Musiq Soulchild
Buddy
Re-Release Date: 3/13/2007
Anthony Rupert
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Musiq stated in an interview that the reason he dropped "Soulchild" from his name after his first album Aijuswanaseing is because that he didn't feel he'd perfected his craft yet. Well, since he reattached it for his fourth album Luvanmusiq, it's probably safe to assume that he believes he has now indeed perfected the craft. And I have to agree.
To be honest, this is only the second album from Musiq that I even like (Aijuswanaseing was the first). I thought Juslisen was overrated, and I REALLY didn't like Soulstar. The main problem with both of those albums was that a lot of the songs sounded exactly like "Just Friends (Sunny)". Because of this, I was worried when I first heard "B.U.D.D.Y." True, it doesn't share the same beat, but it's about the same topic: he can't get a girl out of his mind but they don't have to be a couple. Fortunately, the rest of the album is more varied.