Just a year and a half after Taalib Johnson released the Warryn Campbell collaboration Life on Earth, he delivered 24 songs -- nearly 100 minutes' worth of material -- this time recorded with almost a dozen mostly new production associates. Increased song quantity and credits length aren't the only details that differentiate Feel the Real from the preceding album. This combines fresh material created following the 2016 release with a touched-up backlog of tracks written during the previous few years. Though that might seem like more stitch-work than what's displayed on the cover, Feel the Real is uncommonly steady for a double album, consisting mostly of midtempo hip-hop soul productions with Johnson's dependably easygoing yet heartfelt vocal technique. A couple booming trap-styled diversions and a flashy band-oriented section in 'Sooner or Later' aside, Feel the Real isn't particularly indulgent, tending to stay in the Musiq Soulchild comfort zone. Johnson's lyrical approach is likewise focused.

He directly addresses a lover -- potential, long-term, departing -- convincing her to take it to the next level on the gliding 'Benefits' (like a more aggressive 'Just Friends'), pressing reset on the early-'70s throwback 'Start Over,' and praising her generosity on 'Fact of Love.' Marsha Ambrosius contributes the opening title song, a coasting/bobbing highlight. In the intro to 'The Moon,' which really should be the finale, Neil deGrasse Tyson is so into dropping science that he sounds like he's about to break from script and launch into 'You Are My Starship.' These songs and a few others add up to 40 minutes of standouts amid a greater amount of uniformly adequate -- never poor -- material. For anyone who can't get enough of Johnson's light grooves and graceful hooks, teasing out the gems should be worth the effort. ~ Andy Kellman.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Musiq was born in, and raised in a strict Muslim household. Tekken 5 apk weebly com. During his teenage years he built a reputation for being musically gifted, beat boxing for MCs free styling on the open mic circuit, scatting at jazz clubs or just performing an a cappella for strangers on the streets, which is where he got the name 'Musiq' and later added 'Soulchild'.

He cites as his inspiration such icons as,, and as his most influential musical icons. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. 'There were people who knew of me but they didn't really know me; they just knew me as 'that music dude.' So after getting that so much, I was like 'Just call me Musiq.' It was so fresh to me because if I had to be called anything, I would have wanted to be called Music. That's how much I dug it; when you see me, I want you to automatically think of music.

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The stage name 'Musiq Soulchild' is techinally two ideas. 'Musiq' is the front man and 'Soulchild' is the idea behind it. It's basically me as an artist in this generation, representing the traditions and the legacies of the past soul stars.' Career [ ] 2000–2004: Def Soul Recordings [ ] Musiq Soulchild released his debut album,, in 2000. Its lead single was 'Just Friends (Sunny)'. Musiq's second single 'Love' spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Musiq's second album, 2002's, debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum; it also debuted number one on the and all-genre Billboard 200 charts.

The singles were 'Halfcrazy' and 'Dontchange', which were top tens. In 2003, Musiq released his third album,, which went gold. It included the singles 'Forthenight' and 'Whoknows'. Musiq took a four-year break and changed his management to Solqi Management, as well as his record label from to.

2006–2012: Atlantic Records [ ] In March 2007, Musiq's released his fourth album. Its singles were 'B.U.D.D.Y.' An uptempo track, 'Teachme', and 'Makeyouhappy'.

His fifth album was released on December 2, 2008. The lead single 'Radio' was a complete contrast to the usual smooth neo soul Musiq fans were accustomed to. The following singles were the duet featuring; and the ballad. 'SoBeautiful' marked the first collaboration between Musiq and the producer, after Hutson had spent 'about eight months' trying to get Musiq to come by his studio.

According to Hutson, the two plan to work together again. In May 2010, he changed management to Victor Grieg.