MusiqInTheMagiq

MusiqInTheMagiq review

Musiq Soulchild is the professional in his sphere

American performer Musiq Soulchild issued his debut album in 2000 and it immediately hit the mark: Platinum Aijuswanaseing became an excellent beginning of a professional career. Two years later Musiq Soulchild conquered charts with his hit record Juslisen and gave everybody to understand that his plans for musical arena were serious enough. Taalib Johnson (that is the performer’s real name) noted that he was influenced and impressed by Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Ray Charles and other virtuosos’ music. Inspired by their creativity, Musiq Soulchild managed to find his own style without copying anyone. Thereby interesting and sometimes almost experimental arrangements became the artist’s recognizable and signature feature. Moreover, on his albums one can find compositions of various genres, from hip-hop to funk and blues. It is not a surprise that Musiq Soulchild’s albums are so popular.

Magic of MusiqInTheMagiq

Musiq Soulchild needed three years to prepare material for MusiqInTheMagiq. The artist worked with several producers, including legendary Jerry Wonda, Arden Altino and Norwegian team of producers ELEMENT. Probably that kind of professionals working together can be taken as a proof of successful collaboration. However after the release of MusiqInTheMagiq music lovers could make sure of the fresh album’s quality by themselves. The hit composition Anything is an opening act for the long play. It is followed by the track Single, which perfectly demonstrates Musiq Soulchild’s vocal skills. A very delicate arrangement, not overloaded with instruments, opens a wide area for the vocal part that truly panned out. Of course, Single is not the only track where an emphasis is laid on the musician’s voice. On MusiqInTheMagiq you will find slow, measured ballads and more energetic and drive tracks. They are all different, but at the same time they sound very harmonically altogether and they are all created in one style, even in spite of the fact that the album was produced by many persons. This way or another, Musiq Soulchild’s easy recognizable vocals became the main element and the interlink of the entire long play.

A worthy addition to discography

Musiq Soulchild’s discography is impressive. His albums are permanent members of Billboard chart’s top, and it includes both R&B and Hip-Hop subdivision and the main chart. Thus, his records leave behind numerous interesting works of other artists. Musiq Soulchild is fond of experimenting with the sound; however he always stays faithful to his own style, as soon as modern R&B allows expressing one freely and with the help of many instruments and cunning musical techniques. At the very beginning of the twenty-first century Musiq Soulchild established a reputation of a talented performer, so all his albums turned out to be great proofs of his devotion to art. Well, MusiqInTheMagiq became another evidence of the fact that the artist is in a great shape and he is not going to slow down.