It's a smart strategy for Soulchild, who has survived the rise and fall of neo-soul music - many of his contemporaries, such as D'Angelo, Jill Scott and Lauryn Hill, have disappeared completely from the pop charts for a variety of reasons. He has sold more than 5 million albums, most of them in a soft-spoken, lover-man style that the New York Times once dubbed "grown and sexy." But there are exceptions - "Radio," the closing track on his last album, 2008's "Onmyradio," is a fast-paced club anthem that set the table for the new single "Anything." Later, he added "Soulchild" as a tribute to classic soul performers who had come before him. Just glad I got to hear some neo-soul music, I needed this musical lift.Born Taalib Johnson in Philadelphia, Musiq adopted his spell-check-defying stage name as a teenager, when he immersed himself in hip-hop beat-boxing, jazz scat-singing and anything else he could find that involved music. One fan tweeted: “And after watching the entire #VERZUZ Anthony Hamilton still won it to me.
“It was dope seeing Musiq Soulchild and Anthony Hamilton on verzuz. I couldn’t even sing along”Īdding to the above tweet, another said: “Thank you Anthony Hamilton. he was holding notes forever, pointing the mic to the crowd too much. He performed better, he was clear, easy to follow along. One wrote: “Before the Verzuz I had Musiq. The rappers with distinctly different styles gave each other a tough competition, but the viewers have chosen one clear winner and it is Anthony. Here’s who won the battle tonight, according to fansįans have taken to Twitter to pick the winner of tonight’s Verzuz battle. While Anthony picked track numbers such as Mama Knew Love, Can’t Let Go, and Since I Seen’t You, Musiq performed to his hits such as Forthenight, Previouscats, and Coming From Where I’m From.Īs always, the Verzuz battle was streamed on Instagram.ĪLSO READ: Snow Moon meaning and significance explained The Philly native and North Carolina rappers battled ten rounds, offering fans a highly entertaining show.
Event was streamed for free after Triller received backlashĪnthony Hamilton vs Musiq Soulchild face off in Verzuzīoth Anthony and Musiq have established themselves as successful rappers and fans were fired up watching them compete.
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