Near the end of August, Exile will be releasing AM/FM, which will essentially be him and all his friends remixing the producer’s Radio. While pulling together recordings for radio, Exile compiled enough good material that couldn’t just be left to waste. So he’s doing what every enterprising individual would do — he’s adding them to a bonus album. Read the rest of this entry »

Simply calling this a “video” may do it a disservice. A “hallucenogic cinematic short centered around the sounds of music” might be the better description. The clip captures the layered feel that composes the majority of Shafiq En A Free Ka‘s songs. And as disjointed as the video (equal parts rollerskating scenes split with shots of Shafiq & Bilal imitating a jazz club setting) and the album may seem, both are seductively appealing, enough to draw you back in for repeat listens to a aural trip you want to experience over & over. Read the rest of this entry »

Off that Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka album, the officially official video for “Lil Girl” featuring the vocals of Fatima and cameos from the likes of Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, Talib Kweli, Wood Harris and others. Read the rest of this entry »

J.Kim is very good @ saying these things.

“The 4th installment of the Shafiq Husayn EPK series, this time, sitting down with Om’Mas Keith (one third of SA-RA), talking about how him and Shafiq met at Ice T’s house in Los Angeles, Read the rest of this entry »

Let J.Kim tell it.

“Here is the 3rd installment of the Shafiq Husayn EPK series, this time around, Shafiq gives you a personal tour of his home studio, highlighting some of the various equipment used to make the recently released album, Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka. Read the rest of this entry »

Shot by Eric Coleman for mochilla.com, the minds @ Plug Research & Shafiq have embarked on an ongoing, seven part EPK series for his album Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka and the process of making the album. Above in Part One, the musical wizard also Read the rest of this entry »

If TSS was ever personified & able to project sound, the music found in this jam session would be the by-product. The voices in your head wouldn’t talk. Instead, they’d all play instruments & make harmonious music like this. Read the rest of this entry »