Juslisen

Juslisen
Studio album by Musiq
Released May 7, 2002 (2002-05-07)
Recorded 200102
Larry Gold Studio
A Touch Of Jazz Studios
Axis Studios
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Blue Room
New Jersey
Genre
Length 76:21
Label Def Soul
Producer
Musiq chronology
Aijuswanaseing
(2000)
Juslisen
(2002)
Soulstar
(2003)
Singles from Juslisen
  1. "Halfcrazy"
    Released: January 29, 2002
  2. "Dontchange"
    Released: October 29, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
NME(6/10)[4][5]
People(favorable)[6][7]
The Press[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Yahoo! Music(favorable)[10]

Juslisen (Just Listen) is Musiq Soulchild's second album, released in 2002. It debuted on the Billboard at #1 on May 25, 2002, on both the Billboard 200 (where it spent 35 weeks, falling off on February 22, 2003) and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, spending 48 weeks there, eventually disappearing from the tally on April 26, 2003. It was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "scratch introlude"  Kyle JonesScratch 0:31
2. "newness"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Ivan Barias
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
3:47
3. "caughtup" (featuring AAries)
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
3:26
4. "stoplayin'"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Andre Harris
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:04
5. "religious"  
  • Darren Henson
  • Keith Pelzer
4:18
6. "babygirl"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Charles Najpa
88-Keys 3:33
7. "halfcrazy"  
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:13
8. "time"  
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
5:16
9. "future"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Junius Bervine
Junius Bervine 4:00
10. "intermission: juslisen"  
88-Keys 2:07
11. "realove"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • James Poyser
James Poyser 4:27
12. "onenight"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Andre Harris
  • Vidal Davis
4:42
13. "previouscats"  
  • A. Jermaine Mobley
  • Hakim Young
  • Donahue Baker
4:00
14. "solong"  
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:15
15. "bestfriend" (featuring Carol Riddick)
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Ivan Barias
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:24
16. "dontchange"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Ivan Barias
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Frank Romano
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
5:09
17. "motherfather"  
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Vikter Duplaix
  • James Poyser
  • James Poyser
  • Vikter Duplaix
4:32
18. "Something"  George Harrison
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
5:08
19. "ifiwouldaknew (girlnextdoor remix)"  
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:32

Samples

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes[13] and Allmusic.[14]

  • AAries: featured artist, primary artist, vocals (background)
  • Ayinke: vocals (background)
  • Donahue Baker: producer
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias: arranger, composer
  • Pablo Batista: percussion
  • Anthony Bell: engineer, producer
  • Junius Bervine: composer, multi instruments
  • Jim Bottari: engineer, tracking
  • Parris Bowen: keyboards
  • Randy Bowland: guitar
  • Jeff Bradshaw: trombone
  • Leesa Brunson: A&R assistance
  • Matt Cappy: flugelhorn
  • Troy Corbin: vocals (background)
  • Tina Davis: A&R
  • Vidal Davis: engineer, multi instruments, producer
  • Timothy Day: engineer
  • Mark DeBarge: composer
  • Vikter Duplaix: composer, guest artist, producer, programming
  • Chris Gehringer: mastering
  • Serban Ghenea: mixing
  • Larry Gold: string arrangements
  • Akisia Grigsby: art direction
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins: composer, executive producer
  • Andre Harris: composer, engineer, keyboards, multi instruments, producer
  • George Harrison: composer
  • Wendell Haskins: fashion stylist

  • Darren "Limitless" Henson: composer, producer
  • Ayana Hipps: vocals
  • Jerome Hipps: executive producer
  • Derrick Hodge: bass
  • James Jones: clavinet, fender rhodes, keyboards, organ, wurlitzer
  • Kyle "Scratch" Jones : Beatboxing
  • Etterlene Jordan: composer
  • Francis Lai: composer
  • Anthony Mandler: photographer
  • Carlos "Storm" Martinez: engineer, tracking
  • Michael McArthur: executive producer
  • A. Jermaine Mobley: composer, guitar
  • Musiq (Soulchild): primary artist, producer
  • Jethaniel Nixon: bass
  • Keith Pelzer: composer, producer
  • Tara Podolsky: A&R
  • James Poyser: composer, keyboards, percussion, producer
  • Carol Riddick: guest artist, primary artist, vocals
  • Eric Roberson: composer, tracking, vocal producer, vocals (background)
  • Francesco Romano: arranger, composer, guitar
  • Jill Scott: composer
  • Jon Smeltz: engineer
  • Sylvester Stewart: composer
  • Eric Tribett: drums
  • Dave Wilson: barber
  • Hakim Young: producer

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 97
US Billboard 200[16] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 1

See also

References

  1. Juslisen at AllMusic
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Los Angeles Times review
  4. NME review
  5. Album reviews at CD Universe
  6. People review 1
  7. People review 2
  8. The Press review Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived July 25, 2008)
  10. Yahoo! Music review Archived February 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. Musiq Soulchild - Juslisen. Def Soul. 314 586 772
  12. Soulchild, Musiq. "Juslisen". studio album. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  13. Musiq Soulchild - Juslisen. Def Soul. 314 586 772
  14. Soulchild, Musiq. "Juslisen". album credits. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  15. "Musiq | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
  16. "Musiq (Soulchild) – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Musiq (Soulchild).
  17. "Musiq (Soulchild) – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Musiq (Soulchild).
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