Juslisen

Juslisen
Studio album by Musiq
Released May 7, 2002
Recorded 2001—02
Larry Gold Studio
A Touch Of Jazz Studios
Axis Studios
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Blue Room
New Jersey
Genre R&B, neo soul
Length 76:21
Label Def 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
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+[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 HagginsOrthodox & Ransum 3:47
3. "caughtup" (featuring AAries)Taalib Johnson, Hamilton Bohannon, Ivan Barias, Carvin HagginsOrthodox & Ransum 3:26
4. "stoplayin'"  Taalib Johnson, Carvin Haggins, Andre HarrisOrthodox & Ransum 4:04
5. "religious"  Carvin Haggins, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer, Taalib Johnson, Joseph Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George PorterDarren Henson, Keith Pelzer 4:18
6. "babygirl"  Taalib Johnson, Charles Najpa88-Keys 3:33
7. "halfcrazy"  Taalib Johnson, Ivan Barias, Carvin Haggins, Francis LaiOrthodox & Ransum 4:13
8. "time"  Taalib Johnson, Ivan Barias, Carvin Haggins, Frank RomanoOrthodox & Ransum 5:16
9. "future"  Taalib Johnson, Junius BervineJunius Bervine 4:00
10. "intermission: juslisen"  Taalib Johnson, Charles Najpa, Sylvester Stewart88-Keys 2:07
11. "realove"  Taalib Johnson, James PoyserJames Poyser 4:27
12. "onenight"  Taalib Johnson, Carvin HagginsAndre Harris & Vidal Davis 4:42
13. "previouscats"  A. Jermaine Mobley, Eric RobersonA. Jermaine Mobley, Hakim Young & Donahue Baker 4:00
14. "solong"  Taalib Johnson, Ivan Barias, Carvin Haggins, Valvin RoaneOrthodox & Ransum 4:15
15. "bestfriend" (featuring Carol Riddick)Taalib Johnson, Ivan Barias, Carvin HagginsOrthodox & Ransum 4:24
16. "dontchange"  Taalib Johnson, Ivan Barias, Carvin Haggins, Frank RomanoOrthodox & Ransum 5:09
17. "motherfather"  Taalib Johnson, Vikter Duplaix, James PoyserJames Poyser, Vikter Duplaix 4:32
18. "Something"  George HarrisonOrthodox & Ransum 5:08
19. "ifiwouldaknew (girlnextdoor remix)"  Taalib Johnson, Mark DeBarge, Ed Green, Carvin Haggins, Andre Harris, Etterlene Jordan, Jill ScottOrthodox & Ransum 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 Jones: Composer
  • 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

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2002 Billboard 200 1
Preceded by
Hood Rich by Big Tymers		 Billboard 200 number-one album
May 25–31, 2002 		Succeeded by
P. Diddy and Bad Boy Records Presents...
We Invented the Remix, Vol. 1 by Various artists

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
  9. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived July 25, 2008)
  10. ↑ Yahoo! Music review
  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.