

A lot of people were saying things a certain way because that was the tradition of R&B singers. Even for my writing partner at the time, Carvin Haggins, shout out to him for respecting that. So If I’m going to represent myself to people, I wanted it to be as right as possible. When it came to these songs, that was just an extension of myself. I needed to be able to reconcile with myself, I kept it real that day. Don’t be fake, don’t go out like a sucker.
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I never knew how to go along with things and reading the room. That got me in to trouble a lot of the times because that would make me the oddball out, people wouldn’t want to hang with me. I was always that dude, I was the awkward one in the bunch. That’s not real, that’s not my life, that’s not even how I feel. I didn’t feel comfortable singing a song that I didn’t believe. The plan was, if I was going to sing a song or do something that someone would hear, I needed them to understand where I was coming from. I’ll always be grateful for that opportunity because it didn’t have to happen. I was definitely blessed in that aspect and I’ve always recognized that as a blessing. It was through the decisions of people who saw the potential in me that decided to put forth the effort to see what was good with it and what could happen with it. It wasn’t in my life at that time where I was trying to do something with this music thing and I could call people. I was only recording songs because the opportunity presented itself. Musiq Soulchild: The glaring thing that I can never seem to get past about the creation of this album is the fact that for me, I can’t speak to anyone else who contributed, I wasn’t trying to make an album. What do you remember about creating this classic album? YouKnowIGotSoul: We are here to celebrate the 20th anniversary of your debut album “Aijuswanaseing”. He touched on his journey to getting to that point, some of the songs on the album, how he viewed himself at the time, and much more.Ĭlick Here to check out our in depth feature on the “Aijuswanaseing” album with quotes from all of the album’s producers. During our conversation, Musiq took us through the creative process of the entire album.

We recently caught up with the legendary Musiq Soulchild on the 20th Anniversary of his debut album “Aijuswanaseing”.
