Muhsinah

Muhsinah Pronounced Mu•see•na Is An Independent Singer/songwriter And Producer. A Graduate Of The Duke Ellington School Of The Arts And Of Howard University. She Cites Chick Corea Alice Coltrane And J Dilla As Among Her Influences. Her 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 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". read less