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Artist BIO of Saad Born in San Antonio, Texas in 1970 and raised in a Baptist household. I had ample opportunity, motivation and enforcement to read the bible. Although my mother abandoned the church when I was 8, she continued to "bible-thump" and "hot-gospel" (even till this day). At the age of 12 or so, I started working for a Muslim; Askia Torre Muhammad. He would take us out of town and around town to sell candy and other seasonal goods. During these various outings Brother Askia gave us certain (motivational) speeches in which I found very informative and enlightening. Askia didn't have to be the best of the Muslims for me to gravitate towards Islaam, but it was the essence of what he taught that attracted me. I had always been a thinker so I was never distracted by the character of individuals. It was actually the essence of the creed that determined my acceptance or not. I knew that man could excel over other men if he held fast to the truth of the concepts adopted. At the age of 13 I started calling myself Muslim. However, I was not Muslim. I was not aware of concepts such as Shahadah (declaration of faith in Allah's Oneness and the Messengership of His final Prophet & Messenger Muhammad), or of Tawheed (Oneness of Allah in His existence & essence), etc. This created a confusion in my mind as to who was actually a Muslim of all who "professed" Islaam. So any literature that contained the catch phrases of "Islaam" or "Muslim" would automatically be embraced. I read Final Call (a publication distributed by some deviant black-nationalist who claim to be Muslim but hold false concepts about Allah & His Messenger). I did not know then that they were kafir (unbelievers) so I did attend some meetings and admired Farakhaan's hypnotic babble. At the age of 20 I was shot twice with a twelve-gauge shotgun because I knocked a guy unconscious for coming into my "hood". He and his friend later returned for revenge. This experience did not shake me from gang affiliation but it did cause me to reflect upon 7-year desire to embrace Islaam. But as street life would have it, I could not slow down enough to re-learn life. About mid 1990 I tried to kill a man for wearing a certain brand of pants that my "rivals" wore (sounds silly I know, but please bear with me). His explanation as to why he wore those particular pants was not sufficient for me and it also offended a friend of mine. I then raised my gun to his chest and squeezed the trigger intending to shoot him 6 times and leave him for dead. Although I had shot hundreds of bullets from this gun without any problems, it just so happened that the bullet at the top of the clip was defective. Subhaanallah (Glory be to Allah)! He began to run as a re-cocked my pistol and fired at him from the distance. Those who were with me also began to shoot at him. He then fell motionless so we left him for dead; so we thought. Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah)! He lived. And due to a friend of mine turning states evidence on me I was sentenced to 8 years for attempted murder along with 2 other associates. I ended up pulling half my sentence (4 years in prison & 4 years parole). This turned out to be the best thing that could happen to me at that time. Life in prison is a lot slower than in "open" society, therefore, I finally had an opportunity to attend Islaamic services and learn the very thing that my heart and mind had yearned for 7 years to that date. After being Muslim for only a year I became the Imaam (prayer leader/sermon giver) at my unit. I was transferred to another unit a year later where I became Imaam after a brother stepped down upon my arrival feeling unworthy to lead salaat. I was again transferred to yet another unit after a year where I refused to be Imaam because I only had a year left in prison and I didn't want to appear as though I was imposing myself. But once again I was thrusted into the leadership position. I was released in Nov. 1994 where I took an assistance position to the visiting Imaam I had met while incarcerated. I became the Imaam on Jan. 1st, 1996 up until this very day. Yadda, yadda, yadda (Seinfeld fan ... lol) here I am Saad_Im_Am. Catch me on yahoo! Check out the artist's website: http://www.saadimam.com Track List: 1. disclaimer 2. interview 1 3. saad im am 4. interview 2 5. dats haraam 6. interview 3 7. whos dat knockin 8. interview 4 9. sounds like industry 10. interview 5 11. pour it on 12. interview 6 13. holla at me Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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