| Muhsinah | |
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Performing in San Francisco, May 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Muhsinah Abdul-Karim |
| Also known as | The Golden Girl |
| Born | July 20, 1983 |
| Origin | Washington, D.C., US |
| Genres | Urban Suburban / Indie Pop |
| Occupations | Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Record Producer, Vocal Producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers |
| Years active | 2006-Present |
| Labels | Unsigned/Rxlngr Distribution |
| Associated acts | Common, Flying Lotus, Noisettes, Georgia Anne Muldrow |
| Website | www.muhsinah.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Moog Little Phatty, Moog Vogager, Novation X-Station | |
Muhsinah (pronounced Mu•see•na) is an independent singer/songwriter, producer, composer and arranger.
She cites Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, 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[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.
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2009 | Grammy Awards | Best Urban/Alternative Performance | Nominated |
| Year | Album Title | Label |
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| 2007 | "day.break" (US) / "pre.lude" (JP) | Rxlngr / Circulations |
| 2008 | "The Oscillations: Sine" | Rxlngr - (Digital Only) |
| 2009 | "The Oscillations: Triangle" | Rxlngr - (Digital Only) |