On his sixth studio album, MusiqInTheMagiq, Mr. Soulchild branches out a little and adds more uptempo material to his usual mix of songs. And the result is favorable; unlike most of his albums, things don’t start to grow stale the closer you get to the end. MusiqInTheMagiq, which was released in the U.S. on May 3, 2011, gives Musiq’s persona a welcome shot in arm while still retaining it’s core essence.
Musiq released his debut Neo-Soul album, Aijuswanaseing, (pronounced ‘I just wanna sing’) in 2000 on the Def Soul music label. The album was notable for the unusual spelling of its title and certain songs. The unique spelling style is still a tradition on his albums to the current day. Although Aijuswanaseing wasn’t a huge commercial hit upon its initial release, it eventually went on to sell more than a million copies, partially due to good word-of-mouth, as well as support from American urban radio and Black Entertainment Television.
Sometime in 2001, Musiq dropped the Soulchild part of his name and begun to just go by “Musiq.” In May 2002, Musiq’s second album, Juslisen was released, led by the single “Halfcrazy.” It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart, the first of Musiq’s albums to do so. The album took Musiq’s penchant for unusual spelling a little farther: many of the album’s had one-word song titles consisting of two-word terms, such as “Caughtup,” “Previouscats” and “Bestfriend.” Like his first album, Juslisen went on to sell more than a million copies in the United States.
Also in 2002, Musiq appeared on the hit song “Break You Off” by his fellow Philadelphia natives, hip-hop band The Roots. Musiq’s third album, Soulstar was released in 2003. It has been his least commercially successful album to date, but still managed to sell half a million copies. In March 2007, Musiq’s fourth album (and second in which he used the full ‘Musiq Soulchild’ moniker), was released. The album, LuvanMusiq (pronounced ‘love and music’) was led by the single “Buddy,” which features a sample of a 1990s song of the same named by the Native Tongues hip-hop clique. The album was also Musiq’s first release on his current label, Atlantic Records. In December 2008, his second Atlantic album, onmyradio, was released. His sixth studio album, MusiqInThemagiq, was released in May, 2011.
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