Muhsinah
| Muhsinah | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Muhsinah Abdul-Karim |
| Also known as | Sinah, The Golden Girl |
| Born | 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.
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 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".
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