Musab Saad, better known by his stage name Sab the Artist, Musab, or Beyond, is an American recording artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and music executive from Minneapolis, Minnesota, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Career

Known first by the moniker Beyond and later as Musab, Sab the Artist was a member of the Headshots crew before he, along with

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(Sean Daley), Ant (Anthony Davis) and Siddiq (Brent Sayers), founded indie hip hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment. In 1996, Beyond had the label's very first release ''Comparison''. In 1999, he released ''Be-Sides''.Brown, Marisa.
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Dynospectrum ''The Dynospectrum'' is a studio album by The Dynospectrum, a collaboration between rappers Slug, I Self Devine, Sab the Artist, and Swift. They performed under the pseudonyms Sep Sev Sev Two, Pat Juba, General Woundwart, and Mr. Gene Poole, respe ...

's self-titled debut album was also released that year. In 2002, ''Respect the Life'', his first studio album as Musab, was released on Rhymesayers. The 2007 album ''

Slicks Box ''Slicks Box'', first release not with Rhymesayers Entertainment by Musab Saad, formerly Beyond, and now known as Sab the Artist. The 12-track recording was released by Hieroglyphics Imperium. This release features several rock track samples, su ...

'' was Sab's first official project not released by Rhymesayers, instead coming on Oakland-based

Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings is an Oakland, California-based, independent hip hop record label founded and owned by underground hip hop collective, the Hieroglyphics. The label was created by the collective in 1995 to publish and market the ...

. Long known as a hip hop artist, Sab's recent projects—including his 2010 EP ''Sab the Artist'' and the full-length album ''H.G.H. (Heaven, Girls, Hell)'' he worked with Ultra Chorus of Minneapolis—are instead a fusion of "Hip Hop, Pop, R&B, and Electronic sounds".

Discography

Albums

* ''Comparison'' (1996) (as Beyond) * ''Dynospectrum'' (1999) (with Dynospectrum as General Woundwart) * ''Be-Sides'' (1999) (as Beyond) * ''Respect the Life'' (2002) (as Musab) * ''Slicks Box'' (2007) (as Sab the Artist) * ''Love Is in the Air'' (2011) (as Sab the Artist) * ''HGH (Heaven, Girls, Hell)'' (2012) (as Sab the Artist with Ultra Chorus) *Deconstruction (2020) (as MInk with Ink Well)

EPs

* ''Actin' Rich'' (1999) (as Musab) * ''Sab the Artist EP'' (2010) * The Awful Truth (2012) (as Musab with Abstract Rude)

Guest appearances

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– "Current Status" and "Adjust" from '' Overcast!'' (1997) * The Planets – "Global" from ''The Opening'' (2002) * Atmosphere – "Flesh (Remix)" (2002) * Atmosphere – "Southsiders Remix" (2014) *Atmosphere – "Earring" from ''Mi Vida Local'' (2018) *Atmosphere - "Strung" from ''Word?'' (2021)

References

External links

* – Rhymesayers Entertainment * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sab The Artist Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Minneapolis Living people African-American rappers American hip hop record producers American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent 21st-century American rappers Rhymesayers Entertainment Rhymesayers Entertainment artists 21st-century African-American musicians