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Luvanmusiq
''Luvanmusiq'' (Lovin' Musiq) is the fourth release by the singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild, the first under his contract with Atlantic Records. The lead single, "B.U.D.D.Y.", was released to U.S. radio in late November 2006; it reached number two on the R&B chart, and number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Following its release, it entered the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 at number 1, with 149,774 copies sold. During the same week, the second single, "Teachme", entered the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 54, and rose to number five in its thirteenth week. "Teachme" also entered the Hot 100 at number 92 on the issue date, May 26, 2007. By July 11, 2007, the album had sold 789,377 copies in the U.S. The third single from the album was "Makeyouhappy", first said in an entry on Soulchild's MySpace blog. The song entered the Hot R&B/Hip-hop Songs chart, peaking at number 61. The album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musiq Soulchild
Taalib Hassan Johnson (born September 16, 1977), better known by the stage name Musiq Soulchild or simply Musiq (pronounced "music") is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends R&B, funk, blues, jazz, and Gospel music, gospel influences fused with Hip hop music, hip hop. Soulchild has released several successful studio albums that went platinum in the United States. He is regarded as one of the best R&B male singers of the 21st century. Early life Musiq was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in a strict Muslim household. 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.[ Billboard: Musiq Soulchild] He dropped out of high school to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teachme
"Teachme" is the second single from Musiq Soulchild's fourth album ''Luvanmusiq''. It debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on March 31, 2007 at #54, the same week his album, ''Luvanmusiq'', entered the ''Billboard'' 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts at number one. The song peaked at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on July 14, 2007, a position it held for a total of five non-consecutive weeks. It tied the record set by Robin Thicke's "Lost Without U" for the longest run at number one on the US Urban AC chart at 13 weeks. Additionally, the song debuted at #82 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #42. Music video A music video was released for this song and can be viewed on YouTube. It received moderate airplay on BET Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carvin & Ivan
Carvin & Ivan are a production duo from Philadelphia consisting of producer and songwriters Ivan "Orthodox" Barias and Carvin "Ransum" Haggins. Initially starting out as solo hip hop artists, Haggins and Barias moved into production and songwriting. They have written and produced songs for Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Justin Timberlake, Mario, Chris Brown, Ledisi, Raheem DeVaughn, Keyshia Cole, Jaheim, Estelle, Floetry, Skillz, Ace Hood, Rick Ross and others. They are notable for introducing Musiq Soulchild to the world and giving him his staple sound. They are responsible for writing and producing the vast majority of Musiq's more popular charted singles such as "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Halfcrazy", " Dontchange", "B.U.D.D.Y.", "Teachme" and others. Ivan currently serves on the board of governors and is the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Recording Academy. On February 1, 2011, Carvin & Ivan became creative ambassadors for the city of Philadelp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif (singer/songwriter)
Corey Latif Williams, better known as Latif, is an American R&B singer and Grammy nominated songwriter.Grammy Nominations: Best R&B Song Accessed December 11, 2008 He was the winner of '''s Who's Next'' contest. He was a mentee of . He was once signed to . Biography Latif was born in |
Soulstar (album)
''Soulstar'' is the third studio album by American singer Musiq Soulchild. It was released on December 9, 2003. It debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number thirteen, spending 23 weeks on the chart and exiting on May 29, 2004; on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart where it peaked at number three, it spent 37 weeks, falling off on September 9, 2004. This would be Musiq's final album for Def Jam's Def Soul subsidiary, before he transitioned to Atlantic in a ''de facto'' trade for his next album ''Luvanmusiq'' (2007). The vinyl release of ''Soulstar'' has a different track listing from the CD. The songs "whereareyougoing" and "leaveamessage" do not appear on the vinyl version of the album. Critical reception ''Soulstar'' garnered positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic editor Andy Kellman said that despite the length of the record, he praised Musiq's growing musicianship to craft modern R&B tracks that don't carry gimmicks or personas that give his performances on them "a sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50th Grammy Awards
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 10, 2008. It honored musical achievement of 2007 in which albums were released between October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007. The primary ceremonies were televised in the US on CBS; however, as has become the custom, most of the awards were handed out during a pre-telecast portion of the show held at the Los Angeles Convention Center and broadcast on XM Satellite Radio. Two nights prior to the show Aretha Franklin was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year. The year's big winner was Amy Winehouse: the 24-year-old singer had recently entered a drug rehabilitation program and did not come to Los Angeles. American officials initially refused her a work visa; they reversed the decision, but by then it was too late for her to make the trip from the UK. She became the fifth female solo artist to get five awards in one night, alongside Lauryn Hill, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warryn Campbell
Warryn Stafford Campbell, Jr. (born August 21, 1975) is an American record producer. He has worked with a number of gospel, hip hop and R&B artists. Campbell originally got his start as a session musician and producer under the tutelage of DJ Quik on his third album ''Safe + Sound''. Career His work includes production and songwriting credits for Mary Mary, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Xzibit, Yolanda Adams, Mos Def, Missy Elliott, Kierra Sheard, Brandy, Dave Hollister, Men of Standard, Mario, Kelly Price, Shanice, Dru Hill, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Musiq Soulchild and more. He is also a member of the modern quartet-styled traditional gospel group The Soul Seekers signed to GospoCentric Records. As a record executive, he served as vice president of A&R for Elektra Records briefly. He appears in the 2019 movie ''Strive'' as "The Pastor" as well as composing the music for the film. Personal life On May 26, 2001, he married Erica Atkins of the gospel/R&B duo Mary Mary. They have a daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best R&B Album
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works on albums in the R&B music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". According to the category description guide for the 54th Grammy Awards, the award is reserved for albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary R&B vocal tracks" which may also "incorporate production elements found in rap music". From 2003 to 2011, a separate category was formed, the Best Contemporary R&B Album, meant for R&B albums that had modern hip-hop stylings to them, while more traditional and less electronic-styled R&B music still fell under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OnMyRadio
''OnMyRadio'' is R&B singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild's fifth studio album. It was released on December 9, 2008. The album entered the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 11, selling 91,498 copies its first week. It entered the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at number 82 through street sales and, in its second week, jumped to number 1. The song samples Soulchild's previous hit Teachme. Singles The first single to be taken from the album was "Radio". It was sent to US radio stations in August 2008, and charted on ''Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. The album's second single, "IfULeave", was released to radio in October 2008. The third single was "SoBeautiful". Track listing Personnel *Nick Banns – Assistant Engineer *Ivan "Orthodox" Barias – Audio Production, composer, Drum Programming, engineer, Instrumentation, Keyboards, producer, Programmer, Programming, Various Instruments *Adam Blackstone – Guitar (Bass) *Mary J. Blige – Featured Artist, Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theron Feemster
Theron Otis Feemster, commonly known as Theron Feemster, also known by the names Ron Feemster or Neff-U, is a Grammy Award winning American record producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Life and career Theron "Neff-U" Feemster is a Grammy-award winning producer, songwriter, and composer who has worked with Michael Jackson, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Ne-Yo, Justin Bieber, and Sia among many others. Feemster was born and raised in Grover, North Carolina. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts and now resides in Los Angeles. He is best known for being a co-writer and producer on the 2002 song Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head), which was featured in the film Men in Black II. Production discography 2002 ;''The Eminem Show'' by Eminem *"Business" *"When the Music Stops" *"Say What You Say" *"My Dad's Gone Crazy" 2003 ;''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' by 50 Cent *"Back Down" ;''Terrorist Threats'' by Westside Connection *"Get Ignit" ;'' Love & Life'' by Mary J. Blige * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somethin' For The People
Somethin' for the People was a contemporary R&B group from Oakland, California, who scored several hits in the US in the late 1990s. History The group was founded in 1990 by Curtis "Sauce" Wilson and Jeff "Fuzzy" Young, both from Oakland, California, along with Los Angeles native Rochad "Cat Daddy" Holiday. The group recorded demos and shopped them around Los Angeles, and signed with Capitol Records, who released their debut in 1993. The song 'Take it Easy', which was first written for SWV was covered by R&B singer Joyce Wrice 20 years later. As songwriters, they wrote tunes for Samuelle, En Vogue, Brandy, and U.N.V.Biography Allmusic.com. Switching to Warner Bros. Records, they re-released their debut album in 1996. Their second album, '' This Time It's Personal'', spawned a major hit in the US and Canada, the platinum-selling " My Love Is the Shhh!", which reached #4 in the US and #7 in Canada, and the group did further work as songwriters in the wake of the tune's success, pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
