Muhsinah

Muhsinah
Background information
Birth name Muhsinah Abdul-Karim
Also known as Sinah, The Golden Girl
Born (1983-07-20) July 20, 1983
Origin Washington, D.C., US
Genres R&B / Indie Pop
Occupation(s) Singer/Songwriter, Record Producer, Composer, Arranger
Instruments Vocals, Piano, Synthesizers
Years active 2007-Present
Labels Unsigned
Associated acts Common, The Weeknd, Flying Lotus, Noisettes
Website www.muhsinah.com
Notable instruments
Moog Little Phatty, Moog Vogager, Novation X-Station

Muhsinah /mʊˈsiːnʊ/ is a Grammy nominated singer and producer, from Washington DC.

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

Musical career

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

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

Discography

Extended plays

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

Production

Guest Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Rico Washington, "Muhsinah: Defying R&B" XLR8R, May 1, 2008|
  2. ↑ www.radiohead.com
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