''Juslisen'' (pronounced ''Just Listen'') is the second studio album by American singer

Musiq Soulchild Taalib Hassan Johnson (born September 16, 1977), better known by his stage name Musiq Soulchild (or simply Musiq; pronounced "music") is an American singer-songwriter. His music blends Rhythm and blues, R&B, funk, blues, jazz, and Gospel music, ...

, simply known at the time as Musiq. It was released on May 7, 2002, under the Def Soul subsidiary of

Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The l ...

. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, where it spent 35 weeks before falling off on February 22, 2003. It was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

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 * "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 Beatboxing (also, and sometimes, called beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (usually a Roland TR-808, TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.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

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Def Jam Recordings albums Musiq Soulchild albums Albums produced by 88-Keys