Musiq
Musiq Soulchild (born Taalib Johnson on September 16, 1977 in Philadelphia, Penn… Read Full Bio ↴Musiq Soulchild (born Taalib Johnson on September 16, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American, neo soul and R&B artist, and was one of the most popular artists on the Def Jam/Def Soul label. Since 2001, he has gone by simply "Musiq", he dropped the "Soulchild" from his moniker, because he said he had not mastered his craft yet, and thus was not yet "music's soulchild". Since 2007's "Luvanmusiq," however, he has reclaimed the surname. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his disregard for normal rules of capitalisation, punctuation, and spelling, as well as aussie flava which can be seen by the titles of his singles and his albums.
Musiq Soulchild was born and raised in Philadelphia and grew up with his family--including eight brothers and sister]. As a teenager, he began plans for a career in music. He released his debut album, ''Aijuswanaseing'' (read: "I Just Want to Sing"), in 2000, which was well-received by critics and audiences. Musiq did much of his own songwriting, and most of the record was produced and co-written by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias and Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, then of the A Touch of Jazz production company headed by Jazzy Jeff, now of Karma Productions. The singles "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Love", and "Girl Next Door" received exposure in America mainly on the more underground music video network, MTV2, as well as on BET. His singles also received a good amount of airplay on urban and urban contemporary radio stations.
In 2002, he released his sophomore album, ''Juslisen'' (read: "Just Listen"), as simply ''Musiq''. He had continued urban and MTV2 success with its singles, "halfcrazy" and "dontchange", the former of which was one of the most played music videos on MTV2 in the summer of 2002 and during the year overall. Both videos also got substantial play during the year on VH1 Soul. The singles had heavily amounts of airplay on both urban and urban contemporary radio sations in 2002. He also gained exposure during that year by opening concerts for Alicia Keys.
In late 2002, Musiq contributed guest vocals to "Break You Off", the first single from The Roots' ''Phrenology'' album. Once again, its video got heavy play on MTV2 and VH1 Soul, as well as on MTV Jams. He also appeared in Santana's song "Nothing at All" which is featured in his 2002 album ''Shaman''.
In 2003, the singles and videos "forthenight" and "whoknows" from his third LP, ''Soulstar''. "forthenight" was one of VH1 Soul's most played videos of 2004, and also had a very successful run on American urban radio stations.
Recently, Musiq Soulchild (who has added the "Soulchild" to his moniker again) has parted ways with Def Soul and has signed with Atlantic Records. A new Musiq Soulchild album is slated for a spring 2007 release. He will be making guest appearances on rapper Lloyd Banks's ''Rotten Apple'', Talib Kweli "Eardrum", Black Ice "The Death of Willie Lynch", pay tribute to Soul music legends Earth Wind and Fire and appear on the soundtrack "Daddy's Little Girls".
Musiq Soulchild released his debut album, Aijuswanaseing (I Just Want to Sing), in 2000, which included the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop single, "Just Friends (Sunny)". Musiq's second single, "Love", spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Musiq’s sophomore album, 2002's Juslisen (Just Listen), debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Charts and went platinum; "Halfcrazy" and "Dontchange". In 2003, Musiq released his 3rd album, Soulstar. It included the singles "Forthenight" and "Whoknows".
After a four year break and changing his management to Solqi Management and his record label to Atlantic Records, in 2007, Musiq's released his fourth album Luvanmusiq (Love and Music) which included the singles "B.U.D.D.Y.", "Teachme", and "Makeyouhappy". His fifth album OnMyRadio was released on December 2, 2008. The lead single, "Radio" has posted on both Musiq's MySpace page and official website.
Musiq Soulchild has had 2 platinum albums, 2 gold albums and 7 hit singles. He has received awards from Billboard, BET, ASCAP, BMI, and Soul Train. Musiq has also earned award nominations from MTV, American Music Awards, NAACP, and 9 Grammy nominations, including 3 for his 2007 album Luvanmusiq. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his creative and unique way of titling his albums and songs by ignoring the rules of capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
He recently performed at the Antigua & Barbuda first Romantic Rhythms Music Festival in the Caribbean which was held from June 12-15,2008 which features legendary artists such as Kenny Rogers, Brian McKnight, Lionel Richie, Keyshia Cole, Maxi Priest, Destra, Heather Headly, Shaggy and many other local artist from the island including The Burning Flames.
He has also made guest appearances on rapper Lloyd Banks's album Rotten Apple, Talib Kweli's Eardrum, The Roots's Phrenology (album), Black Ice's The Death of Willie Lynch and pays tribute to soul music legends Earth Wind and Fire, appearing on the soundtrack to Tyler Perry's movie Daddy's Little Girls. And Ice Cube announced that Musiq will appear on his upcoming album, Raw Footage. He also lent a song from his latest album Luvanmusiq to the soundtrack for Perry's later movie Why Did I Get Married?. He then recorded a remake of Arrested Development's song "People Everyday" with British rapper Estelle for the soundtrack to Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns entitled "People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix)".
Outside of music, he has been featured in television and print ads for McDonald's, Nike, Inc., Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. and The Gap. He also made a special appearance in The CW's #1 comedy The Game on Monday, October 29, 2007.
Musiq Soulchild was born and raised in Philadelphia and grew up with his family--including eight brothers and sister]. As a teenager, he began plans for a career in music. He released his debut album, ''Aijuswanaseing'' (read: "I Just Want to Sing"), in 2000, which was well-received by critics and audiences. Musiq did much of his own songwriting, and most of the record was produced and co-written by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias and Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, then of the A Touch of Jazz production company headed by Jazzy Jeff, now of Karma Productions. The singles "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Love", and "Girl Next Door" received exposure in America mainly on the more underground music video network, MTV2, as well as on BET. His singles also received a good amount of airplay on urban and urban contemporary radio stations.
In 2002, he released his sophomore album, ''Juslisen'' (read: "Just Listen"), as simply ''Musiq''. He had continued urban and MTV2 success with its singles, "halfcrazy" and "dontchange", the former of which was one of the most played music videos on MTV2 in the summer of 2002 and during the year overall. Both videos also got substantial play during the year on VH1 Soul. The singles had heavily amounts of airplay on both urban and urban contemporary radio sations in 2002. He also gained exposure during that year by opening concerts for Alicia Keys.
In late 2002, Musiq contributed guest vocals to "Break You Off", the first single from The Roots' ''Phrenology'' album. Once again, its video got heavy play on MTV2 and VH1 Soul, as well as on MTV Jams. He also appeared in Santana's song "Nothing at All" which is featured in his 2002 album ''Shaman''.
In 2003, the singles and videos "forthenight" and "whoknows" from his third LP, ''Soulstar''. "forthenight" was one of VH1 Soul's most played videos of 2004, and also had a very successful run on American urban radio stations.
Recently, Musiq Soulchild (who has added the "Soulchild" to his moniker again) has parted ways with Def Soul and has signed with Atlantic Records. A new Musiq Soulchild album is slated for a spring 2007 release. He will be making guest appearances on rapper Lloyd Banks's ''Rotten Apple'', Talib Kweli "Eardrum", Black Ice "The Death of Willie Lynch", pay tribute to Soul music legends Earth Wind and Fire and appear on the soundtrack "Daddy's Little Girls".
Musiq Soulchild released his debut album, Aijuswanaseing (I Just Want to Sing), in 2000, which included the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop single, "Just Friends (Sunny)". Musiq's second single, "Love", spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Musiq’s sophomore album, 2002's Juslisen (Just Listen), debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Charts and went platinum; "Halfcrazy" and "Dontchange". In 2003, Musiq released his 3rd album, Soulstar. It included the singles "Forthenight" and "Whoknows".
After a four year break and changing his management to Solqi Management and his record label to Atlantic Records, in 2007, Musiq's released his fourth album Luvanmusiq (Love and Music) which included the singles "B.U.D.D.Y.", "Teachme", and "Makeyouhappy". His fifth album OnMyRadio was released on December 2, 2008. The lead single, "Radio" has posted on both Musiq's MySpace page and official website.
Musiq Soulchild has had 2 platinum albums, 2 gold albums and 7 hit singles. He has received awards from Billboard, BET, ASCAP, BMI, and Soul Train. Musiq has also earned award nominations from MTV, American Music Awards, NAACP, and 9 Grammy nominations, including 3 for his 2007 album Luvanmusiq. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his creative and unique way of titling his albums and songs by ignoring the rules of capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
He recently performed at the Antigua & Barbuda first Romantic Rhythms Music Festival in the Caribbean which was held from June 12-15,2008 which features legendary artists such as Kenny Rogers, Brian McKnight, Lionel Richie, Keyshia Cole, Maxi Priest, Destra, Heather Headly, Shaggy and many other local artist from the island including The Burning Flames.
He has also made guest appearances on rapper Lloyd Banks's album Rotten Apple, Talib Kweli's Eardrum, The Roots's Phrenology (album), Black Ice's The Death of Willie Lynch and pays tribute to soul music legends Earth Wind and Fire, appearing on the soundtrack to Tyler Perry's movie Daddy's Little Girls. And Ice Cube announced that Musiq will appear on his upcoming album, Raw Footage. He also lent a song from his latest album Luvanmusiq to the soundtrack for Perry's later movie Why Did I Get Married?. He then recorded a remake of Arrested Development's song "People Everyday" with British rapper Estelle for the soundtrack to Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns entitled "People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix)".
Outside of music, he has been featured in television and print ads for McDonald's, Nike, Inc., Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. and The Gap. He also made a special appearance in The CW's #1 comedy The Game on Monday, October 29, 2007.
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Musiq Lyrics
143 How many times have I called you While you were…
Ah Yeah Uh ah uh ah I think beauty is over ready 'Cause it's…
Aime Wit Ue girl i feel you think that you may not be the…
Aimewitue I, Girl I feel you, think that you may not…
Anything Yes, let's dance It's music time (music time) Back like we n…
B.U.D.D.Y Pardon, darling, if I alarmed ya I don't mean to bother…
Babygirl Pardon me my darlin' But do you have a second Just so…
Babymother Yo Zac, I got something to tell you Aight was sup?…
Back Again How can I even think, after you made a scene You…
backtowhere See I got a weakness for you and my soul I’ve…
Beautiful Contradiction [beverley knight] Guess my mama knew exactly what she meant …
befriends I go through your pictures in my phone 'Cause sometimes, the…
Bestfriend Now a days I don't understand Why my love doesn't love…
Betterman I got a real good woman now Someone between a lover…
Break You Off Comin' to break you off(beat started, start-started) Comin' …
Caughtup Just a few years ago she was too young for…
Dear John This just might be the hardest thing I ever have…
Deserve u more Who, tell who baby knows you better than I do Said…
deserveumore [Verse 1] Who, tell me who knows you better than I…
Don't Change Lately you've been questioning If I still see you the same…
Dontstop Party people in the place to be This is history in…
DoWeHaveTo Time and time again You got me wondering Why is it I…
Far Gone Always thought I'd never ever see the end of you…
For The Night Let's pretend for one night, I'm the man in your…
Future I'd like to take a minute to apologize For not taking…
Girl Next Door Oh, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm If I would've knew the girl…
Givemorelove The children need something With more substance and more mea…
Greatestlove Girl, you came into my life Just like a new tune…
Halfcrazy La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la…
Heart Away When you fall in love, it feels great Make you feel…
Her Let me tell you something about her Ain't nobody else aroun…
I Do Sometimes I don't like you You always got a problem With any…
If I Woulda Knew Just the other day my man mentioned your name And asked…
If U Leave You think I'm so full of it, full of it But I…
Ifiwouldaknew Just the other day my man mentioned your name And asked…
Ifiwouldaknew *Girlnextdoor Remix Just the other day my man mentioned your name And asked…
IfULeave (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Verse 1: (Musiq Soulchild)] You t…
Infatueighties Its kinda funny how we met back When you waked down…
interlude I’m pulling up on you right now Let’s go on a…
Intermission: Juslisen Juslisen Juslisen Sometimes I wonder why people, act like t…
Iwannabe Damian Marley Singing Musiq: Girl your smile is like a s…
Jingle Bells Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh Over the…
Juslisen Juslisen Juslisen Sometimes I wonder why people, act like t…
Just Friends Girl I know this might seem strange But let me know…
Keep It Real I ain’t the best, No But I keep it real Nobody’s perfect So…
Keep It Real ft. Redman Ay, motherfucker Yo, funk doc, my man musiq, check it out I…
L When we were introduced by your girl Ruth I knew…
Leaveamessage Yo, you've reached Musiq's cell phone, uh, I'm sorry I cant…
Love Love So many things I've got to tell you But I'm afraid…
loveofmylife [Verse 1] It's really over now, She ain't comin' back…
Lullaby Girl, I feel like making something To make your mind and…
Lullaby- Musiq Soulchild Ever since I can remember Cats been comin' up and askin'…
Makeyouhappy Oh Hey, girl, help me know What is it that really does…
Mary Go Round Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me but I…
Medicine Ayye, uh Shawty tell me what's on your mind And I promise…
Millionaire I could've bought me a G4 by now So I would…
Miss you I've been holding out so long, I've been sleepin' all alone…
Missyou I've been holding out so long, I've been sleepin' all alone …
Momentinlife Have you ever had a day when Nothing goes your way All…
Momentinlife (feat. Kindred the Family Soul & Cee-Lo) "Momentinlife" have you ever had a day when nothing goes you…
Momentinlife feat. Cee-Lo & Kindred the Family Soul Have you ever had a day when Nothing goes your way All…
Money Right [Musiq] Hey girl [Girl] Hey [Musiq] You know I got you …
Motherfather [Chorus] Mother-Father before I forget Thank you for all tha…
Ms. Philadelphia This hole in the wall where the music they play Is…
Music Soul Child Ever since I can remember Cats been comin' up and askin'…
Musiq Soulchild Ever since I can remember Cats been comin' up and askin'…
My Girl Ohhhhh Last night you said you wanted to talk wit…
Newness Hey girl how you doing? Do you feel like talking? Or…
Nothing At All ft. Musiq -music-madness I am a victim of my time A produce of my…
Onenight All, all this time we've been wasting baby You've been playi…
Part of Me Do something about it Do something about it What can we do…
People Everyday I am everyday people (Repeat 2X) See I was resting at…
Poparatzi Before you go can we just talk a moment We shouldn't…
Previouscats First things first girl Recognize who is with you now Second…
Radio Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Cool [Verse 1:] Hey Everywhere I be I…
Realove I know this girl from way back some time ago Fine…
Religious One Sunday morning I woke up with you on my…
Ridiculous Uh, just this moment when I woke up, I turned…
Romancipation All this time you've been missing something girl And I've be…
sayido I'm your canvas to your paintbrush Paint me a picture of…
Scratch Introlude Alright now Everybody gather around Check it out Hey ladies …
Settle For My Love Our love means the world to me Words could not…
Seventeen (Verse 1) Five foot seven with light green eyes Body…
Silver And Gold When the night is cold and dark I will be the…
silver&gold When the night is cold and dark I will be the…
Single Enough is never Enough So Ima keep Leveling Up Enough is Nev…
So Beautiful Your my baby My lover, my lady All night you make me Want…
Solong See we both shared a crowded room Not formally introduced …
Someone I never wanted a woman that wanted Me for my name…
Something Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other…
Soulstar Last night I had a dream Of a beautiful day And like…
Special Thinking bout what we are Thinking bout what we do What do…
Speechless Darling baby Got me going crazy I can't seem to get you…
Stoplayin We've been chilling together for a while And I'm finding it…
Take You Higher Oh, when I think of you I can't see you like All…
takeyouthere Oh, when I think of you I can't see you like All…
Teach Me I was told the true definition of a man was…
The Girl Next Door Oh, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm If I would've knew the girl…
The Ingredients Of Love Hey Musiq, (Yo) You think we can do this (Yeah, uh) (Yeah,…
Thequestions When I think about all the girls I'm with all…
Thereason Back when I was just me You were always there to…
Time How many, how many, how many How many, how many, how…
Today People always on a search tryna find that one (one) But…
Until If the winter springs or the summer falls It won't have…
Wait a Minute Hold up, wait a minute I've been out here trying to…
Waiting Still I picture you in your red dress Looking so perfect Everyon…
Whereareyougoing Oh baby, can I change my mind, long ago you…
Whoknows Now what we came here to do It means more to…
Womanopoly Yo listen I met this girl on Baltic Ave. And you can…
Yes Let me get this out of the way So there ain’t…
You & Me I never thought on the first night You would bare…
You Be Alright So, many people Are on a search to find Within their days…
Youloveme Girl lately I been thinking bout The times that I shared…