Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is a world-renowned producer, songwriter and musician, and a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, Lucy Pearl and production group The Ummah. He cowrote D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar" and has worked with John Legend, Maxwell, Mint Condition, Angie Stone, Mos Def and Gil Scott-Heron among many others.
He's the co-host of the Microphone Check podcast with Frannie Kelley.
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After more than 20 years as a performer, the New York veteran says he's enjoying the unglamorous work of building a record label.
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The producer and engineer helped create the Dirty South sound in the early '90s, and now, he says, "Me and Kanye are like a band."
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The rapper and producer says he's not afraid to make songs about being shy or unsure of himself.
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The DJ and producer spoke to Microphone Check about his fifth album and giving his childhood to hip-hop.