Soulstar (album)

Soulstar
Studio album by Musiq
Released December 9, 2003
Recorded 2002–03
Home Cookin' Studios
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre R&B, neo soul
Length 70:26
Label Def Soul
Producer 88-Keys, Orthodox & Ransum, MAD, Junius Bervine, Da Gutta Fam
Musiq chronology

Juslisen
(2002)		 Soulstar
(2003)		 Luvanmusiq
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B[2]
New York Times (mixed)[3]
USA Today [4]
Vibe [5]

Soulstar is Musiq Soulchild's third album, released in 2003. In debuted on the Billboard charts on 27 December 2003. On the Billboard 200, it peaked at #13, spending 23 weeks on the chart and exiting on 29 May 2004; on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, it spent 37 weeks, falling off on 9 September 2004. This would be his final album for the Def Jam label before moving over to Atlantic Records for his next album Luvanmusiq.

The vinyl release of Soulstar has a different tracklisting from the CD. The songs "whereareyougoing" and "leaveamessage" do not appear on the vinyl version of the album.[6]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "soulstar" (featuring DJ Aktive & Carol Riddick)MAD 3:02
2. "youloveme"  Orthodox & Ransum 3:50
3. "womanopaly"  Orthodox & Ransum 4:55
4. "forthenight" (featuring AAries)Orthodox & Ransum 3:50
5. "infatueighties"  Orthodox & Ransum 4:36
6. "whoknows"  Orthodox & Ransum 4:55
7. "babymother"  Orthodox & Ransum 4:43
8. "missyou"  Orthodox & Ransum 4:00
9. "momentinlife" (featuring Cee Lo Green & Kindred The Family Soul)Junius Bervine 4:43
10. "thereason"  Orthodox & Ransum 5:29
11. "dontstop/her" (featuring Bilal)88-Keys 8:08
12. "wherareyougoing"  Da Gutta Fam 4:28
13. "romancipation"  Orthodox & Ransum 4:10
14. "interlude"    0:38
15. "givemorelove/leaveamessage"  Orthodox & Ransum 9:46

Samples

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes[9] and Allmusic.[10]

  • 88-Keys - Producer
  • AAries - Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals (Background)
  • Andre - Voices, Performer
  • Ivan "Orthodox" Barias - Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Instrumentation, Multi Instruments, Producer, Programming, Tracking
  • Junius Bervine - Composer, Instrumentation, Multi Instruments, Producer
  • Algebra Blessett - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Jeff Bradshaw - Trombone
  • Leesa Brunson - A&R Assistance
  • Matt Cappy - Trumpet
  • Chad - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Charnee - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Bootsy Collins Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Troy Corbin - Vocals (Background)
  • Andre Dandridge - Engineer, Telephone Voice, Tracking
  • Tina Davis - A&R
  • Maurice "DJ Aktive" "The Scratchologist" Deloach - Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Scratching
  • Dox - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Vikter Duplaix - Percussion, Producer
  • Erickache - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Roger Erickson - Photography
  • Chris Gehringer - Mastering
  • Serban Ghenea - Mixing
  • Theodore Gilbert - Bass
  • Deidre Graham - Marketing
  • Larry Graham - Composer
  • Cee Lo Green - Guest Artist, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Composer, Primary Artist
  • Akisia Grigsby - Art Direction, Design
  • Nicole Guiland - Vocals (Background)
  • Gutta Fam - Producer, Vocal Arrangement
  • Carvin "Ransum" Haggins - Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Performer, Producer, Telephone Voice, Tracking, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background), Voices
  • John Hanes - Digital Editing
  • Heather - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Heiku - Producer
  • Timothy Hicks - Vocals (Background)
  • Jerome Hipps - Executive Producer
  • Mick Jagger - Composer
  • Terese Joseph - Recording Director
  • Kindred the Family Soul - Vocals, Vocals (Background), Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • Kenny Lattimore - Vocals (Background)
  • John Lawson - Drums
  • Kevin Liles - Executive Producer
  • M.A.D. - Composer, Producer
  • Henry Mancini - Composer
  • Michael McArthur - Executive Producer
  • Moms - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Muriyd - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Musiq (Soulchild) - Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • UE Nastasi - Mastering
  • Olezski - Fender Rhodes
  • Bilal Oliver - Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Telephone Voice, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Voices
  • Ben "Benanas" O'Neill - Guitar
  • Ora - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Tara Podolsky - A&R
  • Pops - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Keith Richards - Composer
  • Carol Riddick - Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
  • John Roberts - Drums, Percussion
  • Tim Roberts - Assistant
  • Dawn Robinson - Vocals (Background)
  • Franky "Vegas" Romano - Composer, Arranger, Bass, Guitar, Performer, Sitar, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Tom Scott - Composer
  • James "Jayshawn" Smith - Vocals (Background)
  • Johnnie "Smurf" Smith - Arranger, Instrumentation, Keyboards, Organ, Producer
  • Dexter Story - Marketing
  • Frank "Mumbles" Sullen - Engineer, Tracking
  • Rick Tate Jr. - Saxophone
  • Torrie - Performer, Telephone Voice, Voices
  • Thaddeus T. Tribbett - Bass
  • Eric Weissman - Sample Clearance
  • April Williams - Vocals (Background)
  • Levar "Lil' Tone" Wilson - Vocals (Background)

References

  1. ↑ Soulstar (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Fiore, Raymond (2003-12-19). "soulstar Review". Entertainment Weekly: 77. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  3. ↑ The New York Times review
  4. ↑ USA Today review
  5. ↑ Vibe review
  6. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Musiq-Soulstar/release/1034321
  7. ↑ Musiq Soulchild - Soulstar. Def Soul B0001616
  8. ↑ Soulchild, Musiq. "Soulstar". studio album. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
  9. ↑ Musiq Soulchild - Soulstar. Def Soul B0001616
  10. ↑ Soulchild, Musiq. "Soulstar". album credits. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.