Juslisen

Juslisen
Juslisen
	Original album cover
Studio album by Musiq
Released	May 7, 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	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
Singles from Juslisen
	"Halfcrazy"; Released: January 29, 2002; "Dontchange"; Released: October 29, 2002;

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[4]
Los Angeles Times	^[5]
NME	6/10^[6]^[7]
People	(favorable)^[8]^[9]
The Press	^[10]
Rolling Stone	^[11]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)^[12]

Track listing

*Juslisen* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Scratch Introlude"	Kyle Jones	Scratch	0:31
2.	"Newness"	Taalib Johnson Ivan Barias Carvin Haggins	Ivan "Orthodox" Barias Carvin "Ransum" Haggins	3:47
3.	"Caughtup" (featuring AAries)	Taalib Johnson Hamilton Bohannon Ivan Barias Carvin Haggins	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"	Carvin Haggins Darren Henson Keith Pelzer Taalib Johnson Joseph Modeliste Art Neville Leo Nocentelli George Porter	Darren Henson Keith Pelzer	4:18
6.	"Babygirl"	Taalib Johnson Charles Najpa	88-Keys	3:34
7.	"Halfcrazy"	Taalib Johnson Ivan Barias Carvin Haggins Francis Lai	Ivan "Orthodox" Barias Carvin "Ransum" Haggins	4:14
8.	"Time"	Taalib Johnson Ivan Barias Carvin Haggins Frank Romano	Ivan "Orthodox" Barias Carvin "Ransum" Haggins	5:16
9.	"Future"	Taalib Johnson Junius Bervine	Junius Bervine	4:00
10.	"Intermission: Juslisen"	Taalib Johnson Charles Najpa Sylvester Stewart	88-Keys	2:07
11.	"Realove"	Taalib Johnson James Poyser	James Poyser	4:27
12.	"Onenight"	Taalib Johnson Carvin Haggins	Andre Harris Vidal Davis	4:41
13.	"Previouscats"	A. Jermaine Mobley Eric Roberson	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)	Taalib Johnson Mark DeBarge Ed Green Carvin Haggins Andre Harris Etterlene Jordan Jill Scott	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.

Notes

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

References

^ "Musiq - Juslisen (2002, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
^ ^a ^b Juslisen at AllMusic
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ "Juslisen". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02.
^ Los Angeles Times review
^ NME review
^ Album reviews at CD Universe
^ People review 1
^ People review 2
^ The Press review Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "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)
^ Yahoo! Music review ^{[dead link‍]}
^ 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)
^ "GRAMMY Rewind: 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
^ "The Making of Musiq Soulchild's "HalfCrazy" by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
^ "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "Musiq | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001 [sic]". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Musiq – Juslisen". Recording Industry Association of America.

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

[1] "Musiq - Juslisen (2002, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-01-18.

[Allmusic-3] Juslisen at AllMusic

[Bplus-4] Entertainment Weekly review

[EW-5] "Juslisen". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02.

[6] Los Angeles Times review

[7] NME review

[8] Album reviews at CD Universe

[9] People review 1

[10] People review 2

[11] The Press review Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[12] "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)

[13] Yahoo! Music review ^{[dead link‍]}

[14] 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)

[15] "GRAMMY Rewind: 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-19.

[16] "The Making of Musiq Soulchild's "HalfCrazy" by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 2022-12-25.

[17] "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

[18] "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

[ac_UK_Musiq-19] "Musiq | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.

[ac_UKR&B_-20] "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

[ac_Billboard200_Musiq_(Soulchild)-21] "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Musiq_(Soulchild)-22] "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

[23] "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001 [sic]". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

[24] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[25] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[United_StatesMusiqJuslisenalbumCertRef-26] "American album certifications – Musiq – Juslisen". Recording Industry Association of America.

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