Sa-Ra Creative Partners are a huge inspiration to me . There was a time a few years back when I felt Hip Hop and its associated genres had stagnated. I was hitting the shops with money in my pocket (ah those were the days…) and coming out with bags full of everything but that Boom-Bap flavour. When I heards Sa Ra’s earlier work, I was blown away. Without wanting to sound too deep, I felt their sound embodied and somehow reconciled opposing forces. They were raw, ragged, experimental and mainstream all at the same time…I liked that. In fact, for me anyway, they provided a road into that LA beat music we’ve all grown so fond of.
Their most recent full length offering Nuclear Evolution, The Age of Love is still heating up my hard drive on a regular basis and what i’ve heard Shafiq Husayn’s forthcoming solo project has got me excited also.
Anyway enough chat. Check out one of my previous posts for some free SRCP goodness and peep this interview they did for VAMPD magazine…
By Etienne
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