Everyone is "neo-soul" these days if they aren't in a 3 to 4 member group that dresses alike, dances in unison and doesn't play an instrument. Please, Musiq is no more "neo-soul" than Ja Rule is. Other artists such Maxwell, D'angelo, and Bilal who are placed under the "neo-soul" umbrella are much better at it than Musiq is. Don't let some beads, baggy pants and a skull cap fool you. His "speak-singing (as another reviewer called it)" is irritating as all get out. I hated it the first time around, but I'm a glutton and gave him another chance. Actually, the disc isn't terrible and I might have liked it more, if it had have been marketed differently, trimmed by about 5 songs and less of the "speak-singing" and more real singing.