Bilal Sayeed Oliver (born August 21, 1979), better known by his stage name Bilal, is an American neo soul/jazz singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is also a core member of the loose collective, the Soulquarians. Bilal started out by singing in small clubs until he began classical training in jazz and big-band arrangements at the Mannes Music Conservatory in New York. With this formal training, the singer/songwriter learned to sing opera in seven languages. Bilal is a member of the Soulquarians collective, along with Common, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Q Tip, and D’Angelo.

In the following years Bilal continued to appear on projects by other artists both high profile and avant garde, while recording and developing his follow-up set to be released on Interscope Records and featuring contributions primarily from producers Dr. Dre and J Dilla (as heard by Dilla himself). These plans proved to be changeable and the final result, Love for Sale, was an album that appeared to be built around Bilal's own musicianship, with many of the tracks produced and written by the artist himself except "Something to hold onto" was produced by grammy award producer Nottz. However, near the album's completion, Interscope delayed the release date, then shelved the album indefinitely, hinting that it saw little commercial potential in it since it had already leaked online in its entirety. Online, many fans and music critics expressed their sadness that what they viewed as a carefully crafted album would be kept from a proper release. Bilal signed to Plug Research in 2009. In May 2010, Bilal visited Billboard's Mashup Monday and performed "All Matter" from his soon to be released new album, well as a cover tune of Soft Cell's 80's hit, "Tainted Love". On August 24, it was reported, Bilal kicking off a US road tour in support of Airtight's Revenge. His third album Airtight's Revenge was released September 14, 2010. Bilal has said in interviews that the album's inspiration came from the struggles of dealing with the fallout from Love for Sale. Bilal continues to tour in 2010.