Aijuswanaseing

Aijuswanaseing (pronounced as "I Just Wanna Sing") is the debut studio album by American singer Musiq Soulchild. It was released on November 14, 2000 through Def Soul Recordings and Island Def Jam Music Group. The album debuted at number 32 on the US Billboard 200 chart on December 2, 2000. On the Billboard 200, it peaked at #24 on April 7, 2001, and after spending 41 weeks on the chart, exited on September 8, 2001; on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, it spent 67 weeks, falling off on June 1, 2002.[10]

Aijuswanaseing
Studio album by Musiq Soulchild
Released	November 14, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	R&B, neo soul
Length	64:50
Label	Def Soul 548289
Producer	Vidal Davis & Andre Harris, Scratch, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins & Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Vikter Duplaix, Osunlade, James Poyser
Musiq Soulchild chronology
Aijuswanaseing (2000) Juslisen (2002)
Singles from Aijuswanaseing
"Just Friends" Released: August 29, 2000 "Love" Released: December 25, 2000 "Girl Next Door" Released: May 22, 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC Music	favorable [2]
NME	(8/10) (Odell) [3] (5/10) (Ward)[4]
PopMatters	favorable [5]
Q	[6]
Rhapsody	favorable [7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Yahoo! Music	favorable [9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Scratch Introlude"	Kyle Jones	Scratch	0:46
2.	"Girl Next Door" (featuring Ayana)	Taalib Johnson, Andre Harris, Carvin Haggins, Jill Scott, Ed Green	Andre Harris, Carvin Haggins	4:46
3.	"You And Me"	Johnson, Harris, Haggins, Pat Metheny	Carvin Haggins, Andre Harris	4:20
4.	"Just Friends (Sunny)"	Johnson, Haggins, Ivan Barias, Vidal Davis, Bobby Hebb	Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins	4:11
5.	"Mary Go Round"	Johnson, Eric Roberson, Osunlade	Osunlade	3:41
6.	"143"	Johnson, Haggins, Keith Pelzer	Keith Pelzer, Carvin Haggins	4:58
7.	"Love"	Johnson, Harris, Haggins	Andre Harris, Carvin Haggins	5:05
8.	"My Girl"	Johnson, Junius Bervine, Ed King, James Poyser, Haggins	James Poyser, Vikter Duplaix	3:20
9.	"Musiq Soulchild (Intermission)"	Johnson, Milton Brand	Self	1:25
10.	"Seventeen"	Johnson, Haggins, Harris, George Winston	Carvin Haggins, Andre Harris	3:23
11.	"L' Is Gone" (featuring Ayana)	Johnson, Haggins, Tariq Trotter, Kamal Gray, Leonard Hubbard, Mercedes Martinez, Tracey Moore, Ahmir Thompson	Musiq Soulchild	3:20
12.	"Speechless"	Johnson, Jones	Scratch	3:24
13.	"Poparatzi"	Johnson, Haggins, Barias, C. Wright, Y. Rahman	Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins	3:58
14.	"Settle For My Love" (featuring AAries)	Sheree Brown, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington	Osunlade	5:40
15.	"You Be Alright"	Johnson, A. Livingston, C. Robeteou	James Poyser, Vikter Duplaix, Musiq Soulchild	7:00

Special edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Aimewitue"
17.	"The Ingredients of Love" (duet with Angie Stone)

• other versions replace the track "The Ingredients of Love" duet with Angie Stone with "North Star".

Personnel

AAries - Primary Artist Louis Alfred III - Engineer Kwaku Alston - Photography Ayana - Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Ayinke - Vocals, Vocals (Background) Ivan "Orthodox" Barias - Composer, Producer Junius Bervine - Keyboards, Producer S. Brown - Composer Rob Chiarelli - Mixing Commissioner Gordon - Mixing V. Davis - Composer Vidal Davis - Drums, Keyboards Vikter Duplaix - Drum Programming, Mixing, Producer Russell Elevado - Mixing Serban Ghenea - Engineer, Mixing Larry Gold - String Arrangements, String Conductor Akisia Grigsby - Art Direction, Design Carvin "Ransum" Haggins - Composer A. Harris - Composer Andre Harris - Keyboards, Producer, Strings Bobby Hebb - Composer Jerome Hipps - Executive Producer Leonard Hubbard - Bass

T. Johnson - Composer K. Jones - Composer Ben Kenney - Bass (Electric) Ed King - Drum Programming, Engineer, Producer Pete Kuzma - Keyboards, Piano Steve Manning - Mixing Magdaleno Martinez - Composer Michael McArthur - Executive Producer T. Moore - Composer Musiq Soulchild - Executive Producer, Keyboards, Primary Artist, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Osunlade - Bass, Composer, Drums, Fender Rhodes, Producer Pino Palladino - Bass Keith Pelzer - Engineer, Vocal Arrangement Isaac Phillips - Guitar James Poyser - Keyboards, Organ, Producer, Wurlitzer Tony Prendatt - Mixing Eric Roberson - Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) Francesco Romano - Guitar Jill Scott - Vocal Arrangement Jon Smeltz - Engineer Storm - Engineer Frank Sutton - Engineer Eric Tribbett - Drums

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[11]	24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12]	4

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[13]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Aijuswanaseing at AllMusic
2. BBC Music review
3. NME review 1
4. NME review 2
5. PopMatters review
6. Album Reviews at CD Universe
7. Rhapsody review
8. Rolling Stone review
9. Yahoo! Music review
10. "Musiq Soulchild Aijuswanaseing (I Just Want To Sing) Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
11. "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
12. "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
13. "American album certifications – Musiq – Aijuswanaseing". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.