Ali Shaheed Muhammad

• Name — Ali Shaheed Muhammad • Alias — Mr. Muhammad • Born — 11 August 1970 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. • Genre — * East Coast hip hop • soul • jazz • Occupation — * Disc jockey • record producer • rapper • songwriter • Years Active — 1985–present • Label — * Garden Seeker Productions • Jazz Is Dead • Past Member Of — * A Tribe Called Quest • Lucy Pearl • The Ummah • Website — alishaheed.com

Muhammad was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and was raised in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He began to DJ at age eight, and began programming music at age 13. He befriended Q-Tip as a freshman at Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, and in 1985, they began making demos together, using recording equipment provided by Muhammad's uncle. Shortly thereafter, Phife Dawg and Jarobi White joined the duo, forming the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Muhammad is a Muslim.

• Illustration — Muhammad speaking at Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City in 2006 Together with Jay Dee and Q-Tip, Muhammad 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. In 2013, Muhammad moved to Los Angeles to work 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, 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. Muhammad is the main bass guitarist for the project. In 2024, Muhammad was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of A Tribe Called Quest.

In 2013, Muhammad began co-hosting the Microphone Check radio show, which ran on NPR until 2016, and on Spotify until 2019.

• Shaheedullah and Stereotypes (2004)

• Lucy Pearl (2000)

• 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)

• 1991

• "Check the Rhime (Mr. Muhammad's Mix)" • 1992

• "True Fuschnick" • "Heavenly Father" • "La Schmoove" (feat. Phife Dawg)

• "True Fuschnick (Shaheed's Fix)"

• "We in There (Remix)" • 1993

• "Raise" • "Hardcopy" • "Flow to the Underculture"

• "Where Ya At?" (feat. Phife Dawg)

• "We Can Do This" • "Foulin'" • "Bob Your Head" • "Open Up the Door (and Let Me In)" • 1994

• "Don't Give Up"

• "What Can I Do (Eastside Mix)"

• "Neck Work"

• "We Run Things (It's Like That)" • 1995

• "You Used to Love Me (Ali Mix)"

• "Brown Sugar" { co-produced by D'Angelo}

• "Feel Me Flow (Ali Shaheed Muhammad Mix)"

• "Hangin' Around (Sicka Gettin' Treated) [Remix]" • 1997

• "Cool Relax (Remix)" • 1998

• "Never Say Goodbye" - Adriana Evans and Phife Dawg • 1999

• "Bone 2 Pic (With U)"

• "Lovely Affair"

• "That's Just My Way" • "Lamentation" • "Why You Follow Me"

• "Tinseltown to the Boogiedown (Ali Shaheed Variation)"

• "What I Am" - Sy Smith

• "Got" • 2000

• "Keep Your Head Up" • "Groovin'" • "She's Hurtin'" • 2001

• "What U Dyin' For"

• "Neva Satisfied"

John Legend - Love in the Future • "Wanna Be Loved"

• "Sidewalks" {produced with Bobby Raps & Doc McKinney}