During the 2010s, he stretched out stylistically and went independent without wavering from his soul base. Fresh off filming the second season of The Rickey Smiley Show, actress and singer Demetria McKinney collaborates with Musiq Soulchild for the heartfelt new duet, Still Believe in Love.The song, which acts as the promotional single for the upcoming made-for-TV movie ‘In The Meantime,’ tells the tale of unwavering, unabashed love between two people that experience it for better or for.
One of the steadiest singers and songwriters in his field, he earned 11 Grammy nominations evenly spread across a decade. Musiqinthemagiq is his sixth album, and first release. Music by Musiq Soulchild has been featured in the Why Did I Get Married soundtrack and The Blacklist: Redemption soundtrack. Additionally inspired by the contemporary likes of D'Angelo and Lauryn Hill, he applied his musical upbringing to a love for noncommercial hip-hop and refined his romantic and affable everyman style across a string of six major-label albums, four of which went either gold or platinum in the U.S. Ever since his 2000 debut album Aijuswanaseing, Philly singer Musiq Soulchild has been one of the preeminent voices in the neo-soul movement, scoring many hit singles, selling millions of units, and racking up a slew of awards from BET, ASCAP, and Soul Train, among others.
The Philadelphia-born Taalib Johnson grew up in a household that provided him with an education in '70s soul. Musiq Soulchild was among a crop of R&B artists who arrived during the 2000s with no debt to the flashy and sexually aggressive sounds that prevailed throughout the preceding decade.