Musiq Soulchild

There’s something particularly special about an artist who truly acts as a conduit between their art and the world. After years of beat-boxing, freestyling, and scatting all over Philadelphia, he got tired of being known as “that music guy” and choose a new moniker: Musiq. And in the time since, he’s only grown closer to his namesake and most authentic self.

This week, we’re featuring “beat of a slow dance” off his and Hit-Boy’s 2023 album “Victims & Villains”. The track is superbly orchestrated, and it blossoms under the motion of layers and layers and vocals, harmonies, and strings. Where a lesser artist wouldn’t be able to control the dozens of pieces at play here, the duo taps into each sound perfectly: creating a mosaic of sound without any sharp corners.