1998–2004: Def Soul In 1998, Musiq Soulchild signed with Def Soul Records, the contemporary R&B division of
Universal Music's
Def Jam Recordings. He later released his debut album,
Aijuswanaseing, in late 2000. Its lead single was "Just Friends (Sunny)". His second single "Love" spent 22 weeks on the
Billboard Hot 100 charts. Musiq's second album, 2002's
Juslisen, debuted at number one on both the
Billboard 200 and
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, reaching platinum-sales status. The singles were "Halfcrazy" and "Dontchange", which were top ten hits. In 2003, Musiq released his third album,
Soulstar, which went gold.
2006–2012: Atlantic Records In March 2007, Musiq's released his fourth album
Luvanmusiq. Its singles were "B.U.D.D.Y.", an uptempo track, His last album for Atlantic
MusiqInTheMagiq was released on May 3, 2011, available on CDs and also as a digital download. The first single was "Anything" featuring
Swizz Beatz, followed by "Yes".
2013–present My Block Records, Soulstar Music Company, eOne Records In September 2013, Musiq released a duet album with Syleena Johnson, titled
9ine. This album was a compilation of nine reggae songs recorded in nine days on the independent
Shanachie Musiq previously worked with Campbell on his first two albums on Atlantic – 2007's
Luvanmusiq and 2008's
OnMyRadio. He released an EP titled
The Husel through DatPiff on July 30, 2014. In April 2016, he released his first independent solo album through My Block/
E1 Music,
Life on Earth. The lead single is "I Do". Shortly after, he moved to a new label, with eOne/SoulStar Music Company. In 2017, he released two new singles "Simple Things" and "Start Over" set for a new album titled
Feel the Real due on September 15, 2017. He premiered music videos for the tracks in April 2017.
Other music Musiq Soulchild has featured on • the song "Beautiful Contradiction" on British soul singer
Beverley Knight's 2002 studio album
Who I Am. • the song "
Nothing at All" from
Carlos Santana's October 2002 album
Shaman; •
The Roots's November 2002
Phrenology on the song "Break You Off"; • rapper
Skillz's December 2002 ''
I Ain't Mad No More'' on the song "Wave Ya Hands!"; • "
Are You Experienced?" in March 2004's
Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix album; • Black Ice's September 2006
The Death of Willie Lynch on the song "Takeyatime"; • rapper
Lloyd Banks's October 2006 album
Rotten Apple on the song "Addicted"; • "Reasons" on the March 2007 tribute album
Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire; • on
Talib Kweli's August 2007 album
Eardrum on the song "Oh My Stars"; •
Ice Cube's August 2008 album
Raw Footage on the song "Why Me?"; •
Rapsody's November 2017 album ''
Laila's Wisdom'' on the song "A Rollercoaster Jam Called Love"; •
Kehlani's February 2019 mixtape
While We Wait on the song "Footsteps"; •
Smif-N-Wessun's March 2019 album
The All on the song "Ocean Drive".
Soundtrack songs Soulchild has also appeared on the soundtrack to
Tyler Perry's February 2007 movie ''
Daddy's Little Girls''. He also lent a song from his March 2007 album
Luvanmusiq to the soundtrack for Perry's later movie
Why Did I Get Married?, released October 2007. He then recorded a remake of
Arrested Development's song "
People Everyday" with British rapper and singer
Estelle for the soundtrack to Tyler Perry's March 2008
Meet the Browns titled "People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix)". ==Television and books==