Sa-Ra Creative Partners Reunite for Shafiq Husayn's The Loop 2xLP Bonus Track "If You Miss You Kiss You" Feat. Jon Bap (Nature Sounds)
Sa-Ra Creative Partners, or simply "Sa-Ra" for short, were an Experimental R&B/Hip-Hop super-group consisting of producers, vocalists, and multi-instrumentalists tAz "TI$A" Arnold, Shafiq Husayn & Om'Mas Keith. Sa-Ra were active from the mid-90's through the early 2000's and were super-productive, equally mysterious, and extremely fruitful and creative; throughout various points in their career, Sa-Ra Creative Partners were either signed to or affiliated with Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music, Sony Urban Music/Epic, Babygrande Records, Ubiquity Records, ABB Soul, Sound In Color, Domino Recording Co. Jazzy Sport, Blue Note Records, Wonderful Noise Productions, and Fresh Selects. For me, personally, my favorite Sa-Ra releases were EP's Glorious + Rosebuds, Double Dutch (Co Co Pops) / Death of A Star (Supernova,) and The Second Time Around, as well as 2007 Babygrande full-length, The Hollywood Recordings.
Although, Sa-Ra's reign was short-lived, unfortunately, as their last releases were 2009's "Love Czars II" with Jay Electronica & Ta'Raach and a Japan-only 12-inch EP entitled "Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love." Now, nearly 10 years after their last activity as a group, tAz Arnold, Shafiq Husayn & Om'Mas Keith have effectively reunited for a nearly 7-minute track. "If You Miss You Kiss You" is a Bonus Cut from the North American 2xLP vinyl version of Husayn's latest star-studded Nature Sounds album, The Loop. It features Om'Mas Keith & tAz Arnold (Sa-Ra) along with Dolfin Records' Free Jazz rising star, Jon Bap, as well as players King Karnov, Colin Devane, Matt Little, and Gyo Bunchy. Shafiq Husayn's The Loop is currently available in a number of formats from Nature Sounds/Eglo Records and according to @tazarold, S A - R A "has been smoking weed and recording new material..."
"Greetings, planetary citizens of Earth, Nunnu Nunnu, peace, and The Sun be upon you. I have a special offering that may be of some of you all's interest. We have a Sa-Ra sighting in the form of a bonus song from The L∞P. It was going on the VENTURA album for Anderson .Paak, but he had so many good records that he couldn't find a place for it, but I do (((in my sinister smirk, while rubbing my hands together!))) A thought came to my mind... what if?........... so, right before taking "Jungle Madness" for mastering, I called my brother tAz [Arnold], who felt a certain way about not being on the album. I had this song called "If You Miss You Kiss You" written by Jon Bap, King Karnov, and myself with no second verse yet and no vamp. So, stars aligned and we met up at Om'Mas [Keith's] studio, Whitelines, and (((BOOM!))) Cosmic Dust all over again. I hope you take this to heart and know that there will be another Sa-Ra."
- Shafiq Husayn (@ShafiqHusayn)