FRESHclusive ALBUM PREVIEW:
Shafiq Husayn (SA-RA)
Shafiq En A Free Ka




Keeping things moving, here’s an exclusive preview of the highly anticipated solo album from SA-RA Creative Partner, Shafiq Husayn. The album, entitled Shafiq En A Free Ka (“ka” meaning “mind” or “life force” in Egyptian), is the embodiment of just that – Shafiq in a free state of mind, exploring and defining through future-afrocentric sounds and fuzzy melodies. Along for the ride are a team of musicians, writers, arrangers and guest vocalists including Bilal, Om’mas Keith, Count Bass D, Sonny Coates, and many more – all with Shafiq still holding down the helm.

For a quick glimpse into A Free Ka, I’ve got the first two leaks for you today. First up is “Lil Girl,” which features Fresh Selects family member, Fatima, providing a melancholy lament over a nicely chopped vocal sample, familiar bassline and a shuffling beat. To go along with that, we have “Nirvana,” featuring another member of the FS fam, Noni Limar, alongside two of her sisters in arms, Nia Andrews and Rozzi Daime – all coming together over a layered, throbbing slab of latin-flavored bump.

Also included, after the jump, is an older video of Shafiq in the studio with Sonny Coates, working on what would become “He Say, She Say” from the latest SA-RA album.

You can download “Lil Girl” and hear a full-length stream of “Nirvana” below. Be on the look out for much more on and from the album, including a “Nirvana” remix from Mark de Clive-Lowe, before it drops this October, courtesy of Plug Research. Also, credit due to the RBMA for first debuting a stream of “Lil Girl.”



Shafiq Husayn “Nirvana”
(feat. Nia Andrews, Noni Limar & Rozzi Daime)

DOWNLOAD: Shafiq Husayn “Lil Girl” (feat. Fatima)

COMING SOON: Shafiq Husayn – Shafiq En A Free Ka in stores this October on Plug Research

SUPPORT: SA-RA – Nuclear Evolution: The Age Of Love in stores now

BONUS VIDEO: Shafiq in the studio with Sonny Coates






July 13, 2009 / , , , , , / 13 Comments

8 Comments

  1. FireBrand
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 3:23 am / Permalink
    I can’t tell you how much I love sa-ra, man. Love that creativity. 1
  2. Huwston
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 3:34 am / Permalink
    this is a great album – check the joint Dust & Kissis Featuring Noni Limar 2
  3. C-hood
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 6:56 am / Permalink
    Holy shit! This is going straight at the top of my next acquisitions list. I still haven’t fully recovered from the effects of that Jank Random vs. Earl Leonne… bomb 4
  4. yomama
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 1:53 pm / Permalink
    lovely. two thumbs up. 5
  5. Nicholas Howard
    Posted July 13, 2009 at 9:02 pm / Permalink
    Dope! The rhythm is killing for sure, but what about those horns!? So fuzzy, so rich!!

    Thanks for this! Another one for the list… 7
  6. queasy
    Posted July 14, 2009 at 1:03 am / Permalink
    shafiq and fatima are a good duo. good lookin out kenny! been bumpin it all day 8
  7. TIMP
    Posted July 21, 2009 at 7:10 pm / Permalink
    I can’t wait for dude’s album to drop, I need to run back and check that joint he dropped last year too. 11
  8. francisco
    Posted July 26, 2009 at 6:28 pm / Permalink
    lil girl is such a great song. on repeat all day 12

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