Musiq

It also had a very successful run on American urban radio stations. The campaign responded by dropping the song from their playlist. Most recently, Musiq has released the singles and videos "forthenight" and "whoknows" from his third LP, Soulstar. "forthenight" has been one of VH1 Soul's most played videos of 2004 so far. The band made the news briefly in late October 2004 when John Hall publicly commented that the Bush presidential campaign never received permission to use the song at campaign events. Once again, its video got heavy play on MTV2 and VH1 Soul, as well as on MTV Jams. Hall quit his solo career and reunited with the band in the early 1990s, releasing a few recordings on the band's own label, Major Records. In late 2002, Musiq contributed guest vocals to "Break You Off", the first single from The Roots' Phrenology album. Kelly died of a heroin overdose in 1984.

Both videos also got substantial play during the year on VH1 Soul. They continued performing, in spite of a diminishing audience, and released One of a Kind in 1982. He had continued urban and MTV2 success with its singles, "halfcrazy" and "dontchange", the former of which was one of the most played music videos on MTV2 in the summer of 2002 and during the year overall. Orleans, meanwhile, got another hit with Forever's "Love Takes Time". In 2002, he released his sophomore album, Juslisen (read: "Just Listen"), as simply Musiq. In 1977, Hall left to begin a solo career and became active in the anti-nuclear program, cofounding Musicians United for Safe Energy. His singles also received moderate airplay on urban and urban contemporary radio stations. The song was used as a slogan by ABC television in 1977.

The singles "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Love", and "Girl Next Door" received exposure in America mainly on the more underground music video network, MTV2, as well as on BET. "Still The One" from their follow-up LP Waking and Dreaming was their second big hit. Musiq did much of his own songwriting, and most of the record was produced by the A Touch of Jazz production company, headed by Jazzy Jeff. One of its singles, "Dance with Me", became a Billboard top ten song in 1975. He released his debut album, Aijuswanasang (read: "I Just Want to Sing"), in 2000, which was well-received by critics and audiences. After ABC dropped the group, their self-produced second album, Let There Be Magic, came out on Asylum Records in 1974. He moved back to Philadelphia as a teenager, and began plans for a career in music. Their debut album was Orleans, recorded in Muscle Shoals.

Musiq was born in Philadelphia and grew up with his family--including eight brothers and sisters--in Putnam County, Georgia. The band signed with ABC Records in 1973. Musiq Soulchild (born Talib Johnson on September 16, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African American neo soul and R&B artist, one of the most popular artists on the Def Soul label. Since 2001, he has gone by simply Musiq, dropping the "Soulchild" from his moniker. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his disregard for normal rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, as can be seen by the titles of his singles and his albums. Lance Hoppen, Larry's brother, joined the band later in that year. 2004: "whoknows" (US #65). The band took their name from New Orleans because that city was home to the mixture of music they played when the band was founded. 2003: "forthenight" (US #52). The band was founded in January 1972 in Ulster County, New York by Wells Kelly, John Hall and Larry Hoppen.

2002: "dontchange" (US #17). Orleans is a 1970s soft rock band, best known today for "Dance with Me" and "Still the One". 2002: "halfcrazy" (US #16). 2001: "Girl Next Door" (US #85). 2000: "Love" (US #24).

2000: "Just Friends (Sunny)" (US #31). 2003: Soulstar. 2002: Juslisen. 2000: Aijuswanasang.