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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = Muhsinah
| name = Muhsinah
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| alias = Sinah, The Golden Girl
| alias = Sinah, The Golden Girl
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|07|20}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|07|20}}
| origin = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[US]]
| origin = [[Washington, D.C.]], US
| instrument = Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers
| instrument = Vocals, piano, synthesizers
| genre = [[R&B]] / [[Indie pop|Indie Pop]]
| genre = [[R&B]] / [[Indie pop]]
| occupation = [[singer-songwriter|Singer/Songwriter]], [[Record Producer]], [[Composer]], [[arrangement|Arranger]]
| occupation = Singer/songwriter, record producer, composer, arranger
| years_active = 2007-Present
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = [[unsigned artist|Unsigned]]
| label = [[unsigned artist|Unsigned]]
| associated_acts = [[Common (rapper)|Common]], [[The Weeknd]], [[Flying Lotus]], [[Noisettes]]
| associated_acts = [[Common (rapper)|Common]], [[The Weeknd]], [[Flying Lotus]], [[Noisettes]]
| website = [http://www.muhsinah.com www.muhsinah.com]
| website ={{URL|muhsinah.com}}
}}
}}


'''Muhsinah''' {{IPAc-en|m|ʊ|ˈ|s|iː|n|ə}} is a [[Grammy]] nominated singer and producer, from [[Washington DC]].
'''Muhsinah''' {{IPAc-en|m|ʊ|ˈ|s|iː|n|ə}} is an American [[Grammy Award]] nominated singer and producer, from [[Washington, D.C.]]


She cites [[Chick Corea]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Chopin]] as among her influences.
She cites [[Chick Corea]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Chopin]] as among her influences.
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A graduate of the [[Duke Ellington School of the Arts]] and of [[Howard University]], Muhsinah's self-produced EP ''day.break 2.0'' (2008) was described by [[XLR8R]]<ref>Rico Washington, [http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/04/muhsinah-defying-r-b "Muhsinah: Defying R&B"] XLR8R, May 1, 2008|</ref> magazine as "a beautiful smack in the face of mainstream hip-hop and R&B convention".
A graduate of the [[Duke Ellington School of the Arts]] and of [[Howard University]], Muhsinah's self-produced EP ''day.break 2.0'' (2008) was described by [[XLR8R]]<ref>Rico Washington, [http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/04/muhsinah-defying-r-b "Muhsinah: Defying R&B"] XLR8R, May 1, 2008|</ref> magazine as "a beautiful smack in the face of mainstream hip-hop and R&B convention".


Though a small scale independent release, it attracted the attention of rappers [[Common (rapper)|Common]] as well as [[Phonte]] of [[Little Brother (band)|Little Brother]]/[[The Foreign Exchange]], both of whom she later recorded with, appearing on [[Common (rapper)|Common's]] Universal Mind Control and [[The Foreign Exchange|The Foreign Exchange's]] Leave It All Behind.
Though a small scale independent release, it attracted the attention of rappers [[Common (rapper)|Common]] as well as [[Phonte]] of [[Little Brother (band)|Little Brother]]/[[The Foreign Exchange]], both of whom she later recorded with, appearing on [[Common (rapper)|Common's]] Universal Mind Control and [[The Foreign Exchange]]'s Leave It All Behind.


The ''[[Washington Post]]'' has written of her as being "part of a new breed of young soul rebels who seamlessly meld electronic beats with layers of jazzy arrangements and unorthodox song structure", and as "equally at home chopping loops and tapping pads on an [[Akai MPC]] as she is behind a piano keyboard".
The ''[[Washington Post]]'' has written of her as being "part of a new breed of young soul rebels who seamlessly meld electronic beats with layers of jazzy arrangements and unorthodox song structure", and as "equally at home chopping loops and tapping pads on an [[Akai MPC]] as she is behind a piano keyboard".


Muhsinah was acknowledged by [[Radiohead]] frontman, [[Thom Yorke]], on their website [[Dead Air Space]] on March 15, 2010<ref>[http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=559 www.radiohead.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616070713/http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=559 |date=2010-06-16 }}</ref> when he listed the song, "Lose My Fuse (Produced By [[Flying Lotus]])" among his favorites at the time the post was published.
Muhsinah was acknowledged by [[Radiohead]] frontman, [[Thom Yorke]], on their website [[Dead Air Space]] on March 15, 2010<ref>[http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=559 www.radiohead.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616070713/http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=559 |date=June 16, 2010}}</ref> when he listed the song, "Lose My Fuse (Produced By [[Flying Lotus]])" among his favorites at the time the post was published.


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
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!Result
!Result
|-
|-
| 2010
| [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]]
| "Daykeeper" (with [[The Foreign Exchange]])
| "Daykeeper" (with [[The Foreign Exchange]])
| [[Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance|Best Urban/Alternative Performance]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance|Best Urban/Alternative Performance]]
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| 2008
| 2008
| ''The Oscillations: Sine''
| ''The Oscillations: Sine''
| Rxlngr - (Digital Only)
| Rxlngr – (Digital Only)
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
| ''The Oscillations: Triangle''
| ''The Oscillations: Triangle''
| Rxlngr - (Digital Only)
| Rxlngr – (Digital Only)
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2014
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===Production===
===Production===
*''Ruff Drafts Volume 1'' (Track: 3) - JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
*''Ruff Drafts Volume 1'' (Track: 3) – JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
*''Getback'' (Track: 6/7 Interlude ) - ABB 2007
*''Getback'' (Track: 6/7 Interlude ) – ABB 2007
*''day.break'' (Tracks: All) - Rxlngr 2007
*''day.break'' (Tracks: All) – Rxlngr 2007
*''pre.lude'' (Tracks: All) - Circulations 2008
*''pre.lude'' (Tracks: All) – Circulations 2008
*''Higher Ground'' (Track: 3) - [[Wayna]] Quiet Power Productions 2008
*''Higher Ground'' (Track: 3) – [[Wayna]] Quiet Power Productions 2008
*''The Awakening'' (Track: 3) - JapaNUBIA Musik 2008
*''The Awakening'' (Track: 3) – JapaNUBIA Musik 2008
*''Border Breaker'' (Tracks: 1,3,5) - Ghetto Falsetto 2009
*''Border Breaker'' (Tracks: 1,3,5) – Ghetto Falsetto 2009
*''The Oscillations:Sine'' (Tracks: All) - Rxlngr 2009
*''The Oscillations:Sine'' (Tracks: All) – Rxlngr 2009
*''The Oscillations:Triangle'' (Tracks: All except 2,4,5 & 7) - Rxlngr 2009
*''The Oscillations:Triangle'' (Tracks: All except 2,4,5 & 7) – Rxlngr 2009


===Guest Appearances===
===Guest appearances===
*''Ruff Drafts Volume 1'' (Tracks: 3) - JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
*''Ruff Drafts Volume 1'' (Tracks: 3) – JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
*''I Predict A Riot'' (Tracks: 1 & 18) - Soulspasm Records, Inc. 2007
*''I Predict A Riot'' (Tracks: 1 & 18) – Soulspasm Records, Inc. 2007
*''Cuba After Market'' (Tracks: 3 & 13 ) - Humble Monarch Music/Rawkus 50 2007
*''Cuba After Market'' (Tracks: 3 & 13 ) – Humble Monarch Music/Rawkus 50 2007
*''Producer No. 1'' (Track: 7) - Fat City Records 2007
*''Producer No. 1'' (Track: 7) – Fat City Records 2007
*''Suite903 No.15'' (CD#2 Track: 16) - Fader Label 2007
*''Suite903 No.15'' (CD#2 Track: 16) – Fader Label 2007
*''Blunt Park Sessions'' (413) (Track: 2 ) - Rude Squire/Rawkus 50 2007
*''Blunt Park Sessions'' (413) (Track: 2 ) – Rude Squire/Rawkus 50 2007
*''Higher Ground'' (Track: 3) - Quiet Power Productions 2008
*''Higher Ground'' (Track: 3) – Quiet Power Productions 2008
*''[[Leave It All Behind (Foreign Exchange album)|Leave It All Behind]]'' (Tracks: 1, 5 & 10) - Hard Boiled 2008
*''[[Leave It All Behind (Foreign Exchange album)|Leave It All Behind]]'' (Tracks: 1, 5 & 10) – Hard Boiled 2008
*''Down To You 12"'' (Track: B1) - Planetgroove 2008
*''Down To You 12"'' (Track: B1) – Planetgroove 2008
*''[[Universal Mind Control]]'' (Track: 7) - G.O.O.D/Geffen 2008
*''[[Universal Mind Control]]'' (Track: 7) – G.O.O.D/Geffen 2008
*''Arale 01'' (Are In Be) - Arale.tv 2009
*''Arale 01'' (Are In Be) – Arale.tv 2009
*''Odd Summer EP'' (Track: 8) - Oddisee Music 2009
*''Odd Summer EP'' (Track: 8) – Oddisee Music 2009
*''Adroit Adventures 12"'' (Track: A2) - Ubiquity 2009
*''Adroit Adventures 12"'' (Track: A2) – Ubiquity 2009
*''Kilawatt: V2'' (Track: 1) - Kilawatt Music Limited 2010
*''Kilawatt: V2'' (Track: 1) – Kilawatt Music Limited 2010
*''Love2'' (Track: 10) – Reel People Music Ltd. 2023


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.muhsinah.com www.muhsinah.com]
*[http://www.muhsinah.com www.muhsinah.com]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/benjib/20080411.shtml Benji B, BBC 1Xtra, April 11, 2008.]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/benjib/20080411.shtml Benji B, BBC 1Xtra, April 11, 2008.]
*Devin Barrett. "Half Hip Hop, Half Amazing", Issue #83, ''[[Trace (magazine)|TRACE]]'', August 2008.
*Devin Barrett. "Half Hip Hop, Half Amazing", Issue No. 83, ''[[Trace (magazine)|TRACE]]'', August 2008.
*Fritz Hahn, Rhome Anderson and David Malitz. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402121_pf.html "Nightlife Agenda",] ''Washington Post'', November 15, 2007.
*Fritz Hahn, Rhome Anderson and David Malitz. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402121_pf.html "Nightlife Agenda"], ''Washington Post'', November 15, 2007.
*Jalylah Burrell. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121025948/http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_f2_issue03.pdf "Muhsinah Creates Homemade Physics"], Issue #3, ''FADER/F2'', August 2008.
*Jalylah Burrell. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121025948/http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_f2_issue03.pdf "Muhsinah Creates Homemade Physics"], Issue No. 3, ''FADER/F2'', August 2008.


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 08:11, 17 April 2024

Muhsinah
Background information
Birth nameMuhsinah Abdul-Karim
Also known asSinah, The Golden Girl
Born (1983-07-20) July 20, 1983 (age 41)
OriginWashington, D.C., US
GenresR&B / Indie pop
Occupation(s)Singer/songwriter, record producer, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, synthesizers
Years active2007–present
LabelsUnsigned
Websitemuhsinah.com

Muhsinah /mʊˈsiːnə/ is an American Grammy Award nominated singer and producer, from Washington, D.C.

She cites Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Nirvana and Chopin as among her influences.

Musical career

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A graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and of Howard University, Muhsinah's self-produced EP day.break 2.0 (2008) was described by XLR8R[1] magazine as "a beautiful smack in the face of mainstream hip-hop and R&B convention".

Though a small scale independent release, it attracted the attention of rappers Common as well as Phonte of Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange, both of whom she later recorded with, appearing on Common's Universal Mind Control and The Foreign Exchange's Leave It All Behind.

The Washington Post has written of her as being "part of a new breed of young soul rebels who seamlessly meld electronic beats with layers of jazzy arrangements and unorthodox song structure", and as "equally at home chopping loops and tapping pads on an Akai MPC as she is behind a piano keyboard".

Muhsinah was acknowledged by Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke, on their website Dead Air Space on March 15, 2010[2] when he listed the song, "Lose My Fuse (Produced By Flying Lotus)" among his favorites at the time the post was published.

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Award Category Result
2010 "Daykeeper" (with The Foreign Exchange) Best Urban/Alternative Performance Nominated

Discography

[edit]

Extended plays

[edit]
Year Album Title Label
2007 day.break (US) / pre.lude (JP) Rxlngr / Circulations
2008 The Oscillations: Sine Rxlngr – (Digital Only)
2009 The Oscillations: Triangle Rxlngr – (Digital Only)
2014 M Self-released
2016 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

Production

[edit]
  • Ruff Drafts Volume 1 (Track: 3) – JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
  • Getback (Track: 6/7 Interlude ) – ABB 2007
  • day.break (Tracks: All) – Rxlngr 2007
  • pre.lude (Tracks: All) – Circulations 2008
  • Higher Ground (Track: 3) – Wayna Quiet Power Productions 2008
  • The Awakening (Track: 3) – JapaNUBIA Musik 2008
  • Border Breaker (Tracks: 1,3,5) – Ghetto Falsetto 2009
  • The Oscillations:Sine (Tracks: All) – Rxlngr 2009
  • The Oscillations:Triangle (Tracks: All except 2,4,5 & 7) – Rxlngr 2009

Guest appearances

[edit]
  • Ruff Drafts Volume 1 (Tracks: 3) – JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
  • I Predict A Riot (Tracks: 1 & 18) – Soulspasm Records, Inc. 2007
  • Cuba After Market (Tracks: 3 & 13 ) – Humble Monarch Music/Rawkus 50 2007
  • Producer No. 1 (Track: 7) – Fat City Records 2007
  • Suite903 No.15 (CD#2 Track: 16) – Fader Label 2007
  • Blunt Park Sessions (413) (Track: 2 ) – Rude Squire/Rawkus 50 2007
  • Higher Ground (Track: 3) – Quiet Power Productions 2008
  • Leave It All Behind (Tracks: 1, 5 & 10) – Hard Boiled 2008
  • Down To You 12" (Track: B1) – Planetgroove 2008
  • Universal Mind Control (Track: 7) – G.O.O.D/Geffen 2008
  • Arale 01 (Are In Be) – Arale.tv 2009
  • Odd Summer EP (Track: 8) – Oddisee Music 2009
  • Adroit Adventures 12" (Track: A2) – Ubiquity 2009
  • Kilawatt: V2 (Track: 1) – Kilawatt Music Limited 2010
  • Love2 (Track: 10) – Reel People Music Ltd. 2023

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Rico Washington, "Muhsinah: Defying R&B" XLR8R, May 1, 2008|
  2. ^ www.radiohead.com Archived June 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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