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Bilal Sayeed Oliver (born August 1979), also known by the stage name of just Bilal, is an American Muslim "neo soul" and jazz singer, who is also member of the Soulquarians known as SQ. In 2001, he released his debut album 1st born 2nd.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1st Born Second (2001), Interscope - # 31 US
- Love for Sale (2006) - unreleased (though a 2XLP vinyl release is available in Europe)
[edit] Singles
- "Fast Lane"; # 41 R&B, # 27 R&R-Urban, # 7 Germany Black Singles
- "Love It"; # 61 R&B
- "Soul Sista"; # 71 US, # 18 R&B
[edit] Appearances
- Common and Jill Scott, on "Funky For You" from Like Water for Chocolate
- Common on "Nag Champa (Afrodesiac For The World)" from Like Water for Chocolate
- Common, on "The 6th Sense" from Like Water for Chocolate
- Common and John Legend, on "Faithful" from Be
- Common, on "It's Your World/Pop's Reprise" from Be
- Common, on "Black Maybe" from Finding Forever
- Guru and J Dilla, on "Certified" from Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul
- Hezekiah, on track "Looking Up"
- Jadakiss and Dr. Dre, on the single "Fast Lane"
- Clipse and Pharell Williams, on "Nightmares" from Hell Hath No Fury
- He had a duet with Beyoncé named "Everything I Do", a soundtrack of The Fighting Temptations.
- Common on "Play Your Cards Right" from Smokin' Aces soundtrack.
- Timbo King & The Last Poets on "Trust Factor" on the Maccabeez mixtapeSpookz Who Kicked Down The Door
- Ghostface Killah & Prodigy of Mobb Deep on "Trials of Life" off an unknown DJ Green Lantern mixtape.
- Talib Kweli on "Waitin' for the DJ" & "Talkin' to You" off Quality
- Jermaine Dupri on "Supafly" off Instructions
- Da Ranjahz & Ras Kass on "Da Dopest"
- Jaguar Wright on "I Can't Wait" off Deanials Delusions and Decisions
- Tweet on "Best Friend" off Southern Hummingbird
- Musiq on "Dontstop/Her" off Soulstar
- Sa-Ra on "Sweet Sour You" off The Hollywood Recordings
- Jay-Z on "Fallin'" off American Gangster
- Erykah Badu on "The Healer","My People","Soldier","Twinkle" & "Master Teacher" off New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
[edit] External links
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