Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- Hip hop
- soul
- jazz
- Disc jockey
- record producer
- rapper
- songwriter
- Garden Seeker Productions
- Jazz Is Dead
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Lucy Pearl
- The Ummah
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest.[1] 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, as of 2020[update], Muhammad lived in Los Angeles.[1][2]
Career
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Muhammad is a Muslim.[3] Together with Jay Dee and Q-Tip, he formed the music-production collective the Ummah.[1]
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.[1] On October 12, 2004, he released his debut solo album, Shaheedullah and Stereotypes.[1] Muhammad co-hosted the Microphone Check radio show, which ran on NPR until 2016,[4] and on Spotify until 2019.[5][6]
In 2013, Muhammad worked with producer Adrian Younge on the Souls of Mischief album There Is Only Now, as the album's narrator.[7] Since then Muhammad and Younge have collaborated to co-produce the soundtrack for both seasons of the Luke Cage TV series,[8][9] and they have toured together since 2018 as the Midnight Hour, releasing an album by the same name.[10][11]
In 2019, Muhammad contributed to Saadiq's fifth album, Jimmy Lee.[12]
In 2020, Muhammad and Younge launched the Jazz Is Dead album series, in which the two of them collaborate with jazz musicians. Album partners in this series have included Roy Ayers, Marcos Valle, Doug Carn, Gary Bartz, João Donato, and the trio Azymuth.[13][14] Muhammad is the main bass guitarist for the project.
Discography
Studio albums
- Shaheedullah and Stereotypes (2004)
with Lucy Pearl
- Lucy Pearl (2000)
with Adrian Younge
- Luke Cage (Original Soundtrack Album) (2016)
- Luke Cage: Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Album) (2018)
- The Midnight Hour (as 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)
- Garret Saracho JID015 (2022)
- Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison JID016 (2023)
- Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (2023)
- Tony Allen JID018 (2023)
- Instrumentals JID019 (2023)
- Remixes JID020 (2023)
Solo Products:
1992
Fu-Schnickens - True Fuschnick 12"
- True Fuschnick (Shaheed's Fix)
Boogie Down Productions - We in There 12"
- We in There (Remix)
1993
Greg Osby - 3-D Lifestyles
- Raise; Hardcopy; Flow to the Underculture (hip Hop & Jazz)
Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq Diesel
- Where Ya At?
- We Can Do This; Foulin'; Bob Your Head; Open Up the Door (and Let Me In!)
1994
Gil Scott-Heron - Spirits
- Don't Give Up
Ice Cube - What Can I Do? 12"
- What Can I Do (Eastside Mix)
Simple E - Colouz Uv Sound
- Neck Work
Da Bush Babees - Ambushed
- We Run Things (It's Like That)
1995
Faith Evans - You Used to Love Me 12"
- You Used to Love Me (Ali Mix)
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
- Brown Sugar
Naughty By Nature - Feel Me Flow 12"
- Feel Me Flow (Ali Shaheed Muhammed Mix)
Stepchild - Hangin' Around (Sicka Gettin' Treated) 12"
- Hangin' Around (Sicka Gettin' Treated) [Remix]
1997
Jon B. - I Do (Watcha Say Boo) 12"
- Cool Relax (Remix)
1998
Various Artists - Ride (soundtrack)
- Never Say Goodbye [Adriana Evans w/ Phife Dawg]
1999
Angie Stone - Black Diamond
- Bone 2 Pic (With U)
Shola Ama - In Return
- Lovely
Eric Benét - A Day in the Life
- That's Just My Way; Lamentation; Why You Follow Me
Scritti Politti - Tinseltown to the Boogiedown: The Variations
- Tinseltown to the Boogiedown (Ali Shaheed Variation)
Various Artists - The PJs (soundtrack)
- What I Am [Sy Smith]
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
- Got
2000
Laurneá Wilkerson - II
- Groovin'; She's Hurtin'
2001
- What U Dyin' For
See also
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Lucy Pearl
- The Ummah
- Native Tongues
- Raphael Saadiq
- Chalmers Alford
- D'Angelo
- Fu-Schnickens
References
- ^ a b c d e f Torres, Andre. "Ali Shaheed Muhammad – About" Archived January 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Linear Labs, Accessed February 27, 2019. "The soft-spoken and contemplative Brooklyn native began a life of music at an early age, spending years DJing parties in his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood before co-founding Tribe in 1985."
- ^ "The Midnight Hour is giving a jazzy nod to soul and hip-hop in upcoming Charlotte performance". QCityMetro. September 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Janssen, Mike (September 30, 2016). "Reshuffling of NPR Music includes farewell to 'Microphone Check' team". Current.org. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ "Wrap Up Episode". Frannieandali.com. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ "About Microphone Check". Npr.org. June 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ Rys, Dan. "Adrian Younge Talks New Concept Album With Souls Of Mischief, Narrated By Ali Shaheed Muhammad – XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Luke Cage (Original Soundtrack Album) by Various Artists". Itunes.apple.com. October 7, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ "Luke Cage season 2 soundtrack revealed: who are the musical acts in Netflix's Marvel series?". Radio Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Madden, Sidney (July 18, 2018). "The Midnight Hour: Tiny Desk Concert". NPR.org. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge: The Midnight Hour". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (June 7, 2019). "Raphael Saadiq Announces Jimmy Lee, First New Album in Eight Years". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge – Jazz Is Dead 001". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
External links
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- Official website
- Official A Tribe Called Quest website
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad at IMDb
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- Q-Tip
- Phife Dawg
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- Jarobi White
- Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveller
- The Anthology
- Hits, Rarities & Remixes
- The Lost Tribes
- The Best of A Tribe Called Quest
- Amplified
- Ventilation: Da LP
- Shaheedullah and Stereotypes
- The Renaissance
- Kamaal the Abstract
- Forever
- "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo"
- "Bonita Applebum"
- "Can I Kick It?"
- "Check the Rhime"
- "Jazz (We've Got)"
- "Scenario"
- "Hot Sex"
- "Award Tour"
- "Electric Relaxation"
- "Oh My God"
- "1nce Again"
- "Stressed Out"
- "Rumble in the Jungle"
- "Find a Way"
- "Like It Like That"
- "We the People...."
- "The Space Program"
- Discography
- Native Tongues
- The Ummah
- Soulquarians
- Lucy Pearl
- J Dilla
- Chris Lighty
- Bob Power
- Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
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