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Dear Hidden Beach Family…
We just want to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and all the best during the Holiday Season. Congratulations to Jill Scott for 3 GRAMMY Nominations in addition to her critically acclaimed new album, The Real Thing.
Stay tuned… great things are coming to Hidden Beach in 2008.
Enjoy the holidays and we wish you a warm holiday season…
The Hidden Beach Family
Check out this Japanese band called ETERNITY, do a cover of Jills’ music.
Are they the REAL THING? Share your thoughts below..
All you people in NYC, don’t miss out on Jill Scott at Chris Rock’s NYE show at Madison Square Garden.
To purchase tickets, click here.
She speaks. We listen. The vivid imagery in her words draws us closer. Makes us feel. Gifts us with experiencing the beauty of life. Jill is wonderful at painting descriptive scenes that go beyond the “it’s all in your mind” concept. Listening to the animated recollection of her first taste of Turtle Soup instantly transported me to Nostalgia Lane. It got me to thinking about my own first, vivid memories of times with both my mother and grandmother.
Remembering the first time I made buttermilk biscuits from scratch. The first time I helped my mother make one of her beautiful handmade creations. Clips from the slideshow of my life entitled “Beyond BLESSed”. Each “first” captured so tangibly, I feel them–experience them again.
I smile, laugh, cry and re-dream. I am amazed yet again at Jill’s capability to transport us to that special place where we each really, I mean really, experience life. The things that we’ve each been through, felt and been overcome by. The things that have ultimately shaped us and made us into who we are today.
Who would have thought that Jill Scott and Turtle Soup would be so…Golden?
Allstate Beyond February presents A Night with Cornel West & Tavis Smiley
To benefit the Tavis Smiley Foundation’s Youth to Leaders program
A special event taking place in Los Angeles, CA.
To RSVP for the event: http://www.youthtoleaders.org/RSVP/
To RSVP for the event: http://www.youthtoleaders.org/RSVP/
WHO
Dr. Cornel West, Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, is one of America’s most gifted, provocative, and important public intellectuals. Dr. West has won numerous awards, including the American Book Award, and has received more than 20 honorary degrees. West bridges the generation gap on Never Forget by including guests from Lenny Williams and Gerald Levert (before his death late last year) to Andre 3000 and Rhymefest. Though the opus is hip-hop-heavy, West doesn’t consider himself a part of the hip-hop generation.
He calls himself a “Motown–Philly Sound–Curtis Mayfield–generation brother” who “intervenes in the culture of young people.” -The Village Voices Demographics: Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations is among Dr. Cornel West’s most powerful work because it reaches a demographic that may not be familiar with his books or other professional work. Instead of placing a barrier against the Hip-Hop community, he has joinedit. Proving not only that he is a genius, but that the same community that gets so much flack for a lack ofsubstance in their music, is not turning a blind eye to the injustices taking place daily in America. Dr. West, author of 17 books, including 1993’s Race Matters, meshed politics, scholarship and music on 2001’s Sketches of My Culture and 2004’s Street Knowledge. But where those albums infused jazz, blues and R&B, Never Forgetfocuses on hip-hop to appeal to younger listeners.
WHAT
Dr. Cornel West and special guest Tavis Smiley will host a listening experience, where guests will witness an intimate introduction to Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations. Many of the tracks make for an unlikely teaming between Dr. West and artists from both the Hip-Hop and the R&B/ Soul world. As each artist speaks their peace, Dr. West speaks his.
WHEN
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
WHERE
Element – Hollywood, CA
Black Carpet 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Performance 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM
WHY
“Hip-hop is under constant fire for portraying negative images, but Princeton religion professor Cornel West says it is untapped as a positive social force. With his new album Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations, he hopes to inspire a shift in the music’s emphasis.” -USA TODAY
To RSVP for the event: http://www.youthtoleaders.org/RSVP/
Jill has been performing a new song at her concerts not on any of her albums.. here is a video clip of her dancing at her own show back in November in Baltimore… but she also performs this new song…
Congrats to Aja and Fatin for the new addition to their family due late January. The said they will be having two twin girls!!! For those of you who don’t know who Kindred is… they are a married couple from Philly that were brought to Hidden Beach Recordings by Jill Scott… They have 2 albums “Surrender To Love” and “In This Life Together”… for more information on Kindred visit
www.kindredthefamilysoul.com and their myspace page
To wish Kindred the best with their new twins due late January, visit their myspace page
To find out the ticket dates and locations, click below:
more coming soon… stay glued to jillscott.com
To see the entire tour dates visit: http://www.jillscott.com/tour
Stay tuned to the site… more information on Jill Scott’s show in New York around New Years 2008. More details to follow!!!
Jill’s nominations include:
Album of the Year - R&B/Soul,
MVOKP of the Year
MVP of the Year - R&B/Soul
OkayArtist Album of the Year.
Okayplayer has nominated this years best, compiled from their community and staff, and the winners will be 100% chosen by the fans votes. Please support Jill Scott and click the banner above.
The Nominations are in and Jill Scott has received 3 Grammy Nominations!!!
Best R/B Album
THE REAL THING: WORDS AND SOUNDS VOL. 3
Best Female R/B Vocal Performance
“HATE ON ME”
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
“DAYDREAMIN” Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott
We’re sorry to say that due to a sore throat Jill has decided to cancelled tonight’s show at Shepherd’s Bush.
