Juslisen

2002 studio album by Musiq
Juslisen
Original album cover[a]
Studio album by
Musiq
ReleasedMay 7, 2002 (2002-05-07)
Recorded2001–2002
Studio
  • Larry Gold Studio, A Touch of Jazz Studios, Axis Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • The Blue Room (New Jersey)
Genre
Length76:21
LabelDef Soul
Producer
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
  • A. Jermaine Mobley
  • Hakim Young
  • Donahue Baker
  • Vikter Duplaix
  • James Poyser
  • 88-Keys
  • Andre Harris
  • Vidal Davis
  • Keith Pelzer
  • Darren Henson
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[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME6/10[6][7]
People(favorable)[8][9]
The Press[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Yahoo! Music(favorable)[12]

Juslisen (pronounced Just Listen) is the second studio album by American singer Musiq Soulchild, simply known at the time as Musiq. It was released on May 7, 2002 under the Def Soul subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, where it spent 35 weeks before falling off on February 22, 2003.[13] It was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards.[14]

Track listing

Juslisen track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Scratch Introlude"Kyle JonesScratch0:31
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
3:27
4."Stoplayin'"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Andre Harris
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:03
5."Religious"
  • Darren Henson
  • Keith Pelzer
4:18
6."Babygirl"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Charles Najpa
88-Keys3:34
7."Halfcrazy"
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:14
8."Time"
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
5:16
9."Future"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Junius Bervine
Junius Bervine4:00
10."Intermission: Juslisen"
88-Keys2:07
11."Realove"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • James Poyser
James Poyser4:27
12."Onenight"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Andre Harris
  • Vidal Davis
4:41
13."Previouscats"
  • A. Jermaine Mobley
  • Hakim Young
  • Donahue Baker
4:00
14."Solong"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Ivan Barias
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Valvin Roane
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:14
15."Bestfriend" (featuring Carol Riddick)
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Ivan Barias
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
4:23
16."Dontchange"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Ivan Barias
  • Carvin Haggins
  • Frank Romano
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
5:08
17."Motherfather"
  • Taalib Johnson
  • Vikter Duplaix
  • James Poyser
  • James Poyser
  • Vikter Duplaix
4:31
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

  • "caughtup" contains a sample of "Save Their Souls", as performed by Hamilton Bohannon
  • "religious" contains a sample of "Thinking", as performed by The Meters
  • "halfcrazy" contains a sample of "Live For Life", as performed by Charlie Byrd[15]
  • "intermission: juslisen" contains a sample of "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", as performed by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "ifiwouldaknew (girlnextdoor remix)" contains a sample of "Stay with Me", as performed by DeBarge

Personnel

  • AAries: featured artist, primary artist, backing vocals
  • Ayinke: backing vocals
  • Donahue Baker: producer
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias: producer, arranger, composer, executive producer
  • Pablo Batista: percussion
  • Anthony Bell: engineer, producer
  • Junius Bervine: composer, multi instruments
  • Jim Bottari: engineer, tracking
  • Parris Bowens: keyboards
  • Randy Bowland: guitar
  • Jeff Bradshaw: trombone
  • Matt Cappy: flugelhorn
  • Troy Corbin: backing vocals
  • 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
  • Jamar 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
  • James Poyser: composer, keyboards, percussion, producer
  • Carol Riddick: guest artist, primary artist, vocals
  • Eric Roberson: composer, tracking, vocal producer, backing vocals
  • Francesco Romano: arranger, composer, guitar
  • Jill Scott: composer
  • Jon Smeltz: engineer
  • Sylvester Stewart: composer
  • Eric Tribett: drums
  • Dave Wilson: barber
  • Hakim Young: producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Juslisen
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[16] 52
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[17] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 97
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[19] 18
US Billboard 200[20] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Juslisen
Chart (2002) Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[22] 106
US Billboard 200[23] 67
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[24] 11

Certifications

Certifications for Juslisen
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[25] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The cover artwork for Juslisen is shown in light violet; an alternate album art is shown in red and yellow.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Musiq - Juslisen (2002, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  2. ^ a b Juslisen at AllMusic
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ "Juslisen". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02.
  5. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  6. ^ NME review
  7. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  8. ^ People review 1
  9. ^ People review 2
  10. ^ The Press review Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2008.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ Yahoo! Music review[dead link]
  13. ^ May 16, Gary Susman Updated; EDT, 2002 at 04:00 AM. "Musiq's Juslisen debuts at No. 1". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "GRAMMY Rewind: 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  15. ^ "The Making of Musiq Soulchild's "HalfCrazy" by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  16. ^ "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  17. ^ "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  18. ^ "Musiq | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  19. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  20. ^ "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001 [sic]". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  23. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  24. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  25. ^ "American album certifications – Musiq – Juslisen". Recording Industry Association of America.
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