Four fine albums deep into a career with no Top Ten pop singles to his name, Musiq Soulchild went for broke with the single released prior to his fifth album. At least it kinda seemed that way: "Radio" sounded suspiciously like a cash-in on Atlanta snap, à la Dem Franchize Boyz's "Lean wit It, Rock wit It," or even Monica's "Everytime the Beat Drop," but it was a couple years late. It was almost shockingly out of character, if not clumsy and baffling. It appears as the last song on OnMyRadio, an album that, for the most part, sounds otherwise just like a Musiq Soulchild release. Highlights like "Until" and "So Beautiful" show that Musiq continues to thrive most when working with mellow midtempo and ballad material. The latter, a collaboration with Lee "J.R." Hutson (who played a significant role in the excellence of Jill Scott's The Real Thing), is one of the most unassumingly gorgeous cuts he has recorded, and the relatively upbeat and busy "Special" and "Money Right" deserve to be minor hits (at the least). A couple dramatic moments don't quite take full flight, and a handful of tracks are tepid and unmemorable, but OnMyRadio is mostly another set of sturdily constructed laid-back R&B. "Radio" hopefully didn't scare off anyone. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
Eric Tribbett (Drums), Danny Miller (Design), Jamie Knight (Vocals), John Lawson (Drums), Dru Castro (Engineer), Corey Williams (Vocal Arrangement), J.R. Hutson (Producer), Musiq (Soulchild) (Vocals (Background)), Ali Erving (Vocals), J.R. Hutson (Programming), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (Keyboards), Victor Jason Greig (Executive Producer), Nick Banns (Assistant Engineer), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (Engineer), Renaldo Nehemiah (Stylist), Leonard Jr. Stephens (Pedal Steel), John Stahl (Assistant Engineer), Warryn Smiley Campbell (Instrumentation), Sean Cooper (Sound Design), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (Instrumentation), Christopher Umana (Producer), Miguel Pimental (Vocal Arrangement), Joy Winans (Dialogue), Kevin Liles (Executive Producer), Jason Kingsland (Assistant Engineer), Labrats (Vocal Arrangement), Adrian Hood (Vocals), Carvin "Ransum" Haggins (Producer), Carvin "Ransum" Haggins (Vocal Arrangement), Anika King (Art Manager), James Poyser (Producer), John Stahl (Mixing Assistant), Carvin "Ransum" Haggins (Engineer), Curt Chambers (Guitar), Dave Pensado (Mixing), Glen Marchese (Mixing), Chris Gehringer (Mastering), Warryn Smiley Campbell (Vocal Arrangement), PJ Morton (Vocal Arrangement), Lanre Gaba (A&R), Joel Whitley (Guitar), Terrence Cash (Engineer), Warryn Smiley Campbell (Producer), Peter Yang (Photography), Eric Rosseau (Engineer), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (Drum Programming), Musiq (Soulchild) (Vocal Arrangement), Johnnie "Smurf" Smith (Keyboards), Musiq (Soulchild) (Executive Producer), Bojan Dugich (Vocal Recording), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (Producer), Euforo Ebong (Producer), Wayne Moore (Bass), Leonard Jr. Stephens (Keyboards), Nick Romei (Package Manager), Adam Blackstone (Guitar (Bass)), J.R. Hutson (Keyboards), Danny Miller (Art Direction), Joi Campbell (Vocal Arrangement), Johnnie "Smurf" Smith (Instrumentation), Musiq (Soulchild) (Mixing), Dru Castro (Producer), Bruce Buechner (Engineer), Warryn Smiley Campbell (Programming), James Poyser (Instrumentation), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (Programming), Kristal "Tytewriter" Oliver (Guitar), James Fauntleroy (Vocal Arrangement), Sandra Campbell (Project Coordinator), Mary J. Blige (Vocals), Leonard Jr. Stephens (Guitar), Corey Williams (Vocals), Larry Gold (Strings), Eric Dawkins (Vocal Arrangement), Bruce Buechner (Mixing)
