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Feel the Real

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.

Feel the Real

September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)

2016–2017

Castle Hill
The Inkkwell
Atlanta, Georgia

R&B, neo soul

1:37:18

Soulstar Music Company, eOne Music

Musiq Soulchild (also exec.), BLAQSMURPH, Christopher Bradley, Phil Cornish, GMJR, J'Rell, David Luke, Alexander Plummer, Doobie Powell, Jonathan Troy, Elijah Y. Whittingham, Needlz

– arrangement, composition, vocal production

Marsha Ambrosius

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

– arrangement, composition, cover art concept, executive production, instrumentation, production, programming, vocals, vocal arrangement, vocal production

Musiq Soulchild

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

– composition

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Max Unruh – engineering assistance

Elijah Y. Whittingham – instrumentation, production, programming

Geremy Wimbush – drums

Credits adapted from liner notes.