Feel the Real

Feel the Real
Feel the Real
Studio album by Musiq Soulchild
Released	September 15, 2017
Recorded	2016–2017
Studio	Castle Hill; The Inkkwell; Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	R&B, neo soul
Length	1:37:18
Label	Soulstar Music Company, eOne Music
Producer	Musiq Soulchild (also exec.), BLAQSMURPH, Christopher Bradley, Phil Cornish, GMJR, J'Rell, David Luke, Alexander Plummer, Doobie Powell, Jonathan Troy, Elijah Y. Whittingham, Needlz
Musiq Soulchild chronology

Feel the Real is the eighth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild. It was released on September 15, 2017, by eOne Music. It features the singles "Simple Things" and "Start Over" the latter of which reached number 11 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. In November 2017, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2018 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[1]

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Feel the Real" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius)	Taalib Johnson, Marsha Ambrosius	Doobie Powell	5:34
2.	"Benefits"	Johnson	J. Troy	3:52
3.	"Serendipity" (featuring Willie Hyn)	Johnson, Willie Hyn	Musiq Soulchild, J. Troy, Philip Cornish	3:44
4.	"Sooner or Later"	Johnson	J. Troy	4:08
5.	"My Bad" (featuring Willie Hyn)	Johnson, Hyn	GMJR	5:05
6.	"Start Over"	Johnson, Cyrus Deshield, Campbellson Shackleton	BLAQSMURPH	3:50
7.	"Hard Liquor"	Johnson, June Summers, J'Rell	J'Rell	3:33
8.	"Shudawudacuda"	Johnson	J. Troy	3:30
9.	"Broken Hearts"	Johnson, Summers, J'rell, Lo Key	J'Rell	3:55
10.	"Love Me Back"	Johnson	BLAQSMURPH	4:05
11.	"I'm Good"	Johnson	J. Troy	3:26
12.	"Jussa Lil Bih" (featuring BLAQGxLD)	Johnson, Hyn	Needlz, BLAQSMURPH	3:30

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Humble Pie"	Johnson, Hyn	GMJR	3:41
2.	"Party Life"	Johnson, Deshield, Shackleton	BLAQSMURPH	3:49
3.	"One More Time" (featuring Willie Hyn and The Husel)	Johnson, Hyn, The Husel, Alexander Lloyd	David Luke	5:28
4.	"Let Go"	Johnson	Musiq Soulchild	3:54
5.	"Test Drive"	Johnson, Summers, J'Rell	J'Rell	3:44
6.	"Like the Weather"	Johnson, Christopher Bradley	Chris Theory	3:26
7.	"Fact of Love"	Johnson	Musiq Soulchild, J. Troy	3:33
8.	"Heaven Only Knows"	Johnson, Summers, J'Rell, Lo Key	J'Rell	4:10
9.	"The Moon" (featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson)	Johnson, Neil deGrasse Tyson	GMJR, Alexander Plummer	4:10
10.	"We Go Together Now"	Johnson	GMJR, Elijah Y. Whittingham	4:19
11.	"Sunrise Serenade" (featuring BLAQGxLD and Chris Theory)	Johnson, Hyn	Chris Theory	5:09
12.	"Simple Things"	Johnson	J. Troy	3:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Marsha Ambrosius – arrangement, composition, vocal production
Blaqgxld – vocals
BLAQSMURPH – instrumentation, production, programming
Christopher Bradley – composition, instrumentation, production, programming
Gwen Bunn – synthesizer
Dan Cohen – engineering
Payge Cooper – drums
Phil Cornish – keyboards, production
Cyrus Deshield – composition
Blake Eiseman – mixing
Gmjr – instrumentation, production, programming
Terence Harper – trumpet
Rod Harris – guitar
Rod Harris, Jr. – guitar
Frank Houston – saxophone
The Husel – composition, vocals
Willie Hyn – composition, vocals
J'rell – composition, engineering, instrumentation, production, programming
Donovan Jarvis – keyboards
Jimmy Jones – trombone
Colin Leonard – mastering
Alexander Lloyd – composition
Lo Key – composition
David Luke – production, synthesizer
Sean Mack – artwork
Julian McGuire – guitar
Musiq Soulchild – arrangement, composition, cover art concept, executive production, instrumentation, production, programming, vocals, vocal arrangement, vocal production
Alexander Plummer – instrumentation, production, programming
Doobie Powell – instrumentation, production, programming
Campbellson Shackleton – composition
Leo Sibilly – engineering
June Summers – composition
Chris Theory – vocal arrangement
Jonathan Troy – bass, instrumentation, production, programming
Neil deGrasse Tyson – composition
Max Unruh – engineering assistance
Elijah Y. Whittingham – instrumentation, production, programming
Geremy Wimbush – drums