In 2006, media outlets circulated that Musiq was involved in a de facto record label trade, transitioning from Def Soul's master label Def Jam Recordings to Atlantic Records, and sending rapper Fabolous from Atlantic to Def Jam. Musiq took a four-year break and changed his management to Solqi Management. It included the singles "Forthenight" and "Whoknows." In 2003, Musiq released his third album, Soulstar, which went gold. The singles were "Halfcrazy" and "Dontchange," which were top ten hits. 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. Its lead single was "Just Friends (Sunny)." His second single "Love" spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. He later released his debut album, Aijuswanaseing, in late 2000.
In 1998, Musiq Soulchild signed with Def Soul Records, the contemporary R&B division of Universal Music's Def Jam Recordings. It's basically me as an artist in this generation, representing the traditions and the legacies of the past soul stars." Career 1998–2004: Def Soul 'Musiq' is the front man and 'Soulchild' is the idea behind it. The stage name "Musiq Soulchild" is technically two ideas. That's how much I dug it when you see me, I want you to automatically think of music. "There were people who knew of me but they didn't really know me they just knew me as 'that music dude.' So after getting that so much, I was like, 'Just call me Musiq.' It was so fresh to me because if I had to be called anything, I would have wanted to be called Music. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his teenage years he built a reputation for being musically gifted, beat boxing for MCs freestyling on the open mic circuit, scatting at jazz clubs, or just performing an a cappella for strangers on the streets, which is where he got the name "Musiq" and later added "Soulchild." He cites as his inspirations such icons as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Donny Hathaway. Musiq was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in a strict Muslim household. 2.3 2013–present My Block Records, Soulstar Music Company, eOne Records.The album debuted at #11 on ITunes Rap/Hip Hop Charts and received raved reviews. This will be Elder Entertainment’s second major release after dropping West Coast Icon Spice 1’s Platinum O.G. in July of 2019. The album is scheduled to be released in early 2021 and not only features established artists such as Devin The Dude, Kurupt, Spice 1, Hussein Fatal, Lil Keke, and Big Mike, but also ushers in new talent with Nawfside Outlaw, Pharmacy, Ghost Brazil, MJ38, Worldwide, and Lil Yodaa. The single “Nobody” is produced by Ace 1 and Elder and is the first single from the upcoming album The Boos Are Louder From The Cheap Seats. Elder Entertainment finishes the year out strong with the label’s first R&B release featuring thirteen-time Grammy Nominated artist Musiq Soulchild.
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