Juslisen Explained

Juslisen
Type:	studio
Artist:	Musiq
Cover:	Juslisten.jpg
Caption:	Original album cover
Recorded:	2001–2002
Genre:	R&B neo soul^[1]
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
Prev Title:	Aijuswanaseing
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Soulstar
Next Year:	2003

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.^[2] It was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards.^[3]

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^[4]
• "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

Chart (2002)! scope="col"

Peak position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[5]	52
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[6]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"

Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[7]	106
US Billboard 200^[8]	67
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	11

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2002
• List of number-one R&B albums of 2002 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. https://ew.com/article/2002/05/24/juslisen/ Entertainment Weekly review
2. Web site: May 16. Gary Susman Updated. EDT. 2002 at 04:00 AM. Musiq's Juslisen debuts at No. 1. 2022-01-19. EW.com. en.
3. Web site: 2014-12-02. GRAMMY Rewind: 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards. 2022-01-19. GRAMMY.com. en.
4. Web site: The Making of Musiq Soulchild's "HalfCrazy" by Ivan "Orthodox" Barias . youtube.com . YouTube . 2022-12-25.
5. Web site: Albums : Top 100. Jam!. May 30, 2002. April 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20041213005002/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_053002_ALBUMS.html. December 13, 2004.
6. Web site: R&B : Top 50. Jam!. May 30, 2002. April 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20020601191008/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html. June 1, 2002.
7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184204/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b2.html. September 6, 2004. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001 [sic]]. Jam!. March 25, 2022.
8. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. September 3, 2020.
9. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. September 3, 2020.