP3)

Dublin, Ireland’s All City Records is proud to share the final installment of their LA 10″ x 10 series which featured an impressive list of artists including Exile, Samiyam, Tokimonsta, Take, Matthew David, Dam-Funk, Ras G and others. The 10th edition was their ‘last’ edition featuring Exile and Free The Robots but today, you can enjoy a bonus 10″ from LA #0 this time featuring Shafiq Husayn and Om’Mas Keith of the group, SA-RA. Both artists are major influences and figures in the LA production community and it’s truly a great way to end this well-curated series.

Today, check the free MP3 download of “DNA (Splice Mix 3)” which is the final section of Shafiq’s seven minute contribution to this 10″.

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Jan24

Bilal :: “Levels” (Directed by Flying Lotus) (Video)

Check out the third clip from Bilal’s 2010 album, Airtight’s Revenge, for the song “Levels” ft. Erykah Badu, Thundercat, and Shafiq Husayn (who produced the track). The video was directed by none other than Steve Ellison (aka Flying Lotus). This might be FlyLo’s directing debut, but if the clip looks a bit familiar, here’s why.

“I originally wanted to keep visual themes with another video from my last LP called ‘mmhmm’ off of my last album,” says Ellison. “It featured Thundercat as an intergalactic bass player in a super strange world created by ‘Special Problems’. Since Thundercat was part of this song, I thought it could be fun to continue the visual style and feel of this space opera. In the end you have this crazy video made of so much mixed media, geek dreams and lots of love.”

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Jul08

Bilal – Airtight’s Revenge (Artwork + Tracklisting) and More! (Video)


Check out the official artwork to Airtight’s Revenge with full track listing and production credits, featuring production from Bilal, Nottz, Shafiq Husayn, 88 Keys, Steve Mckie, and Conley “Tone” Whitfield.  And after the jump, you can also watch videos of Q-Tip and Phonte talking about Bilal at the recent UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival in Los Angeles. Both artists talk about their history and respect for Bilal’s music, while eagerly waiting for his upcoming album, Airtight’s Revenge dropping September 14th via Plug Research.

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Jun16

SA-RA Creative Partners Performs Hollywood Live @ Zanibar in LA (Video & MP3)

Here is some nice footage of the SA-RA Creative Partners at their recent show at Zanibar – Santa Monica, CA.  Backed by a full band, including bassist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, here is one of the songs filmed that special evening, as they performed the song Hollywood.


A quote from the Mighty SRCP:
Watch us orchestrate SONIC CRACK! We’re pleased to usher you into the
mystical, magical, blissful world of our most recent performance. -
SA-RA™ LIVE AT ZANZIBAR (SANTA MONICA, CA) SUNDAY, MAY 30, …

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Jun09

Shafiq Husayn (SA-RA) – The U.N. Plan (Video)

Here’s the 3rd official music video from Shafiq Husayn’s recently released album, Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka.  This time around, Shafiq and director Joslyn Rose Lyons focus on the song The U.N. Plan, creating universal visuals to accompany one of the first songs from the album. 

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