Muhsinah
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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) - 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) - Rock Slinger Incorporated 2007
- My First Beat Tape (Tracks: All) - Unreleased 2008
- pre.lude (Tracks: All) - (Japanese Exclusive) Circulations 2008
- day.break 2.0 (Tracks: All) - Rock Slinger Incorporated 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.
- "Half Hip Hop, Half Amazing", Issue #83, TRACE, August 2008.
- Fritz Hahn, Rhome Anderson and David Malitz. "Nightlife Agenda", Washington Post, November 15, 2007.
- "Musinah Creates Homemade Physics", Issue #3, F2.
- muhsinah.com
External links
"Construction", offical Muhsinah video on Rxlngr Records' channel @ vimeo.com.