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Muhsinah (Muhsinah Abdul-Karim) is a singer and producer of music with soul, jazz, hip hop and contempory R&B influences. Her self-produced album day.break 2.0 (2008) was described by XLR8R magazine as "a beautiful smack in the face of mainstream hip-hop and R&B convention".

It attracted the attention of Phonte of Little Brother and of the group The Foreign Exchange, both of which she has since worked with. 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 is a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and of Howard University. She cites Alice Coltrane and J Dilla as among her influences.

Discography

Releases

The Oscillations EP (CD/MP3)- Self release 2005
day.break (MP3 Only) - Rock Slinger Incorporated (Rxlngr) 2007
pre.lude (CD/MP3) - (Japanese release) Circulations 2008
day.break 2.0 (CD Only) - Rxlngr 2008
The Oscillations: Sine (MP3 only) - Rxlngr 2008
The Oscillations: Triangle (MP3 only) - Rxlngr 2008
The Oscillations 2XLP (CD/MP3) - Rxlngr 2009

Production

The Oscillations EP (Tracks: All) - Self release 2005
Ruff Drafts Volume 1 (Track: 3) - JapaNUBIA Musik 2006
Getback (Track: 6/7 Interlude )- ABB 2007
day.break (Tracks: All) - Rxlngr 2007
My First Beat Tape (Tracks: All) - Unreleased 2008
pre.lude (Tracks: All) - (Japanese Exclusive) Circulations 2008
day.break 2.0 (Tracks: All) - Rxlngr 2008
Higher Ground (Track: 3) - Quiet Power Productions 2008

Appears On

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
Oddisee 101 Mix-Tape (Track: ) - (White label) 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
Universal Mind Control (Track: 7) - G.O.O.D/Geffen 2008

Sources

Rico Washington. "Muhsinah: Defying R&B", XLR8R, May 1, 2008.
Benji B, BBC 1Xtra, April 11, 2008.
Devin Barrett. "Half Hip Hop, Half Amazing", Issue #83, TRACE, August 2008.
Fritz Hahn, Rhome Anderson and David Malitz. "Nightlife Agenda", Washington Post, November 15, 2007.
Jalylah Burrell. "Musinah Creates Homemade Physics", Issue #3, F2, August 2008.
muhsinah.com

External links

"Construction", offical Muhsinah video on Rxlngr Records' channel @ vimeo.com.
"Daykeeper" with The Foreign Exchange @ muhsinah.com.

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 *Rico Washington. [http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/04/muhsinah-defying-r-b "Muhsinah: Defying R&B",] ''XLR8R'', May 1, 2008.
 *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/benjib/20080411.shtml Benji B, BBC 1Xtra, April 11, 2008.]
-*"Half Hip Hop, Half Amazing", Issue #83, ''[[Trace (magazine)|TRACE]]'', August 2008.
+*Devin Barrett. "Half Hip Hop, Half Amazing", Issue #83, ''[[Trace (magazine)|TRACE]]'', August 2008.
 *Fritz Hahn, Rhome Anderson and David Malitz. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402121_pf.html "Nightlife Agenda",] ''Washington Post'', November 15, 2007.
-*"Musinah Creates Homemade Physics", Issue #3, F2.
+*Jalylah Burrell. [http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_f2_issue03.pdf "Musinah Creates Homemade Physics",] Issue #3, F2, August 2008.
 *[http://www.muhsinah.com muhsinah.com]