Here are the creative partners rocking an awesome show in the city of love. After listening to their albums, and then seeing their live performance, one could almost argue that Sa-Ra are a reincarnated Funkadelic, well, minus the performance art. Unfortunately they dont tour anymore, but I have read on multiple occasions that there will never be another live performance like George Clinton and the Funkateers used to perform. Nonetheless Taz, Om’mas and Shafiq know how to have a good time with just their back up band, the audience and a couple scrippas. As always Taz is eccentrically dressed, looking like a more modern version of someone off the cover of Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music. Shafiq Husayn on En’ A-Free-Ka after the jump.

http://www.vimeo.com/7125652Sa-Ra Creative Partners – Live in Paris

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When I first saw Sa-Ra’s debut album, The Hollywood Recordings, in the record store, I had never heard of them before. I thought to myself – “This is a group is taking themselves way to seriously and are probably wack!” I mean seriously, creative partners? That day I learned the valuable lesson that has held fast for so many years; don’t ever judge a book by it’s cover. A friend of mine had the record and let me listen to it, and that very day I went back to the shop to buy their record.

Pretentious sounding name aside, Sa-Ra, the trio consisting of Om’Mas Keith, Taz Arnold, and Shafiq Husayn are honestly creative. The groups imaginative music becomes more like soulful soundscapes, blending elements of hip-hop, jazz, funk, rock and space. This is a track from their recently released album, Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love entitled Dirty Beauty. The song features none other than the goddess of neo-soul, Erykah Badu. Check it out below and keep listening.

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Download: Sa-Ra Creative Partners – Dirty Beauty (feat. Erykah Badu)

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