VIBE Vsessions Presents: Musiq Soulchild

Philadelphia-born Taalib Johnson, a.k.a. burgeoning R&B artist Musiq (Soulchild), grew up the oldest of nine children. Musiq, whose influences include James Brown, Patti LaBelle, Billie Holiday, and Sly & the Family Stone, participated in Philadelphia's open mic scene in his early teens. The son of a die-hard '70s soul music fan, Musiq performed at Philly showcases like the Five Spot and Wilhemina's until his management team, Mama's Boys (Jerome Hipps and Michael McArthur), brought him to Def Jam Records' attention. Musiq's debut album, 2000's Aijuswanaseing, was recorded mostly at the Touch of Jazz Studios in Philadelphia. Musiq's first single, "Just Friends (Sunny)," appeared on the soundtrack to Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, and two years later Musiq released his second album, the spiritual and personal Juslisen, which debuted at number one on the Billboard R&B/hip-hop charts. The following year brought the widely-acclaimed Soulstar, and in 2007, after moving to Atlantic, Musiq released the more mature Luvanmusiq.

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• Soulchild
• Philly
• luvanmusiq

[VibeVsessions]

this is fly!!!!

[brendonkas]

no doubt, very smart!

[LanturnMan]

what was that noise at the end?

[moneydhb]

Im a fan of Musiq and what i really like about him is that he's real, he dont try 2 act all sophisticated and all

[littlenemo5]

great vid..

[blacklightministries]

Thanks for sharing and posting this! It really amde my day!

[JEHster01]

My absolute favorite artist and inspiration, Musiq, obviously is very low key in front of the camera. A lot more open in his music. So if anyone, like me, was not very enlightened at all by this "interview" video, buy all his albums and listen to them. Cuz that's where Musiq is really at.

[dathotgirlwhit]

Yeah my moms love this guy. He cute. GREAT singer. Love his voice, very sexy.

[ANNAiSzBANANASz]

best fuckin singer!<3

[diegostarsoulchild]

UUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuLaCa­gooooooo

Terrible video

Bkn cuanto saeeeeeeeeeeee

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[syckindahead]

i didn't realize he changed labels...still another great album