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Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, and rapper, best known as a member of
Muhammad is a
Official website
Official A Tribe Called Quest website
* Living people African-American DJs African-American Muslims American hip hop DJs American hip hop record producers A Tribe Called Quest members Musicians from Brooklyn People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 1970 births Converts to Islam African-American male rappers East Coast hip hop musicians Rappers from Brooklyn 21st-century American rappers Record producers from New York (state) Lucy Pearl members {{Portal bar, Biography, Music, United States
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985,Q-Tip
. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Muhammad currently lives in Los Angeles.
Career
Muhammad is a Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
. Together with Jay Dee and Q-Tip, he formed the music-production collective the Ummah.
After A Tribe Called Quest disbanded, Muhammad formed the R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl with Dawn Robinson, formerly of En Vogue and Raphael Saadiq, formerly of Tony! Toni! Toné!, releasing one album in 2000. On October 12, 2004, he released his debut solo album, ''Shaheedullah and Stereotypes
''Shaheedullah and Stereotypes'' is the debut solo studio album by Ali Shaheed Muhammad better known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. It features the single "Banga". The album is now out of print and is currently the only solo studio album rel ...
''. He is currently the co-host of NPR's ''Microphone Check'' radio show.
In 2013, Muhammad worked with producer Adrian Younge on the Souls of Mischief album '' There Is Only Now'', as the album's narrator. Since then Muhammad and Younge have collaborated to co-produce the soundtrack for both seasons of the '' Luke Cage'' TV series, and they have toured together since 2018 as the Midnight Hour, releasing an album by the same name.
In 2019, Muhammad contributed to Saadiq's fifth album, '' Jimmy Lee''.
In 2020, Muhammad and Younge launched the ''Jazz Is Dead'' album series, collaborating with jazz musicians Roy Ayers, Marcos Valle, Doug Carn
Doug Carn (born July 14, 1948) is an American jazz musician from St. Augustine, Florida, formerly married to Jean Carne and known for his several albums released for Black Jazz Records. Carn is a multi-instrumentalist known primarily for his wor ...
, Gary Bartz, João Donato, and the trio Azymuth.
Discography
;Studio albums *''Shaheedullah and Stereotypes
''Shaheedullah and Stereotypes'' is the debut solo studio album by Ali Shaheed Muhammad better known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. It features the single "Banga". The album is now out of print and is currently the only solo studio album rel ...
'' (2004)
;with Lucy Pearl
*'' Lucy Pearl'' (2000)
;with Adrian Younge
*'' Luke Cage (Original Soundtrack Album)'' (2016)
*'' Luke Cage: Season Two (Original Score)'' (2018)
*''The Midnight Hour'' (2018)
*''Jazz Is Dead 001'' (2020)
*''Roy Ayers JID002'' (2020)
*''Marcos Valle JID003'' (2020)
*''Azymuth JID004'' (2020)
*''Doug Carn JID005'' (2020)
*''Gary Bartz JID006'' (2021)
*''João Donato JID007'' (2021)
*''Brian Jackson JID008'' (2021)
*''Instrumentals JID009'' (2021)
*''Remixes JID010'' (2021)
*''Jazz is Dead 011'' (2022)
*''Jean Carne'' ''JID012'' (2022)
*''Katalyst JID013'' (2022)
*''Henry Franklin JID014'' (2022)
See also
*A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985,Q-Tip
* Lucy Pearl
* The Ummah
* Native Tongues
* Raphael Saadiq
* Chalmers Alford
*D'Angelo
Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He first garnered attention after co-producing the single "U Will Know" ...
* Fu-Schnickens
References
External links
Official website
Official A Tribe Called Quest website
* Living people African-American DJs African-American Muslims American hip hop DJs American hip hop record producers A Tribe Called Quest members Musicians from Brooklyn People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 1970 births Converts to Islam African-American male rappers East Coast hip hop musicians Rappers from Brooklyn 21st-century American rappers Record producers from New York (state) Lucy Pearl members {{Portal bar, Biography, Music, United States