''Juslisen'' (pronounced ''Just Listen'') is the second studio album by American singer

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 influ ...

, simply known at the time as Musiq. It was released on May 7, 2002 under the Def Soul subsidiary of

Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The ...

. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, where it spent 35 weeks before falling off on February 22, 2003. It was nominated for

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at the

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Track listing

* Credits adapted from liner notesMusiq Soulchild - Juslisen. Def Soul. 314 586 772 and

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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 Charlie Lee Byrd (September 16, 1925 – December 2, 1999) was an American jazz guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album '' Jazz Samba' ...

* "intermission: juslisen" contains a sample of "

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", as performed by

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* "ifiwouldaknew (girlnextdoor remix)" contains a sample of " Stay with Me", as performed by

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes and Allmusic. *AAries: featured artist, primary artist, vocals (background) *Ayinke: vocals (background) *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 *Leesa Brunson: A&R assistance *Matt Cappy: flugelhorn *Troy Corbin: vocals (background) *Tina Davis: A&R *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 :

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*Etterlene Jordan: composer *Francis Lai: composer *

Anthony Mandler Anthony Mandler (born April 18, 1973) is an American film director, music video director, television commercial director and photographer. As a music video director, his most notable and frequent collaborator is Rihanna. The two have worked on s ...

: 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 *Tara Podolsky: A&R *James Poyser: composer, keyboards, percussion, producer *Carol Riddick: guest artist, primary artist, vocals *Eric Roberson: composer, tracking, vocal producer, vocals (background) * Francesco Romano: arranger, composer, guitar *Jill Scott: composer *Jon Smeltz: engineer *Sylvester Stewart: composer *Eric Tribett: drums *Dave Wilson: barber *Hakim Young: producer

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Footnotes

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