Georgia Anne Muldrow grew up in a musical home in Los Angeles, her father an instrument inventor for
Eddie Harris and her mother,
Rickie Byars, a singer with
the Pharoah Sanders Ensemble and co-founder of Sound of Agape Rhythms. After relocating to New York, the young musician/producer/vocalist recorded seven songs for her 2005 self-released EP,
Worthnothings. The album got the attention of
Sa-Ra and
the Platinum Pied Pipers, who both asked her to write songs for them. Stones Throw Records owner
Peanut Butter Wolf was also impressed by
Muldrow and signed her to a two-album deal. In April 2006,
Worthnothings was re-released on Stones Throw, followed shortly after by her full-length debut,
Olesi: Fragments of an Earth.
Sagala, credited to
Pattie Blingh & the Akebulan 5 but an all-
Muldrow affair, was issued in 2007 on the Ramp label.
The second
Georgia Anne Muldrow full-length,
Umsindo, as well as
Ms. One -- a production showcase featuring several singers and MCs -- were both issued in 2009 on her and husband
Dudley Perkins' SomeOthaShip label. (A compilation of previously unreleased material,
Early, surfaced near the end of the year.)
Kings Ballad, featuring a gorgeous ode to the late
Michael Jackson as its title track, followed in early 2010 on Ubiquity, and it was followed only a couple weeks later by
SomeOthaShip, co-billed to
Perkins'
Declaime alias and featuring collaborations with
Black Milk,
Flying Lotus,
Big Pooh, and
Kool G. Rap. She remained prolific across 2011 and 2012, a period that saw the release of Vweto, Owed to Mama Rickie, and the full-length Madlib collaboration Seeds.
Muldrow has also collaborated with
Dwight Trible,
J*Davey, and
Erykah Badu, and she produced the entirety of
Perkins'
Holy Smokes.
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Marisa Brown, Rovi
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