''Feel the Real'' is the eighth studio album by American
R&B singer-songwriter
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 influences fused w ...
. It was released on September 15, 2017, by
eOne Music
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. It features the singles "Simple Things" and "Start Over" the latter of which reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Adult R&B Songs chart. In November 2017, the album was nominated for
Best R&B Album
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at the 2018
60th Annual Grammy Awards
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.
Track listing
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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Marsha Ambrosius
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– arrangement, composition, vocal production
*Blaqgxld – vocals
*BLAQSMURPH – instrumentation, production, programming
*Christopher Bradley – composition, instrumentation, production, programming
*Gwen Bunn – synthesizer
*Dan Cohen – engineering
*Payge Cooper – drums
*Phil Cornish – keyboards, production
*Cyrus Deshield – composition
*Blake Eiseman – mixing
*Gmjr – instrumentation, production, programming
*Terence Harper – trumpet
*Rod Harris – guitar
*Rod Harris, Jr. – guitar
*Frank Houston – saxophone
*The Husel – composition, vocals
*Willie Hyn – composition, vocals
*J'rell – composition, engineering, instrumentation, production, programming
*Donovan Jarvis – keyboards
*Jimmy Jones – trombone
*Colin Leonard – mastering
*Alexander Lloyd – composition
*Lo Key – composition
*David Luke – production, synthesizer
*Sean Mack – artwork
*Julian McGuire – guitar
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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 influences fused w ...
– arrangement, composition, cover art concept, executive production, instrumentation, production, programming, vocals, vocal arrangement, vocal production
*Alexander Plummer – instrumentation, production, programming
*Doobie Powell – instrumentation, production, programming
*Campbellson Shackleton – composition
*Leo Sibilly – engineering
*June Summers – composition
*Chris Theory – vocal arrangement
*Jonathan Troy – bass, instrumentation, production, programming
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– composition
*Max Unruh – engineering assistance
*Elijah Y. Whittingham – instrumentation, production, programming
*Geremy Wimbush – drums
Charts
References
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2017 albums
Musiq Soulchild albums
E1 Music albums