A-FREE-KA: a Kemetic term, from ancient Egypt, meaning SPIRIT. Being in A-free-Ka means no limitations. No boundaries. Infinite. As the myth-scientist Sun Ra said: THE ONLY LIMIT IS YOUR IMAGINATION. In A-free-Ka, the mind and body is one. Harnessing the hidden vectors of space, transcending time, elevating the mind. S’aint even about music, but a journey towards LOVE, TRUTH, PEACE, FREEDOM and JUSTICE. We are all descendents of Afrika. We are enchanted beings. The Master-Teachers. Some of us just don’t know it yet. Those that do, STAY WOKE. SHAFIQ HUSAYN will make a lot of artists feel like giving up? WHAT IS THE POINT OF CREATING MUSIC IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY? His first solo album **SHAFIQ EN’ A-FREE-KA** represents the culmination of a 30 year journey. He learnt to cut from Afrika Bambaattaa and Afrika Islam, cooled out in L.A. with Egyptian Lover, and did a stint with Ice-T’s Rhyme Syndicate. Today, he is part of the Sa-Ra triumvirate and the only person Erykah Badu allows to write for her. What he makes isn’t hip-hop, isn’t soul, isn’t rock, isn’t jazz. IT’S A WAKE-UP CALL. Listen loudly to the message. Pushing through creative limitations of FORM + CONTENT to reach deep into the SPIRIT. THE BLACK KNIGHT: The chess player takes a moment to reflect before each move. This is how Shafiq handles his business in the studio. He carefully arranges his drums like HIEROGLYPHS. Taking the hip-hop beat somewhere else, to a place it’s always been before - thru ancient rhyhthms of the Ethiops, Eastern modalities, dark matter freek1cies and the reverb/delay of our forefathers’ voices. FUNK BOX: SHAFIQ EN’ A-FREE-KA is a real studio album, inspired by ABBEY ROAD and ELECTRIC LADYLAND, composed with an armoury of outboard gear, effects, synthesizers, electric guitars, strings, horns, a lot of modulation and a lot of weird stuff. “Hip-hop mastered the beat, but they didn’t do nothing with the changes,� says Shafiq. “Even someone as musical as Dr. Dre - they’re not rea