OnMyRadio

OnMyRadio
Studio album by Musiq Soulchild
Released	December 9, 2008
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	Crunk, neo soul
Length	50:24
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Christopher Umana, Dru Castro, Uforo Ebong, Anthony Life, JR Hutson, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, Musiq Soulchild
Musiq Soulchild chronology
Luvanmusiq (2007) OnMyRadio (2008) MusiqInTheMagiq (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(75/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
The Boston Globe	(favorable)[4]
The Dallas Morning News	B+[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[6]
Okayplayer	(83/100)[7]
The Phoenix	[8]
Toronto Star	[9]
USA Today	[10]
Vibe	[1][11]

OnMyRadio is R&B singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild's fifth studio album. It was released on December 9, 2008.[12]

The album entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 11, selling 91,498 copies its first week.[13] It entered the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at number 82 through street sales and, in its second week, jumped to number 1.[14]

Singles

The first single to be taken from the album was "Radio". It was sent to US radio stations in August 2008, and charted on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.[15]

The album's second single, "IfULeave", was released to radio in October 2008.

The third single was "SoBeautiful".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Backagain"	Musiq Soulchild, Campbell, Campbell, Morales, Wimbley	4:06
2.	"Until"	Soulchild, Campbell, Gaye, Fraustro, Jones, Stanton, Wilson	3:31
3.	"IfULeave" (featuring Mary J. Blige)	Soulchild, Barias, Haggins, Lawson, Miguel Pimentel, Smith	4:12
4.	"Deserveumore"	Soulchild, Barias, Haggins, Tellington, C. Williams	3:52
5.	"Special"	Soulchild, Barias, Haggins, Stephens	3:18
6.	"Dearjohn"	Soulchild, Campbell, Morton	4:31
7.	"Loveofmylife"	Soulchild, Campbell, Dawkins, Dixon, Sledge	5:13
8.	"Moneyright"	Soulchild, Campbell, Fauntleroy, Jones	4:38
9.	"Someone"	Soulchild, Barias, Church, Guinn, Haggins, Poyser	4:36
10.	"Iwannabe" (featuring Damian Marley)	Soulchild, Campbell, Dawkins, Marley, Sledge, Starr	4:21
11.	"SoBeautiful"	Soulchild, JR Hutson	4:51
12.	"Radio"	Soulchild, Castro, Ebong, Umana	3:20

Personnel

Nick Banns – Assistant Engineer Ivan "Orthodox" Barias – Audio Production, composer, Drum Programming, engineer, Instrumentation, Keyboards, producer, Programmer, Programming, Various Instruments Adam Blackstone – Guitar (Bass) Mary J. Blige – Featured Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals Bruce Buechner – Engineer, Mixing Joi Campbell – Arranger, composer, Vocal Arrangement Sandra Campbell – Project Coordinator Warryn Campbell – Arranger, Audio Production, composer, Instrumentation, producer, Programming, Various Instruments, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) Terrence Cash – Engineer Dru Castro – Audio Production, composer, engineer, producer Curt Chambers – Guitar Corey Church – Composer Sean Cooper – Sound Design Eric Dawkins – Arranger, composer, Vocal Arrangement Antonio Dixon – Composer Bojan Dugich – Vocal Recording Euforo Ebong – Audio Production, composer, producer Allen L. Irvin III – Vocals James Fauntleroy – Arranger, composer, Vocal Arrangement Rick Friedrich – Audio Engineer Lanre Gaba – A&R Marvin Gaye – Composer Chris Gehringer – Mastering Larry Gold – Strings Victor Jason Greig – Executive Producer Kairi Guinn – Composer Carvin "Ransum" Haggins – Arranger, Audio Production, composer, engineer, producer, Vocal Arrangement Home Cookin' – Audio Production Adrian Hood – Vocals J.R. Hutson – Audio Production, Keyboards, producer, Programming Lee Hutson, Jr. – Composer Jaycen Joshua – Mixing John Lawson – Composer, Drums Buddy Jones – Composer Anika King – Art Manager Jason Kingsland – Assistant Engineer

Jamie Knight – Vocals Labrats – Vocal Arrangement The Labratz – Arranger John Lawson – Composer, Drums Kevin Liles – Executive Producer Glen Marchese – Mixing Damian Marley – Composer, Featured Artist, Primary Artist Danny Miller – Art Direction, Design Wayne Moore – Bass Instrument, Bass Mark Morales – Composer PJ Morton – Arranger, composer, Vocal Arrangement Musiq Soulchild – Arranger, Audio Production, composer, Executive Producer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) Renaldo Nehemiah – Stylist Kristal Oliver – Vocals Kristal "Tytewriter" Oliver – Guitar Dave Pensado – Mixing Miguel – Arranger, composer, Vocal Arrangement James Poyser – Audio Production, composer, Instrumentation, producer, Various Instruments Nick Romei – Package Manager Eric Rosseau – Engineer BJ Sledge – Composer John Smith – Guitar Johnnie "Smurf" Smith – Composer, Instrumentation, Keyboards John Stahl – Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer, Mixing Assistant Michael Stanton – Composer Joi Starr – Composer Leonard Jr. Stephens – Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Pedal Steel, Pedal Steel Guitar Tyrone Tellington – Composer Eric Tribbett – Drums Christopher Umana – Audio Production, composer, producer Joel Whitley – Guitar Corey Williams – Arranger, composer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals Charlie Wilson – Composer Damon Wimbley – Composer Joy Winans – Spoken Word, Dialogue Peter Yang – Photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position US Billboard 200[16] 11 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position US Billboard 200[18] 97 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 16

References

1. "Critic Reviews for OnMyRadio". Metacritic. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
2. Mark Edward Nero. "Musiq Soulchild – 'onmyradio'". About.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
3. Kellman, Andy (December 9, 2008). "OnMyRadio – Musiq (Soulchild)". Allmusic. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
4. Ken Capobianco (January 5, 2009). "Soulchild doubles the fun with duets". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
5. The Dallas Morning News review^[dead link‍]
6. Vozick-Levinson, Simon (December 2, 2008). "EW's New Music Roundup: Britney Spears, Kanye West, the Clipse, and more". Retrieved October 22, 2023.
7. Jeff Harvey (February 1, 2009). "Musiq Soulchild: Onmyradio". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
8. Mikael Wood (December 1, 2008). "Review: Musiq Soulchild: Onmyradio – CD Reviews". The Phoenix. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
9. Ashante Infantry (December 9, 2008). "CD Reviews (Musiq Soulchild: OnMyRadio)". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
10. [1] Archived December 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
11. Jina Huh (December 2, 2008). "Musiq Soulchild: Onmyradio". Vibe. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
12. "Sneak Peek: Musiq Soulchild f/ Mary J. Blige – 'IfULeave'". Rap-Up.com. October 1, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
13. Paine, Jake (December 17, 2008). "Musiq's "onmyradio" 1st week sales". Hiphopdx.com. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
14. [2]^[dead link‍]
15. "Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales". Billboard.com. September 20, 2008. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
16. "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
17. "Musiq (Soulchild) Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
18. "Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums – 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
19. "Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – 2009". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

External links

• OnMyRadio at Metacritic