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Moods What’s Happening At Hidden Beach Incoming Jill Scott Feeds Mac Oh Hell Yes
She is an artist with an abiding, deep commitment to lyrical honesty and musical integrity. Simply put, if Jill Scott feels it, she writes and sings it. While vivid imagery, metaphor analogy are her stock in trade, there’s no pretense, no hiding. She’s upfront, in-your-face always real, using her own distinctive poetry to breathe life into words, digging inside to bring forth the accompanying emotion. It is that authenticity that has endeared Jill Scott to everyday music buyers who hear what she’s saying through her music and respond according. Folks who know the rough and tumble of life, love right, love wrong, passion misspent, passion fulfilled, lonely nights and empty days and everything in between declare, ‘Yeah, girl!,’ ‘Go ‘head on!’ and ‘I feel ya’. And in the tradition of the four albums that precede it, THE REAL THING is another cause for celebration for those who live for the real.
Commenting on her latest, much-awaited Hidden Beach CD – which features production work by Scott Storch (DMX, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Ja Rule), Jill’s musical director Adam Blackstone (The Roots), Carvin “Ransum” Haggins & Ivan “Orthodox” Barias (Musiq, Chris Brown, Mario) and JR Hutson among others – Jill says, “I thought the last album (2004’s Grammy-winning “Beautifully Human,” Words & Sounds, Vol. 2) was more peaceful, an affirmation… On the new record, I feel aggressive about what I want, need and desire and you can hear it in my vocal choices, in the tracks. I’d say in a way, it is a sequel to “Beautifully Human” but it’s grittier, sassier than the last one. I’m feeling gutsier, I’m feeling much more bold, free. In many ways, it’s closer to my first album. My original concept was to show different women – you know, like the housekeeper, the stripper, the congresswoman – but as I started writing and recording, I started taking on all these characters. I put myself in each woman’s place…and found that it became more about me, all of it, with the envy, the anger, the frustration, the loneliness, the joy, the passion and the rapture.
And that’s what makes it juicy…”Juicy, indeed.
The first single, “Hate On Me” one of the fifteen cuts Jill wrote on the album, with its powerhouse production is edgy, intense, exemplifying the kind of work for which Jill is known. “I’m reminded of the biblical scripture, ‘No weapon formed against me shall prosper.’ I realized that there are people who are gonna be haters. That never affected me until I started noticing it, seeing that there were people…family, friends…who were angry to see me revealing my blessings, wishing they were me. I had to let go of some people in my life because of that. It’s been healing for me to say I’m still gonna be me, to say to those people, ‘go right ahead, whatever you say won’t change my destiny.’ We spend too much time ‘hating’ the hater. If I’m mean to shine and glow, I will. That’s what the song is saying…”
Jill – who has her first major starring role in Tyler Perry’s fall 2007 “Why Did I Get Married?” movie – agrees that many of the tracks on THE REAL THING have an autobiographical ring.
The smooth’n’mellow “Wanna Be Loved” is an example: “I want to be appreciated, liked for who I am, respected. The song reflects that aching yearning I have to be loved and I know that’s what all people want…” The midnight love-flavored slow jam “All I” is about “being in a lonely marriage. There has to be a level of passion in a relationship. As a wife, you can become the
‘good girl’ and your love life can get really repetitive, sex can be very clinical. I’m saying [inside a marriage] I can still be your ‘nasty’ baby…”
Jill’s “Come See Me” evokes lyrical comparisons with Marvin Gaye’s classic “Distant Lover” from his “Let’s Get It On” LP which – much like THE REAL THING – dealt with topics of fire and desire, joy and pain. The soulful poetess accepts the comparison gladly (“I love the way Marvin was willing to look at his life”) noting, “My song is about distance, about being far away from someone who gives you great pleasure. It’s almost like a plea. I love the line that says ‘I know it’s hard over there’ because it has more than one meaning! I write stories where some things are clear…and some you don’t get until the fifteenth listen!”
Ever provocative, Jill uses “How It Make You Feel” to pose a thoughtful if jarring question: “What if,” she asks, “every black female disappeared? That’s a question to the world but particularly to black men. I love to talk to my brothers, not at them not to them. Think about it…how would it be if black women vanished tomorrow?” Expressing female bravado is yet another ingredient in this multi-faceted artist’s musical palette and two songs come to mind. The rock-oriented title track, like the interlude “Breathe” are what Jill terms “crotch-holding songs! With ‘The Real Thing,’ I’m like smellin’ myself…and ‘Breathe’ reminds me of the storytellers in rap and hip-hop, LL, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas so it’s like I’m going to be cocky right now!”
Erotic love, the reality of sex and sensual satisfaction form the basis for a number of cuts and memorable interludes that have been an integral part of Jill’s recorded work since her groundbreaking 2000’s “Who Is Jill Scott?” Words & Sounds Vol. 1, which earned Jill four Grammy nominations, including a Best New Artist nomination. With its Southern hip-hop feel, “Do It Babe” (featuring Slim) is “a request to keep it up, the keep the intensity you had before, to rock with that.” The highly-charged, heavily percussive “Epiphany” is, Jill says, “explicit without being vulgar. The tricky thing about sex is that it’s so explosive physically and everything seems right at the time but the moment – and I mean the moment – after, you’re left with a longing…especially if you want more, like I do!” Equally explicit: “Crown Royal On Ice” which Jill declares is her “favorite piece of writing on the album. In R&B, sometimes people just say things just to be sexual or to be nasty but they’re not necessarily poetic. . I wrote this as one consistent stream of consciousness, as one sentence. There are harsh words, soft words, lots and lots of images…”
On the same tip, “Celibacy Blues” – reminiscent of the jazz style of the late, great Billie Holiday (whose “God Bless The Child” was one of the highpoints of 2006’s Al Jarreau/George Benson project “Givin’ It Up” and a featured cut on “Collaborations,” Jill’s 2007 collection of tracks on which she’s appeared as a guest artist and recorded with others) – was inspired by a year-long self-imposed period of sexual abstinence that Jill experienced. “I had my feelings hurt and I said, ‘just let me pull back and focus on myself.’ I know a lot of women who did that and they go to God, they become celibate, they want to wipe all that hurt away. But it’s hard. I know we are sexual beings but that’s not to say you have to act on every urge. Personally, I need that chemical, spiritual connection [from sex] and I prefer it with someone I love. During the time I was celibate, it was blue, a lot of mind over matter where I had to stay away from situations that I could get in that were trouble…” With its cosmic, futuristic sound, “Imagination” is “part of the celibacy thing,” Jill explains, “what it would be like, he most lovely love-making I could imagine where we’re not controlling ourselves, we’re on a wave. It’s just ‘wow’…you know, I don’t want to bite your face off but I appreciate the raw passion…”
And, indeed, passion as expressed through her music has been the essence of what has made Jill Scott one of the most important artists of the new millennium. The North Philly native became part of the international music consciousness with the release of “Who Is Jill Scott?” Words & Sounds Vol. 1, which achieved double-platinum status and earned her NAACP Image Awards, trophies from both Billboard and Soul Train and the honor of sharing the stage with Aretha Franklin for VH1’s Divas Live. She graced magazine covers (and was voted among People’s 50 Most Beautiful for 2001), contributed editorials and blessed the national television stages of Oprah, David Letterman, Jay Leno and “The View.” After touring the world, she released a real, live album with some new cuts, 2001’s “Experience: Jill Scott 826+” which spawned the Grammy-nominated “A Long Walk.”
During the ensuing three years, Jill stayed busy, touring consistently, directing a video for Hidden Beach labelmate, trombonist Jeff Bradshaw, appearing on “Sesame Street” in celebration of its 33rd year. Her original compositions were featured on the soundtracks for “Brown Sugar,” “Rush Hour 2,” “Down to Earth,” “Kingdom Come” and the “Red Star Sounds” compilation. Jill made her primetime sitcom debut with a four-episode run on UPN’s “Girlfriends,” starred in Showtime’s “Cave Dwellers” and crafted a book of poetry, entitled simply, “The Minutes, The Moments, The Hours” (St. Martin Press). Reflecting on her accomplishment-filled career, she says, “Honestly, I didn’t expect anything when I did my first record. I just hoped and so far I am floored with the things. I’ve been able to do as a writer and vocalist. I’ve learned a lot…”
With the 2004 release of “Beautifully Human,” Words & Sounds, Vol. 2), Jill experienced a continuation of the acceptance and recognition she enjoyed with her first two albums; the anthemic standout cut “Golden” reflected her life experience, “After taking time off, I felt like I was just living my life like it was golden – it was as if I could polish it, like I could walk past a mirror and just marvel at it. So when I heard the track for the first time, the words just came to me and all I could do was just write them down.” The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Album and won the Best Urban/Alternative Performance Grammy for the single “Cross My Mind.”
After another stint on the road, Jill began working on THE REAL THING in 2006, stopping during the procees to appear in the Dakota Fanning movie “Hounddog,” in which she plays Big Momma Thornton, the artist who originally sang the Elvis Presley hit. “I’m normally on the road for a year and a half at a time and in between recording projects, I like to live so I have something to talk about. I might be gardening, clubbing real hard…and then when I feel the juice, the force telling me it’s time to record, I do that. I’m fortunate to be with a record label that understands my creative process. I started at the beginning of 2006 and I declared I was done in June 2007.”
THE REAL THING is filled with impactful cuts that will resonate with Jill’s loyal existing audience – and beyond. There’s “I Don’t Know” which Jill describes as a song based on “seeing someone and being blown away by them, not knowing why you connect with them but you do.”
The real life experience of “being the woman and being the ‘other woman,’ feeling extreme pain and extreme happiness” is expressed with “My Love.” A lament for a man who’s ‘disappeared’
“Insomnia” is a song Jill wrote “when I was around twenty, when I was feeling that kind of desperate, sad longing you feel for someone that you can’t get out of your head”; while
“Whenever You’re Around” is an ode to “the loneliness that can exist inside of a marriage which is the worst kind, when stay in a marriage for the sake of staying there.”
Summing it all up, “Let It Be” is “for the critics. I say, whatever it is, let it be that, if it’s be-bop, hip-hop, if I stretch my wings and sing country, don’t say I’m an R&B singer singing country, say I’m a singer, period. The great artist Salvador Dali one of my favorites and you could watching his life change as you saw his art. That’s how I feel about my music. It’s an evolution.”
While the consistent theme of Jill’s latest work centers on relationships, she’s says,
“I’m not oblivious to the realities of what’s going on in the world. I just felt it necessary to delve into some other things with this record and create a connection with people. What makes this record any different? Well, it’s me, sexy, harsh, simple…and growing.” Indeed, indeed.
David Nathan
Press Contact For Jill Scott
The Chamber Group
Chris Chambers/ Sherlen Archibald
646-792-2978/ 646-792-2974
Email: Chris Chambers & Sherlen
Hey Jill,
This past year has been a sonofbitch for me. I’d been to Iraq, lost my dear mother while I was there and when got back home I learned that my girlfriend had began a relationship with some else. A few months after that she decided she wanted to take the most precious thing I had away from me (My Daughter Zoe) and move back to Australia. I tell you, there are days I don’t know which way is up, but I want you to know that your music, your soul, your spirit along with my prays to God has gotten me through some pretty rough times. Never thought that a little country boy from Pittsview, Alabama would have such hard times with life but thanks to Angels like you, somehow I know I’ll make it to see another day. Thank you – Jerome.
love you jill in all that you do. Can’t wait to see you on tyler movie, why did i get married. love your singing, your soul and all over sister you. Karen
I was going to say that I am the worlds biggest Jill Scott fan. But, I’m NOT. I am lifes biggest fan and Jill Scott is life. In this life, she is the only constant. I have had the absolute privilage since the year 2000 of being apart of life through the eyes of the most wonderful individual I have ever known. I say known, because her dreams are my dreams and her expieriences and asperations are all that of my own. Unforyunately,so is the heart ache and pain. In between her albums I have ended a 7 year marriage, started another and now in the process of ending that one also. But, just like her music my life goes on and in that life there is someone special out there to share it with me.
Jill, You make my heart sing. I live and die on your every breath. Speak your mind, speak your heart, and live your life!
Forever Love
Forever Life
Forever Jill:)
Robert L. Ellis Sr.
JIll WOW! U R A Gift to this universe+++++++++&more.
Hello Jill! I enjoy your work so much!! I like how you represent, the woman! I have heard nothing but the truth from you! I have been bleessed to see you live and I must say I was swept away. I forgot all about the guy that took me! Please continue to bless us with you voice and your acting career is definatly blooming! Let It Be!!!
Because it is going to be, no matter what we do!!!
Stay blessed Sista!
Ms. Jill Scott,
I’m shaking my head as I write these words. This is the BEST cd I have ever heard in my life and trust me, I’m a music LOVER!!!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this album for the longest, I didnt even bootleg the cd. I went to your website everyday and jammed those 2mins songs until today when I bought the cd. Man, you are so deep and I love the way you write and then have the perfect beats to bring life to your words. I am in love with music and you just made the passion grow. One of these days, I hope I can make a nice beat to your wonderful words and birth a history maker. Until that day, im going to continue to buy your music and connect with your words.
RealTalk Productions,
G.Johnson
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Oh I’m a writer too so you are a big inspiration to me!
Jill, your music has touched me in such a way, it’s like you read the words right out of my journal. It’s always great to listen to the upbeat, sentimental songs about finding love and nurturing it. But, it’s at those sad and alone times, that songs like
“Slowly Surely”, “I Keep”, and “My Love” reach deep into the core of someones pain and reveals it. What I also find great about those songs is it lets one dust themselves off and regain strength. You are peace! love janine [from brooklyn]
Can’t wait to get it!
I have seen many of star in my time and never have asked for an autograph. You I would have to make an exception. I love your music and your energy and even though I don’t know you personally just by your smile I can tell you have a personality I can tell you could bring light to a dark room. Your music has at times lifted me up when I was down and I thank you for that. Also I gotta thank you for not man bashing. Keep doing your thing.
I love Jill. She is a woman of many words through her music and charateristics as a person. I just feel she has a passion in music and I love her words
Hey Jilly from Philly,
what’s good Ma’? Lovin’ everything you put yourself into. It’s like you bring it all in everything you do I give you props for that & wish you continued success! One quick question if I can, did you once work @ City Blue? If so we worked together and if you check out my myspace page you will hopefully remember. But anyway, can’t wait for the movie, and keep doing it Philly style
Much love from your Philly Fam!!!!!
I love jill scott all of her poetry and albulms I really get lifted on each albulm made it’s really touching the basics on life situations.
Keep doing your work of Art
Love ya, Kanika
Hi, I am a 17 year old. i feel that music and poetry are the gateway of expression. I have been through alot in my life; mother and father on drugs so i had to live with my grandmother, then she died so now im living with my aunt. The support of poetry and lyrical expression is really not that welcomed here. But i continued. You inspire me to write and show that i have this potential…I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU!!! KEEP DOING WAT YOUR DOING CUZ YOU DO IT SO WELL!!
I think u’re such a wonderful artist. U’re talented and beautifully crafted. I’ve listened to ur snippets at least 100 times in the course of 4 hours (smile personal fav..”crown royal”). I applaude u in all of ur success!!! YOU ROCK!!!
ur forever fan
K.V.C
Jill,
You are truly an inspiration. Some people look to Mary J. for their release but I listen to you. You sing it like it is and it comes from your soul. I can relate to the words and how you act them out with your melodies. Thank You for being a strong force in the music industry
Dear Ms.Scott,
First your voice can melt this red-blood man anytime I hear you. Keep doing your jazzy/neosoul thing. I’m loving it. Give us more please.
You have the sexiest face and the most senual LIPS I’ve seen on a woman. And let me congradulate you on getting your SEXY ON by losing weight…………. LUV YA baby girl.
your best friend always,
Steven
hey jilly jill i’m still playing your new cd since i got it from the record store on sept 21 i be blasting it and people be askng who’s that singing crown royal i tell them that’s the new jill scott they have to get it so they been out there getting it everytime i play the cd it tells a different story for me i play the mess out of royal crown and come see me how it feel that’s the black women anthem for these tired men out there i really love whenever your around it makes me happy i be danceing with my kids in the living room and i just wanna be loved. i can’t wait to see you in the movie ‘why did i get married’ i will be seeing it with my homegirls on oct 12 i also will be watching you on oct 3 on the oprah winfrey show with tyler perry and janet jackson i hope you and janet sing on her show i have the dvr already set also i’ll be buying the soundtrack to the movie i know you probably sing in that movie i saw a little clip of the movie when you where on a airplane they were making fun of you saying you have to pay for two seats and it looked like you were crying as you were walking down the aile and this guy said something behind you that was a touching scene in the movie i know you steal this movie you go jill love ya from the heart love dana
Jill has a voice and she knows how to use it.
A wonderful poet, storyteller, songstress, and performer I am so touched by her gifts.
Thank you, Ms. Scott for telling it like it is
love and blessings always
You are gorgeous! I love your music.
Hey Jill!
The new album is HOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! Even though, I’m 20 I can appreciate this music!!!
I remember when I bought your first album…..I have fallen in love with your music since day one. I love your style!!!
NOTE TO ALL: Jill Scott’s new album, THE REAL THING: WORDS AND SOUND VOL 3. IS OFFICIALLY THE GROWN AND SEXY WOMAN’S ABLUM….PLEASE UPGRADE WHERE NECESSARY!!!!!!
BE BLESSED!
NIECY R.
Just wanted to say you are an inspiration and you encourage to just be who you are. Never mind those haters because they were put here to make us stronger.
YOU GO GIRL!!
LOVE AND MUCH INSPIRATION
Jill, You have followed me along my path since your first record. I have experienced life-long lasting friendship, intense love making, hurt, confusion, reminiscence, passion, and joy with your lyrics, and I thank the Universe for your love that you give through your music. I start school to further my music and vocals at the Musician’s Institute tomorrow, and i want you to know that you inspire me on many different levels. I will look forward to learn from you in your freedom to express the truth of your soul. I’ll see you at house of blues on the 8th girl. Thank you for singing!
I saw you on Oparhs show and I notice that you were very distance from the group. Why ?You looked very uncomfortable . We did not get yo see your lovely smile .
I just had to stop by and let Jill know that she is AMAZING!! Words can’t express how much I admire her. Not just as an awesome singer, but as an extrodinary woman. I’am 21 years old, and ever since I was a teenager in high school…I’ve looked up to her. I connected with her music, her words helped me grow. She is truly a God sent, and the perfect example why God created woman and why God created music. My hat comes off for her. I will continue being her #1 fan, and student…lol! Please don’t stop what you’re doing Jill, you are an inspiration to me and millions more! Oh yea, I can’t wait to see youre movie…I’m buying my tickets now!!! Love Ya!
Your #1 Fan,
Asia Keleta
Hayward, Ca
Hello again,
I love this CD. It has brought back memories and opened up wounds and rekindled passion all at the same time. Its hittin, cool and sexy all in one. I am feelin every single song. Jill, this CD is right on time. I am in a period of completeing some things in my life and God willing moveing onto new beginnings next year. I am into being Me for once in my life, or should I say since I was a child, you know when most people are just free and there aren’t any walls or facades put up …..Yeah, I’m just trying to get all my burned bridges repaired, the ones that need to be, makeing peace with enemies, walking in my purpose while I am still alive, fighting for my marriage when I have wanted to give up. Girl, Crown Royal is one of many that I listen to repeatedly each day because, call me crazy, it evokes new feelings of passion for my husband. Girl, God is allowing you to be a catalyst in saveing a family. Once again, thank you so much for shareing your gifts. You are loved.
Just wanted to say you did such a wonderful job in “Why did I get Married?” I got emotional with you in all your scenes. I also appreciate your music, it’s so real and can relate to alot of it. Congrats on all of your success and may God continue to bless you in all that you do! Can’t wait to see what’s next!!
Hello, Jill
I Just want to say I love your music. The reason why because your music has been like my biography for the past 4 years everything that you have expressed is what i have been going through and you describe it to a tee. although we are in different worlds your it seems like you have experienced everything I have, Its amazing.
Hey Jill,
Just wanted to say I’m proud of you! I used to live on Hemberger street, around the corner from where you lived, We used to catch the 54 bus together sometimes, you probably don’t remember unless you saw my face, but just wanted to say I’m proud you made it. God get all the glory! Np all day!
I have never heard music that expressed my thoughts, my life, my very soul the way Jill Scott’s music has.
Jill you are an amazingly gifted woman!
Forever a Fan
Happy Tuesday Jill!!
Once again, you’ve delivered! There isn’t a word that could best describe “The Real Thing” (it is)! You are PHENOMENAL period. I mean every song was more meaningful and “mo’ better” than the last. I loved it! Here I am grooving full of emotions not wanting to be disturbed (smile). I’m usually such a happy person that a couple of my colleagues asked if I was okay…I had my ear plugs on feeling those lyrics. Do you know when “Breathe” ended I actually ejected the cd to see why did it stop playing; I looked inside the case to check for maybe disc two I didn’t know what happened, I matched all the songs with the numbers before finally going online, then it was sadly confirmed. I was too upset with you..ahahhaa..lol. I said to myself is she kidding? Shoot, I can’t breathe (literally). After you serenaded my ears with that powerful voice, passion, wisdom, inspiration, peace and L-O-V-E, it was mind over matter for me because I had to get myself together (simply mesmerized). I am so thrilled for you! I have your entire collection, and can not wait to see you perform live again. At any rate, you look terrific, your performance in “WDIGM” was speechless and your latest project is every single aspect of the word(s) self title “The REAL Thing” who is Ms. Jill Scott, 826 +.
All the absolute best to you!
Many Blessings ~
Peace & Much Love
I just bought the album today and I have to say that I love it. I have been a fan since seeing Jill at Warm Daddys back in the day!!
Keep up the beautiful expressions, we need it!!
What made you decide to become a poet, JS?
thanks for “hate on me”…it’s gettin me through a divorce
LOVE YOU GOT SOME TRACKS FOR YOU SEE YOU IN BMORE
hello jill i must say you are one of my favorite artist. Stay humbble and stay bless.. may god bless you…and you did your thang on why did i get married!!
girllllllllllllllllllll.
you make music about every thing in one . lord you sing about everything that pops in your head ……. keep up the good work
Jill can you bless us with a tour date in Cleveland Ohio thanks……………..
Jill,
Girl u are amazing!! U truly did your thang in “Why Did I Get Married?”, and were so convincing on that mountaintop…That’s why I made sure that I graduated high school and college, so I would be able to take of myself, with or without a man. So although I connected with your character, I couldn’t say I could relate, because I’ve always been an independent woman, who takes care of herself and family. Let us teach our fellow women how to make their own way, so things like the Mike/Sheila thang won’t happen to our women.
But I too like yourself and some of the cast is going through a divorce also, so I feel u about being able to write creatively while enduring some pain. I am an artist myself, but taking the contemporary gospel route, so look out for my CD to surface sometime in Spring/Summer 2008, but it’s gonna be funky for da Lord!! I’m a R&B baby born in 1971, so I love 60, 70 and early 80’s music, and it will be exemplified on my project. I like the real live band aspect, and prefer that over singing with tracks, so I’m not confined, I can just feel free to be me and vibe off of the beautiful music being played. That’s why I love your music so much, because like me, you’re not afraid to say what you’re feeling, and it shows through your music. I hope to one day collaborate with you, but meanwhile keep on making great movies, songs and music for us to enjoy. I plan on joining you next year in being an artist who keeps the music integrity real and not run by pro tools & tracks, but live instrumentation!
May God continue to bless you!
Zabrina
“Diva Z”
I’m that you are back Jill. Keep up the good work. Also the movie you was great.
I love Jill’s music, It’s so uplifting and inspirational and true to today. I can’t wait to see her live in London! Keep the inspiration flowing…
Peace and Love,
x
I have Love Jill’s way since the first moment I heard her voice. I remember her First album…Girl, It got me thru, at the time I was in a very abusive relationship and that cd gave me the strength to let go, move on and find a new love. I am now married to a wonderful man and we have a beautiful 2 year old son. My husband is currently in Iraq and shortly before his departure, we seperated and girl your new cd, I have emailed him clips and lyrics and slowly we are working on repairing our marriage. Your music is like a therapy and every word is like a reflection of my life. i love you girl…Oh and your performance in “Why Did I Get Married”…..please you tore that house doooowwwwnnn! I was that girl at one point and time and I know how it feels. And YOU better get the Oscar Nod next year!!! Much Blessings and success…chas
My cordial request to her/it/them, I have very gladly an autograph of you many thanks and beautiful greetingses from Bavaria her/its/their Karl Willeitner
Karl Willeitner Roentgenstr.30 84513 Töging Germany
Love you Jill Scoot
I love you in the tyler perry movies I love your character you are such an inspiration to people of all ages sizes ni matter how small or big Keep doing your thing girl
Jill,
I need that album, the whole album you gave a sampler in Calibrations and its off the chain, Only problem i need the whole song. When i hear the sampler i could feel myself reaching the top of my mountain and then……the song cuts off …..its killing me. Please Jill, you have to release the whole album P l e a s e !!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, how tall is Jill anyway? She looks like she’s about 5′10…too sexy. Anyone know for sure? Thanx.
I just wanted to say you are the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on. I love your music. So keep on making that beautiful music and stay beautiful. When are you coming to SC, I have never seen you in concert.
I JUST LOVE YA GIRL
DC DENISE
hey ms. scott my name is noel i just wanted to say you are such an inspiration to me, im actually from philly and i am a singer songwriter and spoken word artist whos happens to know nish pugh and alot of people that used to hang out with will you did poetry!! i just wanna say u r so beautiful and u are a queen and i love you!!
Jill what a beautiful cd… You have alway mad GREAT music. I have not stop listening to this cd yet. I play it everyday and all day. I love your music and you are a bueatiful person.Your music make make me believe. I also saw the movie and you where outstanding… You made that charcater come alive and and so happy that you are a great artist. I am listening to the cd right know and I love the track “wanna be loved” Don’t feel no plenty for beacue I am going though a few things…. I been search too…
I recently had the pleasure of attending a Jill Scott concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. And to put it mildly, I think I’m in love.
Now don’t get it twisted. I’m not talking about love in the general sense. I’m not ready to propose or anything. We’ve never met.
Nor am I talking about “stalk-her-across-the-country” type love either. My love for Jill is a love built on both appreciation and awe– for both her ability and her persona.
Her voice talent is as gifted as anyone who’s whispered or wailed into a microphone in the past 15 years. Not to sound as if I’m a singer myself of even a voice coach for that matter, but her vocal range seems as wide and far-reaching as a galaxy. It knows no bounds. For example, towards the end of her recent set at the House of Blues, Ms. Thang broke out some opera on the crowd. That’s right. I said OPERA! What mainstream singer do you know today who could break out some opera? A cappella? And do it so well, Leontyne Price and Luciano Pavarotti both would have stood and applauded? Go ‘head, I’ll wait!
But what I really appreciate about Jill Scott’s music are the stories behind and within the music. She sings with such passion that you know the lyrics aren’t just real, but they are real to her. She seems to put her entire soul into to each and every note, thus claiming them as her own. She’s not just singing. She’s sharing her life with you.
As Jill says, she’s a storyteller. The music is just a vehicle. And she can take me for a ride anytime!
Dear Ms. Scott,
I am just writing this to let you know that your music is so like that . It is because of you that my man is so deeply in love with me and I with him. I just wanted to just say THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART, LOVE AND SOUL. Your music really sends people in to another world of….. calm….peace…understanding.
I JUST SENT THIS TO SAY THANKS SOOOOOOO MUCH.
Loved your show at Spirits on Friday, in Hollywood, FL. Thanks for the interview. My article on you will be printed at http://www.browardtimes.com on Friday, November 2, 2007.
I’d love for you to sing some of my songs. See my book at http://www.fyicomminc.com/files/inpursuit.htm
Nice meeting you.
Love and Music,
Diva Joan Cartwright
954-740-3398
Jill,
You are an inspiration to young and old. I brought my mother to your concert here in Detroit and she did not believe she would have a good time….she had not heard your music before. Needless to say you sparked a deep interest in her for your music. She takes my cds now. But the message you send with your music is strong and clear that there are other things in life then what society projects. When I hear your music– I think of the truth in life. There are so many artists that are trying to fit into the ideal of society and are lacking the truth in their words. Ms. Jill I appreciate the music you bring and have not heard a song from you that I could not either relate with.
Hi Jill
Love your work, please kepp it up (if you can). When do we get to see you down under!
I would love to see you do some more jazz!
Cheers
Mike
Jill i just wanted to let you know that you have been a huge inspiration in my life. resently in my english class we had to do a project where we stated what celeb we would want to play us in a movie about our life and i chose you. i feel that you are a wonderful person and am greatful for someone like you being in this world.
Greetings with Much Love ,you set it off in Why Did I Get Married? Your role was the best and most painful to watch. No woman should be treated that way. And for all the Real Men I can say you are the The Real Thing. Stay strong, By keeping it real you will always bring on the haters. You have the right attitude in that area. You have more who love you than hate you. Let the blessings of God continue to encourage and inspire you. Thank God for the haters because He told us that He would prepare a table for us in the presence of enemies(haters). Friend& Faith Partner (4) Life Keep It Real
Hey Jill!!!
Girl, I am loving the new CD!
It couldn’t have come out at a better time my friend and sister. My Life has been so blessed by your music. Thank you so much. Keep showing the world what real true music is . Luv Ya.
Omgg..i wanna share love to you girl. Mz.Jill Scott your like my idol i adore soo much. I love ur voice, style, music, and ur poems. Ur voice is touching and u make everything real. I wish i could met you one day or on Graduation Day. That would make me soo happy. Back to your music, i adore it alot because when im down…or sad ..angry..your music solves everything. I wish i had that talent like you. But hopefully u would hit me on my email. My email address is fizzphattygurl34@yahoo or hit up Nickiie@bellsouth.net
Love,
Landria Olivia Bacote
Jill,
I am so happy for your success and all the beautiful work that you have been blessed to put out for those of us in need of real music. I have been a fan since the first time I heard your music and when I saw your videos I knew I had to support you. You are a beautiful black queen and a trend setter. I believe you have finally broken the sterotypes that hold so many women back from reaching out for the stars and trying to obtain those things that other would have us to believe we don’t deserve. I wish you continued success, strenght, health and happyness.
Thank you for sharing your soul with us….
I luv ur music
at a point in my life where i am seeking direction and awaiting this album at the same time, i found this biography says all the things which make me feel that i am not alone . and for a while, i have been feeling sooo alone….
keep the vibes flowing…and keep feeling
blessings
Hey Jill,
Just wanted to reach out to you and let you know that you are truly divine. I am not a fan… I am a Jill Scott enthusiast! Your music is truly inspirational and soul touching. In ways that are almost scary, your music seems to leap off of the pages of my own life. I respect what you stand for and love that you are not a whore for the industry. You create art from a very intimate part of yourself and I’m grateful that you are so honest. May God continue to Bless you and yours! Hugs & Kisses
Tiffany
I LOVED YOU AT THE FILLMORE (TLA), WITH THE BAILEY’S TOUR. MY PASTOR SAID THAT “HATE ON ME” IS HIS THEME SONG, BUT I TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO WAIT IN LINE CAUSE I HAD IT FIRST.
I LOVE YOU AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. MAY GOD BLESS YOU
Girl, your role in ‘why did i get marrried’. stay out of my diary and keep being beautiful in voice, face and body. I took my ex to that movie, funny, he didn’t recognize himself, hmmm
luv ya
tray
I’ve loved Jill Scott’s music from the first time I heard and I really admire her as a person and as an musical artist. I feel I can relate to her music because it appeals to something in me, the music calms me and that’s also why I write. I love Jill Scott!!!!!
Just one question….
Did that little girl on the cover know her greatness at a young age…
Your a remarkable performer… you were born to do what you do…..
HELLO jill !!! I love your music… you are marvellous…very well continuation
I WOULD LIKE THAT JILL SCOTT COMMING TO JOIN THE ARTIST WILLY VERVERT ZOUK LOVE TROPICAL MUSIC ON HIS MYSPACE.COM/WILLYVERVERT … THIS WILL BE WITH PLEASSURE ….
CORDIALLY
DENIS HIS MANAGER
Hey jerome,
hold ya head up brother and dont lose the faith,God will surely comes and he does you find happiness.
(live in Huntsville,Al for 5yrs that y i share these words )
Hello Ms. Scott This is my first here on your sit. I love you in the movie & you were so so beautiful, I love you in that movie. & also listen to your music for the first time I am in love with your sound voice. I Like to know if your single? I would love to meet you but that may be billion to one ods I do have a crush on you & I know im not the only man that do but im putting my self out there to get your attention. Again my name sterlin in ATL I lived here 6 months from FL im single no kids & no drama. Never been married so I hope im to your liking. take care & again I love what you doing & its beautiful.
Jill Scott is honest and raw! She can relate to everyday people with everyday relationship problems. There is truly no other artisit who is so down to earth, your best girlfriend or sister. She sings from the sole and the sounds come out of the speakers as if she is sitting at your kitchen table having cocktails with you. I love Jill…… she is simply the greatest of our time.
Peace and Blessings
KLB
Jill, my name louise powell i thought i loved you but then i realised that having looked at your website that i did not love cornel west therefore i must not love you!! sob sob
I love your music and your role in Why Do We Get Married and you should have a concert in Cleveland ,Ohio sometime soon and this is coming from a 15 yeaar old fan!!!
– Brittany Tresville
I love your music and your role in Why Do We Get Married and you should have a concert in Cleveland ,Ohio sometime soon and this is coming from a 15 yeaar old fan!!!
– Brittany Tresville
I absolutely LOVE Jill Scott!….There is just something about how much emotion and feeling she puts into each and every one of her songs that just makes you feel like you’re right there with her…..”Slowly, Surely” is my anthem, it made me realize that it wasn’t just me that had to let certain love and relationships go, and that it was OK to be trying and being in the on going process of letting go of, “Self -serving, undeserving, constantly hurting me love.”….Keep making your music Ms. Scott, you are beautiful inside and out!
Jill Scott is absolutely without a doubt the “One”. I love her music and her style. She is real and that is a good quality to have.
Hi Jill,
I just wanted to say that i really enjoyed your concert at the Paradiso in Amsterdam.
The last song you performed; ‘i heard’ , it touched my soul. Tears just ran over my cheek. It was one of the most powerfull songs i had ever heard in my life.
You made a differents that day.
One love en be blessed.
Reane
Just wanted to say saw you over at Boston,and you where amazing,maybe next time when you do a tour you could include Ireland,as we would love to have you over:) anyway good luck with tour,peace and love
Ms. Scott,
Thank you. Simply thank you for being the real deal Jill. You exude the level of confidence that one can only dream of one day acquiring. You are a true inspiration. Every time i listen to your music, i feel as though my thought have come to life through music booming through my surround sound in my bedroom(not yet upgraded to cd in the automobilebut when i do ……girlfriend it will be rocking in there as well). You have so much to do with the inner peace that I have discovered. A true rareness in todays music, but i get you. I completely understand where you are coming from. If only one day it could me and you connecting mentally and carressing each others egos over a galss of wine, uhm what an evening that would be. I am so proud of you coming uniquely in your own way and denying to be politicaly correct. You are a true nubian princess and my sista!!!!! Keep on writing and I will keep on buying. (Outta da sto girl, bootleg is an insult to your work.) LOL Love pnut
I am so proud of my Philly sister. I have listened to this cd non stop since I bought it. Do your thing girl – Jilly from (North) Philly -you make us all proud! It’s refreshing to hear an artist who can express their sexuality in a grown and sexy way without being offensive.
I LOVE U JILL!!!!!!
I’m a huge fan! I absolutely adore your music and am inspired by your honesty – I listen to your lyrics and I feel as if you are saying my words! Amazing.
I’m devastated that the South Africa concert has been cancelled. I pray that you will come and grace us with your magic soon. In the meantime, I will continue trying to live my life like its golden.
Much respect!
jill,
i love you soooooo much every cd ever song where do these things come rom. Every word is sooo true. I have a request to make crown royal longer that song is great i love it. You are beautiful inside and outside. Keep doing what you doing
love, Ciara
Jill I Iove the song Insomnia!! It describes my situation straight to the point. I just broke up with someone after two years and he just left me. I had a whole complete life before him and now I wonder how in the **LL I can get back to it. I’ve been crying all the time and I know the best is yet to come, but I’m living in constant confusion as of right now.
Hey Jill
I first saw you when you started way back, and saw you perform in London…I saw you for the 2nd time round as I am now living in Brussels, Belgium and you pulled off another amazing performance which my friends and I said was worth the wait – (we were counting down the dayz girl, until you arrived on that stage) and sang your heart out. You made such a connection with the crowd and when you repeatedly came back onto the stage, it was fantastic. Your words were sooo touching and I wish there were more artists who are as down to earth as you and talk from the heart.
I wish you all the best (not that you need it) and I can’t wait for that next big album/tour.
Natxx
O my God i love your music, i live your music when im down and out i pop your c.d n and lay back and just think. keep up the good work up love u much jazmine johnson
hay its me again i 4 got to tel you were im from. north little rock and im 19 im just glad we got someone in thes world like you
p.s My big sister loves you her name is latesha starks she said hay.
I love your voice, your words and the part of you that you share with us all. We are blessed to hear you and grow from your experience. I thank GOD there is a Jill Scott and I look forward to sharing that with 10 of my family members (including my 10 year old daughter) when you come to Oakland on 02/07/07.
Forever a student in life-
Peace forward,
Jamila
Hello Jill,’
Just wanted to say that I am messerized by your voice and your music. I have been into your style of souful music all my life, I really do appreciate that you bring back a quality to what music is and what it should always be. Thank you and God Bless you my dear. Keep doing what you doig, hey may be one day you and I will collaborate on something special. Take care.
Mark
Harlem NYC
Jill,
What can I say I love u and everything u stand 4. Keep it comming.
Aaron
Jill,
You are church, body and soul. Amen, when you sing the tunes that bring on a tell it like it is gurl, sho nuff, fanin my hand in the air and even sit there and cry. Letting it all out. A soul sista that is a true example of being human and beautiful. I respect you because you are real. You hurt, you smile, you eat, you bleed, you don’t fit into a size 4. Neither do I. Gurl add, put a one in front of the four and then on those other days put a one to the six, or eight. (14, 16, 18) Still fly, bad and straight DIVA.
Poetry…..My mentor….I trace your words with my fingers so each letter gives me inspiration, energy and purpose. I read and I close my eyes and still see your words and I feel you when I fall asleep to your songs and awake to them inscribed into my mind. When my soul greets my body, my mind is a sponge and speaks and speaks. Jill you have grown over these years, and each time you touch the mic with spoken words and song, I want to be the shore that when you flow, you leave pieces of life on my shore. Where you have been, what you have experienced and how hard you have worked to be where you are…..let me step in you footprints. Learn and listen.
I also perform, write poetry and model(BBW). Representation of Beautfiul Positive Black Sisters is necessary and I value and respect what you show young ladies.
I sit and hold my book of life, scribble at the lights and drive with a mini tape recorder and even use tissues when the words hit my heart, mind and soul. I sufficate on my own expression and have to let it out. I am thankful to you Jill because when I see you, I see me. When I hear you, I know that words have a place in this society because you can heal and teach, especially when people listen.
Love, Peace & Blessings,
PoeticModel
I really enjoy your music so much. Those words that you sing really have alot of meaning to me. Your music relaxes my mind after a hard day at work and school. You are going to be around for a very long time. I hope that you will come to Cincinnati, Oh or close to here so I can see you in concert.
Dearest Jill,
Your music tells a beautiful story…..my story! Thank you for blessing the world with your gracious talent. I can’t wait to see you in conert here in Arizona. May God continue to prosper you in all that you do and say!
Forever a fan!
thanks for the great music jill you are an inspiraration in your music i ve seen musician,s come and go but you are here to stay keep up the goodwork love your track,s
Jill…all I can say is you feed my soul with your beautiful creations. I thank God for you, I cry at the sound of your voice, it’s so joyful. Every single song, every single album. I go home and put Vol 1,2 and 3 in and just let them play. You have gotten me through plenty of days. You are my therapy, your music makes me high…seriously! I want you to sing at my wedding, so I’m working on finding you LOL. Even though I’m not getting married any time soon. But meeting you would mean the world and more to me.
Love you always,
Your #1 fan…LS
I Love Jill scottso much!!! I’ve Been listening to Jill Ever since she’s been sing with Tha Roots!! She I a Singer Poet. I’m Her #1 Fan!!!!
first off i’m 36 yr young lesbian,i hd a stroke at age 35 ,i have been blessed to have a beautiful woman in my life, 2gether we have struggled through life’s trials &tribulations and survived,we both love your music and the messages within the lyricscontinue to sing from your heart overcoming life’s obstacles along the way
WOW! I’m haten’ on you.(ha ha) You can express what I only wish I could in spoken word. You are truley blessed and I’m just thankful I’m able to hear it. Peace and Blessings
Hello. I want to say that I’m a HUGE fan of you and your music; your spirit, your (public) demeanor, I just dig me some Jill Scott. I do have a question; if it’s not too intrusive. I’m just curious on your religious beliefs. I should actually just ask for clarification. Are you a 5-percenter? The ones who believe the the Black man and Black woman are gods? This as opposed to believing in the one true God? I was listening to a ministry DVD, and your name popped up concerning the “5-percenters” (along with a couple of others); thus the questions just aksed. If I don’t get a response…understood. I certainly mean no offense. I am interested as to what it would be, however. If it’s the case, I have to get rid of your CD’s; I just don’t want the risk of tainting my spirit via your lyrics, your music. I just can’t risk my salvation. But I’m struggling because I really like you….since day ONE on the scene. LoL. I’m just praying that Christ does live in your heart. God Bless — and ROCK ON JILL!! LoL! Luv ya. XOXO
Hey Jill I love your music it and it seems to be around me all the time b/c i have a sister that looks just like you and my girl just loves you and everything that you do. We go to see you every time you come to Houston. So keep up the good work and GOD Bless.
I love how she expresses herself in her music. She help me to understand that everyone has a story to tell regarding their life. She is sooo real when it comes to telling the truth about relationships between a man and a woman. She has taught me how to mature as a young woman and to love myself no matter what anyone has to say about me. Keep doing what you do because you are helping others in the process.
ecven at 12 your music still reaches out to me i knew nothing ’bout until i saw tyler perry’s why did i get married even shelia inspired me strive on mabey some day will meet
even at 12 your music still reaches out to me i knew nothing ’bout until i saw tyler perry’s why did i get married even shelia inspired me strive on mabey some day will meet
Jill,
I have loved your music & lyrics from the first time I have heard you. We have longed for your type of soulful voice and we finally got that. I love your versatile style. Your beautiful spirit shows through your music. Keep evolving and never stop singing.
Taphne
I love her music it speaks to me, makes me feel connected musically.
Hi there, I am a South Florida resident and in looking at your tour dates, I noticed that the state of Florida was not included. I know there is a marketing team that probably helps you in your decision as to where you tour, but please consider a Florida stop. Trust me, you’ll be sold out!
Thanks
Your voice, talent and beauty make our souls take flight. Whenever your voice graces the waves, a bountiful journey of ourselves unfolds. Thank you for sharing your gifts. Loving you . . .
I can’t wait to see you perform in beautiful Jamaica (25/1/08)…the perfect backdrop for your kinda flava.
heyy jill.
saw you on ellen today and heard that you are working on a line for big busted women. i’m 14 years old and a DDD = theres not many options for me and most clothes dont fit right. just wondering when and where i can look for your product and if i can expect other items, maybe tops? thanks =]
Jill Scott- you are simply beautiful. Your voice is nothing short of miraculous. I absolutely love you!
Wassssup Jill,
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO A CONCERT in
NEW YORK ????
* Waiting to SEE YOU* – - – I need my JILL SCOTT FIX!!!!!!! Please make sure it happens
Hey, I just want to so that you (Jill Scott) inspire me so much as a woman, and I am so excited for the things thats happening to and for you in your life. I tried to make it to the Jazz and blues fest for you only, but the driver from jamaica that brought you back to your hotel that late friday night (1/25/08) after your performance is my special friend and it was too late to book things, my friends and I tried so hard to make it. We are from chicago and will be to see you on your second show on March 23, 2008. This real thing album shows me so much from your last album. I see the growth, and changes in you as I see in myself. I am so excited with all that you experienced and I appreciate how you share it as an excellent artist. And it is what it says “THE REAL THING” I am sure you hear this type of stuff all the time, but I liked your interview of how you wrote the real thing and I feel you a lot. I say be you and do you. Keep it real and continue to write what YOU feel. I Love and appreciate you as a woman, and I hope someday to meet you. I was so excited when my friend in jamaica said he met you. I think you are such a pretty and beautiful woman an inspiration to all the women in the world. Keep up the good work and let them hate on you that means you are doing you and what you are supposed to. Thanks!!!!
I just wanted to say that as an artist your talent is unsurpassed, I appreciate your hard work in bring your best to your profession. I can actually say that your music moves me. You are already in the class to some of the greats, with the likes of Bob Marley, Nina Simone and a few others. Please stay strong and god bless you, enjoy life and take care of yourself.
Peace with all respectful regards
Mahlon McLean
Hey…all the way from Tanzania, East Africa..u know the Serengeti that you sang about in volume 1…your music is so amazing…when are you going to come down here…we love you and respect you so much…your kind of music, your words..we can’t even describe it…please come here soon.
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your voice your music your soul kept me going while i was working in Iraq. now you’re still lifting me up back here in the states. please keep doing what you are doing. (lifting people up)
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I saw your show on 2/5/08 in Seattle. It was wonderful! I loved your shoes! Please tell where you got and who is the designer. I love the new cd!!!!!!! Thanks for the inspiritual music.
HI,
I am Andrew and I am 14 years old and Jill I luv your music. I recently saw you live in concert in Seattle’s Paramount. You motivate me in so many ways imaginable. I really wish one day I could meet you. I are my inspiration. I am currently writing a report on you for extra credit. I hope I get and A+ on this like your album did. GOOD LUCK AT THE GRAMMYS. My family is rooting for ya.
IS THERE A REASON WHY JILL SCOTT IS NOT TOURING IN NYC??? I JUST FOUND OUT SHE PERFORMED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THIS PAST NEW YEARS EVE. I DID NOT HEAR NOR SEE ANY ADVERTISEMENT FOR THAT SHOW AND ONCE AGAIN I AM BROKEN HEARTED FOR MISSING HER SHOW………PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAVE MORE DATES FOR NYC OF CONNECTICUT!!!!!!!!
I am looking everywhere for the the song title “Just a Song”! Where can I find it? Love u Jill can’t wait to groove with you in Greensboro, NC!
I was trying to figure out what exactly is meant by ….”Crown Royal on Ice”……
Jill Scott is someone I loove to watch and learn from! As a young, new singer I can recognize THA REAL THING! My husband took me to her concert last night in Dallas and after seeing and hearing her live…yeah….its for certain….MIS SCOTT IS THE REAL THANG!
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR LOVE LAST NIGHT HERE IN DALLAS,TEXAS
I am such a big fan and i realy enjoy your music and i know all your songs,you inspire me with you lyric and your poems,I LOVE YOU so much,It woud be an honour to meet you one day,PLEASE COME TO SOUTHAFRICA.
thank you thank you thank you beautiful Jill.After a tough year going through major surgery then leaving my husband a few months later, Golden became my anthem for 2007.Now a free woman in 2008, Real life is my heroine’s song.
You are a beautiful beautiful soul who has inspired me so much creatively.
Blessings.
m. therese
The Jazz Society of nigeria(JSN) is a non-profit, all volunteer organization supported by membership dues and donations, dedicated to promoting jazz music in Nigeria. JSN was started in 2007 by a group of dedicated jazz enthusiasts with a determination to spread the appreciation of jazz music both among the youth and adults and to support live jazz by local musicians. Membership of JSN is open to all who meet membership requirements. Active programs that will include publication of a newsletter, sponsoring of live jazz and education programs in schools
WE ARE ORGANISING OUR FIRST JAZZ FESTIVAL EVER and we intend to have here in nigeria international accliamed jazz artist like ,
jill scott,norah jones,maryj.blige ,eyraka badu,syleena johnson,laurel hill ,angie stone and so on was wondering if we could make contacts with any of this artists ,if you could help out please do so we can discuss business .
Love Letter For Jill Scott
Who is Jill Scott? I know Jill Scott. I know her through her words and sounds. She is Bohemian, Urban, Gypsy, Earth, Soul, Flowers, Air, Rain and Sunshine but first and always Woman. Nothing that I write can express my true gratitude for such beautiful music that can bring (Me) such joy and happiness a true escape from a harsh world of self -loathing and hate, bigotry and sexism. I love your words and sounds Lady Scott it brings me peace. You are a positive light in this Universe.
P.S. You Knocked it out the park in Perry’s “Why Did I get Married?” you made that film what it is.
Much Love, M
This is for Jill Scott…..My name is Shariff Roseboro..my daughter is good friend with your cousin Serina in Philadelphia is in bad need of family support…..After her mother died (your aunt) she is in need off love….Last night we spent the at Children Hospital of Philadephia with her because her son was badly sick. I wish you could just help your family like you do other non family member…..please call her ….MY daughter Ellanah Braxton (her only friend in Philadelphia) spent the night with her and give her food to eat….I don’t understand you mother frame of mind or yours this is a child your family member whk need help….She does not have a phone ….my daughter does not work but the money I give her she give Serina (to eat with or the but wipes for her baby…..I pray that this get you
I love your music, style and the realness that you repersent that so many big girls are not doing, keep doing your thing, are certainly a role model to me!
Jill, Jill, Jill, girl I just saw you in concert in Greensboro, NC and I was blown away. I always knew you were the bomb on record but seeing you in person was the bomb!!! Girl, you are AWESOME. The show was off the hook. I pray good things for you as you continue to journey through this thing called life. Love Ya girl and keep on doing your thang!!
I saw you in concert last night in Greensboro, NC….like many other fans. Just a small thank you for all your many returns to the stage. I loved your last song and hope that it will be on you next creation/album! It was so moving, as were the many other songs you sang.
To the blessed,
Boaz
Hi Jill,
I had a wonderful time seeing you in Norfolk, VA at the Chryseler Hall. This was my 1st time seeing you and my 1st time at the hall. I am orginally from Pittsburgh. So it was so nice to see a home girl doing it big.
You and Reheem put on a great show. I hope Reheem will be around for a long time. I know you will.
I was in the balcony level. The music at first was a little loud and I was glad you asked if we could hear you. The drums and the conga dude was a little loud maybe due to the elavated platform.
I was really impressed. I love your phrasing. I am 40 and I love the old skool jazz.. My favorite Singers no longer on the earth are Louis Pops Armstrong and Mrs. Ella Jane Fritzgerald. Living Sting and Dianne Reeves.
I made a comment to my husband (This concert was a valentines present by the way) how it would be nice if you did a album to give back to the Ella, Lady Day, Sarah, Rosemary. I see you as a good girl who like to be bad. Ha Ha HAhhhhhh!!!!
Sting and Sade open my ears to Jazz although I had jazz played in my household. I know it alway has been and continues to be infused in the music.
I love you singing, Dianne Reeves, Sade, Mrs. Areatha, Lauren Hill, Glady Knight, Mrs. Patty Patty(LaBelle), Patty Austin who I hope to see for the 1st time at the Captial Jazz Festival where Ms. Reeves is due to perform.
It is my wish to see you perform at the same venues as Ms. Reeves. I loved it when you showed your singing ablilities. You got the talent and skills. Will you do some gospel or spirtual music? One of my favorite albums is by Al Green The Lord Will Make a Way.
I love the sound that You, Ekrica, The Roots, Mos Def ( Lord, I Love Him), Talib (He speaks the truth) the Northern truth style. I am sorry I missed it when it first came out but I hear it now.
Please tell Mos to thank Micheal Jordan and Roy Jones Jr. for me. Most people say Mike ain’t black but he gave me Mos with Umi Says. If that ain’t Black . . . Black on Both Sides I don’t know what is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tell Dave Chappelle THANK UUUUUUUUUUUU’s for the film he made in Stuy. I live there in 85 to 87. That concert ya’ll did was off the chain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was beautiful.
Jill film sometimes manage to capture the feeling of what’s going on.
I wish you peace, love, a man, and continuing to Living Your Life Like It’s Golden. Thank you for Skooling the new school the old skool ways.
One Las tthing, will you do Friday’s @ Sunset in Richmond and please go to my hometown of Pittsburgh and do the Three Rivers Art’s Festival.
Oh yeah, this is funny, my mother who has heard your name before saw the Tyler Perry Movie (I didn’t yet however she doesn’t know your music but she loves you from the movie).
Thanks and may God Bless You with your Hearts Desires.
Amen Sista,
Char
I heard you recently on XM 156’s Gayle King show and fell in love with you & can’t get enough! I just saw where you’re starting a new line of bras for us Rubenesque goddesses! AMEN! We need people with your vision. God Bless you.
Jill,
I FINALLY got to see you live for the first time in years last night at the Liacouras. How you’ve grown as an artist! It’s like leaving a toddler and coming back to find a teenager on the verge of womanhood. (I’m not even going to think about the 3rd row Tower tix I had and was too ill to attend)
It was a blessing to hear and see you again last night. Keep doing you, little sister, and stay blessed!
Thank You, for the best concert, show in many of many years. Your show in Philly last night 3/7/08,was the best yet to come.
Jill,
First and foremost- thank you, thank you thank you. Your concert last night lifted me up to the pinnicle moment of my realization of awareness.
After reading Eckhart Tolle’s New Earth and working on living in the now and being present in every situation, your finally number was the icing on the cake. You are the real thing, and your concert exemplified that. Even though you do thousands of concerts back to back, my boyfriend and I walked out of the Orpheum last night feeling a unique, personal experience with you and your music.
You have inspired me more than words can express. I originally heard you on Lupe Fiasco’s “Daydreamin’”. After falling in love with ‘that beautiful voice’ my college roommate put me in check and told me that’s Jill Scott. I don’t know how many times I have listened to that song. As a dancer, I choreographed a fabulous piece for my dance team on the sole reason that I could listen to that song time and time again.
For my birthday, my boyfriend surprised me with The Real Thing Words and Sounds Vol. 3, and accompanied the gift with tickets to the concert. After delving into the cd, listening to it for a week straight (that’s all the time I had), I learned every song and could not stop singing them whenever/wherever.
Jill-I can’t rave enough about your realness. (I absolutely loved when you got to that point in the concert when you had to take off your shoes). Girl- I was thinking about that from the moment I saw those gorgeous shoes. But even that, was real. This may have been a rehearsed show, but it came off as a casual, intimate time between you and the audience.
My boyfriend and I loved it. We walked out, eyes glued on the tv displaying another one of your concerts, and as I was thinking about what to write to you in a letter (thinking I would be so inspired to meet you in person and have the opporunity to speak with you), my boyfriend blurts out “I would love to meet her, she is so inspiring”.
Keep doing what you do because it’s absolutely indescribable. You are the real thing!
Best,
Amy
LOVE YOU JILL
JILL,
I KNOW YOU WILL BE HERE IN ST.LOUIS IN TWO WEEKS. ISTHERE ANYWAY YOU WILL BE GIVING AWAY FREE TICKETS. I AM A MASSAGE THERAPIST, CAN WE TRADE? TICKETS FOR A MASSAGE. I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BE AT YOUR CONCERT BUT FUNDS ARE LOW. I AM A DAUGHTER OF CHRIST, WIFE MOTHER OF TWO SONS, SAME AGE YOU ARE (35), LISCENSED PRATICAL NURSE AT ST. LOUIS JOB CORPS FULL-TIME. I AM ON YOUR WEBSITE AS I WRITE I LOVE YOUR MUSIC. YOU ARE PRETTY JAZZY. DO YOUR THING. MY DREAMS ARE TO CATER TO THE STARS FOR MY MASSAGE THERAPY BUSINESS. I WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR PERSONAL MASSAGE THERAPIST. WHO KNOWS MAYBE MY DREAM WILL COME TRUE
congradulations on your love, who i hear is a south african dude from the limpopo province
Hey Mz Jill. Going back a little, but I offer the sounds of MY PETITION to all my peers. How relevant today. Itz amazing that this woman writes so so so….u know. Every record relevant. Track number two THE REAL THING ridiculously hot, live even hotter…girl stop. CROWN ROYAL ON ICE…..sitting across the room from my man listening to that sentence….hottt. CELIBACY BLUES…throwback hot..hot..hot and WANNA BE LOVED. I wanna be loved some mo….You keep smilin JILL for all of us.
hey Jill,
i would like to say i have been listening to your music for years now and i think you are amazing!!! you are also very real!! whenever i hear one of your songs i become breathless…i was sooo happy when i heard you would be playing the number 1 ladies detective Mma Ramotswe, unfortunately it was filmed while i was in the UK for my studies…its will be playing on BBC 1 this Sunday and i will be glued to the screen…thank you for understanding being a woman(thru songs) love you to bits xxxx
There are so many things to say about the awesome talent of jill scott. The poetic lyrics that Jill ahs written has touched my soul. I listen to her music on a weekly sometimes daily basis because of the impact it has on my life as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, counselor, etc. I admire the talent that God has given Jill. Her music is so deep, invigorating, self-reflecting, complex, and mind boggling because that is how life really is, at least for me. I’m going to see Jill Scott tonight at the Benedum. I really wanted to go and could not afford to. I was going through some things emotionally and needed some lyrics to touch my soul to see another day. My husband surprised with tickets. I was in awe. I was excited and also a wave of peace fell upon me. SOmething for me, cause i’m always takin’ care of everyone else. Look forward to seeing you Jill. Thank you for your inspiration that keeps me going.
Nikki
JILL,
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN IN BOSTON. I WAS GIVEN A SURPRISE BY A FRIEND HOW TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO DINNER AND THEN TOOK ME TO SEE YOU.
THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME THAT SHOW ME THEY REALLY CARE WHAT I LIKE AND MADE MY DAY
TO SEE SOMEONE I LIKE THEN TO BE TAKING
SOMEONE TO SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT MAKES A WORLD THAT MUCH BETTER. YOU ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL VOICE AND THE SHOW WAS ALL
A PERSON COULD ENJOY AND MORE KEEP IT UP AND GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE. JOHN
JILL,
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERT IN BOSTON. I WAS GIVEN A SURPRISE BY A FRIEND HOW TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO DINNER AND THEN TOOK ME TO SEE YOU.
THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME THAT SHOW ME THEY REALLY CARE WHAT I LIKE AND MADE MY DAY
TO SEE SOMEONE I LIKE THEN TO BE TAKING
SOMEONE TO SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT MAKES A WORLD THAT MUCH BETTER. YOU ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL VOICE AND THE SHOW WAS ALL
A PERSON COULD ENJOY AND MORE KEEP IT UP AND GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE. JOHN
It was the year 2000, Radford VA, I walked into my college apartment with my two roomates listening to this cd that has just been purchased because they heard that this artist was HOT!!! Her name, Jill Scott. This was my first encounter with your music and I have not been the same since. I went out and PURCHASED my own copy of your first cd even though my other roomates had it, that year we also planned a wonderful trip to see you perform in Norfolk, Virgina, you were excellant in concert. Jill you are an artist that speaks volumes about relationships, love, life and all that wraps up to GOD. I now reside in richmond virginia and my husband PURCHASED ( I will make sure I put emphasis on that word for all the bootleggers out there), your new cd and I immediately feel in love. I want to apologize Jill that I was not able to afford the opportunity to see you when you came to richmond, but I had a girlfriend that went and she told me the show was AWESOME!!! I will always be a devoted fan. I know this was a little lengthy but this is coming way back from 2000 (lol). Love, peace, and blessings always
FERREN
Just discovered you by watching the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency on BBC.
I’m off to Amazon to add you to my CD collection alongside Angie Stone, MJB and Alicia.
Look forward to seeing you back in Botswana.
Respect & thanks
Wonderful!!
I.
LOVE.
YOU!
Wow, no. 1 ladies…. fantastic, great fun and not a girly chic-flic at all. Well done for such a good performance, and you looked fantastic
Jill we love you we love your music be bless
Love Always,
Candy Babe
Hey Jill! You’re like, my favorite singer! Your songs are strong and inspiring to me, and I love listening to them. You know, I wanna be a singer some day, and I wrote a song for you. Hopefully, haha, you’ll hear it on the radio one day. It’s on my first album, and the song is called, “Jill Scott is my Idol” . If you’ll hear about me, my celeb name’ll be Miss Candy
Jill is beautiful
What a woman
x
Your music is just….it doesn’t matter what kind of mood I’m in…I know you got me. If I’m feeling naughty: Crown Royal On Ice, If I’m feeling loved by my other half: (singing)Grab my keys, grab my jacket and off to work. smiling all the way down third. is it the way. When he with the sh** like men get. I’ll tell him when you’re on the road travelling I’m good, when you’re here I’m lonely. It doean’t matter what the situation is…Jill will keep me right. Thanks Girl.
Hi there, Jill
Hi there Jill,
I have been a great fan of yours since I first saw, mainly for the woman that you are.
Firstly I am a 24 year old woman who is also over weight and has been all my life, but funny enough although alot of women look at me and think that they would die if they woke up looking like me, I live because I am me. I have learnt to love me for me.
What I am getting at is your portrayal of a emotionally drained women in the movie “Why did I get married”. I was getting to be that woman, expecting that my husband should be the one giving me words of affirmation and words of praise but after I walked out of the cinema I felt that I was a blessing in his life and that I should not put my happiness on his shoulders because that is where we get disappointed- fat or not.
So apart from just healing me with your voice and music you have healed me now with your acting skills.
I feel blessed that I have you as a role model, because you are just that, although I don’t know you on a personal level but I am sure if I did I wouldn’t be dissappointed, by the way I have been told that I look alot like you.
Anyway Thank you for being such a gift to me, because you are truly a blessing.
Yours Truly
Mrs Rose Hoyi-Mzukwa.
Dear, Jill,
You are a blessing to all your fans, be it through your music or your poetry; you are a shining example of what GOD attended for the rest of his children. Keep your eyes on the prize, you know what I mean and stay stronger sister. Continue you to allow GOD to use you.
Blessings,
Mike
Saw you in Birmingham, and had the absolute best time. Gained an all new, exceptionally high, level of respect for you. Amazing!!!!!
Best CD for 2008
“You go girl”
Girl, you are awesome! Look at how many people you have inspired, touched, helped,..I mean you are truly a great woman. Keep it up, girl, and you will see that you will go farther than what you think. Keep on strong and always remeber that God is on your side. Love you and thanks for all that you have done.
P.S. Because of you, I started to write poems. Thanks!
Hello Jill
I just want to say that I love your style and your music. We at Voluptuousness Magazine salute you. Many blessing on up coming projects!!
You truly display the Aura of A Voluptuous Woman
Always
Ernestine
Ms Jill, you are the finest, prettiest, sexiest and the most loveable lady I have ever seen. I love your “real” smile along with the way you move. If all ladies could be like you, OH MAN, what a wonderful world this would be and all men would be happy with a smile everyday. Girl, looka here, if I was 40 years younger, I would pursue you with all my might because you are THE ONE. I love you. Keep the sweet jams coming beautiful.
Edmond “Goop” Jones
I just want to share that I admire and love Jill as if I grew up with her and traveled the same roads that she did, with her music thats how she makes u feel. Girl my hat is off to u and always want God to contiune to bless u in whatever u do. Your concert left me dazed for days to come, everything was just so REAL, pretty much like the REAL THING, if this world was perfect, then that moment would have been it.
The Best to U always and we must pray for the Haters, so sad too bad and definately thier lost.
The beautiful, operatic, invincible, mesmerizing, drowning me deep into her vibe Jill Scott, you are truly an inspiration for me. My husband and I attended you show in Texas at the Nokia Theater and you put it down that night. I have watched your videos and listened to your songs ever since you first came out with Who Is Jill Scott and the videos were nothing compared to “The Real Thing”. I don’t know you personally but I love and adore you as my beautiful sista in all that is righteous and true in the eyes of God. Thank you for just simply being born. You truly are the peace and quiet amongst the noise of the world. Don’t stop girl, keep it coming!!!! Hugs and Kisses,
Sanubienne
We’ll this is a honor to be able to blog and Jill Scott will be able to now that u our so lovd. Ur music the thought process, the image of ur heart is so felt. Ur name is definitely written in the book of life. U only u can do this and u know that. im grateful 2 be apart of this movement. Thank U lol!!!
jerome, That’s very upsetting what had happened to you i don’t have any words nor can i say that i feel your pain but i will pray for you. _christa
Wow, were do I start…..what can I say about a voice a message that can transend you above all problems, worries. Relaxes you like a herbal bath a glass of wine,incense,…..Modern day Marvin, Teena Marie, Anita Baker. Please don’t lose that hunger displayed in your first message to the world while being blessed with all your new God given ventures. WE NEED YOU….I need you
Hi Jill,
me and my partner love your music….very spiritual and soulful.
when are you coming to Auckland in New Zealand for a gig?
lots of love
peace
xx
Oh my goodness. I just saw you in concert in March in D.C. I have to say it was not what I expected. IT WAS BETTER!!!!!!! You are just the truth and I can go on and on about your music and poetry. I am a huge fan. I have one issue. I recently was in a bible study and we were shown the truth about hip hop and your image showed up as being apart of the five percenters. I am not going to judge. I would like to here things like that from the person. Help a fan understand. Love You
Just wanted to email to Jill and let her know what an inspiration she is to aspiring vocalists.
Great lyrics and great passion!
All the love to Jill Scott!!
Erin Bennett
Jill, Jill, Jill!
What can I say. Girl your voice just transcends you to another place that is unimaginable and soulful almost too peaceful. You kill me when you sing “He loves me”. I know you must be hurting over the end of your marriage, but girl take it in your stride. You are a beautiful woman and I am sure men are knocking at your doorstep but take your time. You trully inspire me to reach my potential. I pray for you, I pray for love!
Jill I Love and feel yo Music.Tell me girl R u ever gonna Do a show Down in these parts of the motherland???Iam sure it would be the Bomb!!
Peace and Love for you and yours.
M.
I’d love to hear about Jill’s experience playing Mma Ramotswe in Botswana, and about the upcoming HBO series… please ?
Just marry me woman ! I love u so much that i will have to pretty search for a lady of everything about you….
I just wanted to say that you are the other women in my husband’s life. He loves you like no other and my gift to him for father’s day was going to be meeting you in New York but we can’t do that so hopefully we can make it to your concert. I tell you he has almost every magazine you apeared in or on and all of your cd’s live or not. His biggest dream would be to go on tour with you because his a drummer I tell him to keep hope alive. You are so wonderful and I don’t mine that my husband is so crazy in love with you.
Keep doing what you do.
Jill,
You inspire me in every art form way. After i seen you perform there was like an extra burst of energy to make me pursue my artisitic endeavors. You are amazing, thanks for your inspiration, and keep it coming!!!
Chamon G. “Truth”
http://www.pefair.com
Hello Jill,
Just wanted to say hi. Love all your work. Your a beautiful woman, and U make a lovely person. Wish u all the success that U deserve.
I think you have an awesome voice, you did a great job in the tyler perry movie.
You are really pretty. Keep up the good work and don’t forget the one you gave you all you have Jehovah God!
Peace
Jill I just want you to know that you are truly a BLESSED CHILD OF GOD. I thank you for sharing your story of rape, I suffer from PTSD today as a result of military sexual trauma. I have followed your tour to as many cities as I could, I have gotten close enough to touch your hand, however my ultimate goal is to meet you and finally introduce myself. Your music is awesome it gives you peace in the midst of the storm, I pray that you receive this communication.
Sincerely,
Donna E King
Commissioner
Foss Park District
I love you Jill! You are bold, bright, and beautiful. Stay true to thyself:)
Hey girl, i love you like a long lost sista. u r so beautiful and bold. when i saw you in one of your first videos in the park at the cook out, i thought god she looks like me, not some size six adaptation of a white girl with a tan. your music has been the soundtrack of my life. i thank u for not being afraid and dilegent and committed to the movement. may Allah pour out blessings onto to you and your life that is so big that your hearts and hands can barely hold. i would love to work with you or sing back up when u come to atlanta. hit me up.
Jill,
You remind me so much of myself. I saw u in concert in March here in Chi-town. Great show!!!
Your thoughts and music really inspire me to keep pushin’ through and to really dig deep into self. It is a blessing to know that someone out there can relate to life issues that people everywhere at some point encounter. Thank you for being so real! God bless sista!
Jill,
You are awesome… I love your music, words, and spirit. Your music has help me evaluate my life, my wants, goals and so much more. Continue to teach because I’m trying to learn. I will see you in Cleveland, Ohio 9/9/2008…
Soul Sista #1
To Whom It May Concern:
You’re an inspiration and solid artist. I have been a fan for several years and keep you in heavy rotation in my car and iPod. There is one song I’m missing I am looking for a remix to “The Way” with a strong Bass Guitar (Rock Beat). I have seen you in concert on 3 occasions and you opened with it twice. Is there any way to find this remix? I have looked on iTunes and several other sites with no luck. Can you please help me purchase this song? If not, I totally understand.
Warmest Regards,
Ed
Jill, Love ya girl!
I lost my Who is Jill Scott CD in washington, DC and I am having a hard time finding it. The new CD’s are out but where is the first one. Girl, it got me through a many of thangs. Please let me know where I can purchase it, and I don’t mean, downloading fromt he Internet, I want the case, and all.
Thanks.
Jill, I love you so much; your words are so honest. You express the dialogue that women seem like we’re afraid to have with one another (knowing we all going through it!). I appreciate you and you inspire me. Continue to excel!
Hi Jill,
Really great to hear your cuts.
I’m one of ur biggest fans here in Naija,since your first album,in 2001.I just feel like connected with you- your lyrics,personality and experiences,driving force and soul right here in Lagos,Nigeria.I love the jazz/neo-soul thing keep giving some more.
My wife knows nothing stops me from listening to you no matter what i am doing when your CD is played on radio.I will look out for your new movie – Why did i get married.
When will you be touring in Africa so that play in Lagos/Nigeria.The best opportunity for us here in Lagos will be through the ThisDAY music carnival.
I pray this you new love lasts with your new man.
Bless you soul sista.
i just wanted to let you know that i love everything about your music and, i think that you are a beautiful person. keep up the uplifitng of woman because we always need it. you are truly a blessing.
Jill Scott is one of the most dynamic artists of my time. Her words are intelligent and inspire me to feel better and look all the possibilities. In a society where everywhere you look is SEX I have been bouncing back and forth between deciding if celibacy is for me. After all the researching, once I read the reasons from someone I admire such as Jill, I new it was for me. I want to see things clearer, for whatever it truely is(good or bad) and just focus on myself. Thanks for the inspration, music, poetry and love JS.
You are an inspiration to me… poetry is like a disease…your character in “Why did I get married?, is an eye opener for all, happily or unhappily married. Thank u!
hey Jill you got another one
i’m a british soldier and my life has been in the full tention of let downs, i came back from iraq to find out my girlfriend had been in a relationship with some one else after i had wanted to get back to her so much. In the process of that week i had to appear at another familys investegation into my friends death and stand up in court in front of his family and confirm what state i found him in, which just trashed my mind. so i went for a turn for the worst, getting into fights,drinking heavily,gambling my hard little earned money. i locked my self up from the cruel world and was starting to feel mentally sick. untill i heard your sweet voice on radio 1 in the uk. it was’nt you that helped me but i was reading the bible and this passage a friend asked me to read was close to my feelings at that time while i was reading it you was playing on gilles peterson’s show singing slowly surely and it all clicked. i still feel bad a little bit but i’m healing well with the spirit in your voice and the love of god.Thank you-matt
hey there jill
wow i must say you are truly a gifted singer…god has blessed you so much…You always keep producing the most unbeliveably wonderful music…you are my inspiration…even at my young age,you have some how influenced me into singing…i come from a very small world which is south africa….and my dream is to be one of the best soul singers here in ma little country..i wanna produce something different,something with colour and life…..anyways do what you always do best and may god keep blessing you abandently….
……..xoxoxo…….
love from
Sthem..;-)
p.s it would be lovely if you had a little tour here in south africa…..we would most definately come to every concert just to hear your wonderful music..
mwa;-)
love sthem
You have inspired me through your journey to become more serious about my gift…Be on the look out for me because by my faith and the unseen evidence I am up and coming!! May God continue to bless and keep you in His perfect will.
Vannah
Man, i’ve heard many a true soul/blues musician but Jill just tops them all. The only other artist i can put in that category is Angie Stone. I know there are many pretenders to being the Queens of soul but i believe Jill has a worthy stake to that throne. She’s sassy,sexy in her songs( and in person too),her voice is pure yet caresing,her lyrics soothing yet provocative in a mature way.Simply put she’s amazing. You Rock girl.
Hi Jill,
I am a young woman from long beach california and i am writing you because I would really like to have one of those butterfly bras. but when i went on the ashley stewat website i found that you only made them up to a limited size. my bra size is a 56f. My question is are you going to make any extended sized butterfly bras, and if so when? If you will like to talk to me you can contact me at 562-400-7573. thanx and god bless you.
Hi Jill,
I am a young woman from long beach california and i am writing you because I would really like to have one of those butterfly bras. but when i went on the ashley stewat website i found that you only made them up to a limited size. my bra size is a 56f. My question is are you going to make any extended sized butterfly bras, and if so when? thanx and god bless you.
Jill,
I just saw you in concert last night and I was blown away. You are old school in the best sense of the word. I loved hearing the latest sounds live. Keep doing your thing young lady. There are too many wannabe’s getting press for too little talent. You are a gift to us and I truly appreciate your talent. Oh yeah, your little brother who played drums is a bad bad boy. Your entire band that played here was awesome.
Thank you for sharing your talent,
Bert
Hey Jill,
This is Kali, you may or may not remember me, but you look very familiar to someone I once knew. We used to go to church together in East Hils at Petra Ministries. I now, am going to Unioin Baptist church in Swissvale.
“Holla”
Hi Jill,
i just everything about you. you songs set the mode and they tell a story. not most singers do that these days. you are an inspiration to me and i push foward even harder when i hear you lyrics. keep up the good work and i will always buy your cd’s. may god bless you in all that you do. xoxoxoxox
hi jill,
i got no words to express what i feel from what you do and what you are, because the positivity your music bring to my life its unmeasurable, your lyrics bring joy, happiness they express the reality of our daily lifes
keep doing your thing,
holla……
My Husband surpised me on Aug 2 for my Birthday you were the best gift a girl could ever ask for . Your concert is like a down home block party . Thank you for being a real artist for our youth to look up to.
GOD BLESS
YOUR # 1 FAN.
Like everyone else I love your spirit. It is deeply beautiful in it’s unique way. Continue to be all the woman you are & know how to be. May God guide your footsteps and hold your heart. You are a truely great lyrisist and poet. Love all your albums keep pumpin it out, you know that real thing.
I am a huge fan of Jill Scott. I enjoy her music and words very much. I have her CDs. I am a poet myself. But recently I have branched out into writing. I am currently working on my first novel (I hope there will be more). I want to know if I can use her name as a performer in one of my scenes. I simply want to say that my characters attended a Jill Scott concert. And maybe mention one or two of her songs as she performs. Is that okay or is it copyright infringement to use her name.
Jill
im a huge fan of urs.i love everything about u.keep up the excellent job.u are so remarkable
I was wondering what your take was on the Obama campaign; whether you were a supporter or not? and if you are or aren’t why? The reason I ask is because I see an alarming rise in Black artists that are on the Obama bandwagon, seemingly just because he is African American. I love my Black people, but I can’t make a decision as to whether the leader of the free world should be president simply because he IS African American.
Thank You
Jill;
You are a wonderful woman. Your music, spoken word is powerful. I’m 22 years of age and ever since you came on the scene, everyone calls me Jill Scott because we have a very strong resemblance. Its funny that I have a childhood picture that looks dead on yours. I was even confused with you when I went to the House of Blues in LA…. Of course I’m happy to be compared to such a beautiful woman as yourself. I just really want you to see a photograph of me so you can see it for yourself…lol… We could possibly be related! Much love and Respect,
Chanel
Luv Ya Girl…Keep doing what you do…You are a beautiful woman with such great talent. I think you have the prettiest smile that I have ever seen and I am honored to be called the Jill Scott twin by my family and friends.
Ur music has made me become an inspiration to myself, my family and all other voluptuous sisters i know. WHEN ARE U COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA. Cant wait! u r a true inspiration…. thanx ntombazane(girl in Isizulu)
Philile
Ms. Jill u are a lyrical goddess. Ur music is like the soundtrack to my life experiences! I LOOOOVVEEE IIT!!!!!!
Your music is so inspirational and positive. I am one of your biggest fans. I will be your fan forever!!!
Ms Scott thank you so much for being real. I am a plus size beautiful young lady. I have just start a company name Linda Scott 1426 Inc which is here to help plus size young ladies to build up their self-esteem,etc. I do fashion shows workshops please look at my website and help me to help them. I look forward to speaking with you. 954-257-6545
thanks Linda
Hey Jill,
I heard your voice the first time on ‘God Bless the Child’ with Al Jarreau and George Benson.
I totally love your voice and I think your timing is the best I’ve ever heard.
I’ve GOT to get an album of yours today !!!!!
Just a shout out to let ya know that “Hate on Me” is an Anthem to us here in NC. There’s a group of nurses that have been given strength and confidence by those words. One of our biggest personalities lives these words everyday, and it just shows us that there’s nothing wrong with it at all. Keep bringing us words to live by and inspiration to dream!!!!!!!!! Love ya Kim
I would surely like to see you here in Dallas Texas. You are a beautiful woman and I enjoy your music tremendously. I would appreciate hearing from you and thank you in advance.
LeRoy
Guuurl! What can I say…U are just totally Awesome!! You’re Gods gift to my soul and spirit. U truely are the REALTHING!
Love U 2 Pieces!!!
Hello Jill,
I believe that you can touch someones life in a variety of ways without even being aware of their existance, and that is what you have done for me. Within the last year I have experienced a divorce after 7 years of marriage, lost my mother and my faith in the church. However, I recall many sleepless nights falling asleep listening to your “The Real Thing” Cd and slowly feeling the tears dry and a calm and renewed spirit within. I could identify with each song and that allowed me to find myself again and start the healing process.I have recommended your cd to other friends who love it and also have found it to be very beneficial. Thank you Jill for just being you and creating beautiful music..your experiences are never just your own.. keep on touching the unkown…
Thank you-Jacinda
I just want to find out when you will have a show somewhere in the states, that I can bring my wife. I dont really care where it is I would like to see you in another city and not the one we live in anyway, it gives a different experience I believe and another atmosphere of people to experience it with. So let us know
Hi, Jill
This is a spare of the moment thing so excuse my French.(lol) First I wanna say you is truly a blessing an inspirational gift from God. I’m gonna get personal for a minute so excuse me,in November 08 i found out i was pregnant. I’m thinking im 23 and haven’t experience nearly enough but that wasn’t the worst when i finally realize what a blessing i had I was 3 and half months pregnant at 5 months i lost my baby. I shut myself off from everybody. With that bein said I Love You I know i don’t know you but if you are truly expressing who you are through your music you my girl. I know all your songs from all your cds but besides God THE REAL THING help me through the toughest time of my life. To cheer me up the father of my child took me to your concert when you came to Memphis in March I felt like one them Michael Jackson fans, i was 2 seconds from fainting. I Love You Jill and despite all those beautiful things I said I still remember you get mad, sad, and lonely,HUMAN, just like me. God Bless You&Keep Your Head Up
Trick of Treat
I’d been turning tricks long before Halloween
Just tell me I’m beautiful and I’ll give you a treat
Looking for that attention that just wasn’t around
The trick was on me cause it couldn’t be found
No money change hands, so how was I to know I was selling myself cheap
Giving away something that I would never/ could never be given back to me
On my front
On my back
Head down
Back arched
Bottom high
Tear would round down my face while he banged in-between my thighs
Hate in my eyes, pain in my heart and my head full of confusion
If someone told you the sky was purple but when you looked up you saw it was blue, would you believe your eyes or the person’s lies would you be smart or just a fool.
Trick of Treat (continued……)
If he’d of asked I would’ve told him I was 19 even though 14 was written on my face
But in his math made 14 from 19 equal 21 or at least I’m grown in the right place.
On my front
On my back
Head down
Back arched
Bottom high
I guess from the position he was holding I must of looked older
I knew he didn’t love me I knew he didn’t care, but all of this was still fair play
Cause I didn’t love myself ANYWAY
Happy Halloween
Huge fan ANd I love ur music
HI ARE YOU EVER GOING TO COME TO ORLANDO FLORIDA.I LOVE ALL YOUR CD’S .I KEEP AND GOTTA GET UP ARE MY THEME SONG’S.
Hello Jill I watched an interview of you on BET, am fighting to get fund for legal defense. I am from a small town predominatly white, that has their own set of justice. They are falsely accusing my son and railroading him, due to our lack of money to afford an attorney. I have sold everything I can. I have no where else to turn. Please help me.
Hello! I am a big fan of Miss Scott. I just would like to say that I really lover her music. I missed her concert when she came to Raleigh, NC earlier this year. I recently read that her birthday is April 4, so is mine!! Yeah, Aries!! I would really love to meet her in person. Anyway, I would also love to receive updates on when she is on tour and things like that too. Thank you so much! Miss Scott, keep up the good work!!! Love ya!!
I Love music that sarches for the truth, speaks the Truth…..and Demands truth. Hers does that and More.
Gil Scott-Heron’s music affected me the same way, Is Jill related to him in any way , beside being connected at the SOUL!
Hey Jill,
I am in this relationship with this guy he saids that he love but i just do not know whether or not he is telling the true. I like all of your music and you have a wonderful voice it is very pleasant and calming.
Tamektricia
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOUR MUSIC MAKES ME FEEL SEXY. LISTENING TO YOUR MUSIC MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU AND YOU ARE TELLING ME WHATS BEEN HAPPENING TO YOU AND HOW YOU FEEL. I LIKE TO DROWN MYSELF IN YOUR POETRY. IM NOT TRYING TO COME OFF AS GAY BECAUSE IM NOT. ITS JUST THAT YOUR VOICE IS SO ENCHANTING AND MAJICAL THAT IT TAKES ME TO A PLACE FULL OF DREAMS AND FANTACIES THAT I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF. THROUGH YOUR MUSIC I SEE YOUR BEAUTY, PASSION FOR LOVE AND LOVE MAKING, AND LIFE.
hi, Jill I just want u to know that I love your music, yor vibe and ur positive energy. I love the fact the u love urself the way u r and that u don’t try to change for anyone. I am a BBW myself !
Ur music brings me joy, encouragement and peace during my good and bad days..
love ya girl!
Hey Jill,
As an artist, you are the Cat’s Pajamas baby!
You and I danced together in Boston once on your Baileys tour. You surprised me and everyone else that night. You’ve got skills!!! I have been clubbing for 20 years and that night when you asked my woman (at the time) if you could take me out on the floor, blew me away! That was the single greatest moment of my clubbing history:-) You are indeed “The Real thing”
much love
Ray
You are such an inspiration Jill…I adore your will to spit the truth lyrically. Thank you for the soul provoking nutrition you provide my ears daily. Keep it up sista, god bless.
Ms. Jill,
I can with all honestly say, I am the proud owner of the entire Jill Scott CD collection……..this may be nothing to some of you, BUT…… I am on my 4 set of this collection!!!! I have purchased the same Jill Scott CDs 4 times over!!! I have played them sooooooooooooooo murch, I have warped them, I have warped them allllll!!! Oh my gawd, girl, do you know what you do to people? Do you know the impact you have on peoples lives on a DAILY basis? There is a not a day, I do not go through the entire collection at least 10 times. The people on my job look at me like I am crazy!!!!!
I just tell them, it’s Jill………what can I say? I say nothing, why, because nothing needs to be said. You are a force, a positive energy force that feeds every universe that pops in your CD and transforms their thinking and feelings to the sound of your melodies and that voice……….whewwwww!!!
R&B, neo soul, whatever you want to call it, it is all YOU and you are awesome, keep doing what you do, I will miss you this summer since I normally see you at Chastain in the “A” but I understand. May god bless you and the diamond you are bringing into this world.
One
N
hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry back please! your music is therapy! love you jill!
good luck with the baby!
Jill,
I pray you personally read this. As the most unlikely to write you today being a minister of the Gospel of Christ Jesus, I need to let you know how I appreciate your spirit, the “Golden” spirit, real, revealing, shining.
Being married with children, I had become slack of passion and sensuality; and being a Christian, among judgemental Christians who speak against sensuality, deceiving many, did nothing to help. Such teachings are perpetuated by the enemy of man to destroy God’s image of love, which manifest itself in loving relationships; the first towards God, the other towards our loved one, that is, in the confines of a marriage/loving relationship. When either of these 2 relationships are out of balance, any other level of relationship will be stagnant.
I prayed, and asked the Lord to let me see myself through His eyes. Not much longer after that, I heard your song “Golden”. That song began to revive dreams, hopes, and desires. It was nobody but the Lord; I purchased the CD, and the rest becomes my history.
The Lord has used you to help this minister, and now I pray for you and your success daily. As a minister, I will be sure to teach God’s women His real plan, and for those who have lost their way in life/love, I might suggest one of your cd’s.
Sister Jill, my continued prayer for you is that the Lord will lead and guide you in His Truth, down paths you have not yet known. Stay in His Word, he’ll always bless you, and will do so continually in the presence of your haters. If you ever need someone to pray with you and go before His throne on behalf of you, don’t hesitate to email/call. Your Sister, Prayer Partner in His Spirit and Grace- Min. Cassandra T.
When I listen to Jill Scott, I just seem to connect and make the assumption that I already know her and can predict the next line in her new song. I love how unafraid and real she is, she oozes confidence and sincerity. Rock on sista, you are and inspiration to many just because of who you are and what God has placed in you. May you keep pumpin in our radios singing as loud as you can for as long as God intends that you do. All in all, I really feel your music and I’m sending you much love all the way from Africa, South Africa to be exact.
Really loved your performance on No 1 Ladies…………. Must admit that I had never heard of you. A little bit disappointed that you are not African but also very impressed with the effort to put on an African attitude/accent/volumptous look for the role.
Keep on the acting and well done!!!!!!!!!!11
Hi Jill,
I want to take this time to congratulate you and your finance John on your new bundle of joy. I wish you all of the happiness in the world and continued success. Much love.
Congratulations on your new bundle of JOY!
Your one of my favorite artist and I can tell a very good person inside and out, I wish you much love and happiness with your new family and my the Lord Bless and keep you and your’s in his Loving Arms.
Welcome to motherhood! Enjoy your son they grow up too fast!! I love your music you are my role model. Its not easy being a beautiful black woman in 2009. Thank God, I have you and your music to help me go through the hard times. God Bless You and your family.
I love your new role in #1 Ladies Det. Agency-You’re great– i really thought that you were you’re awesome!!!!
I also did not know you were a poet also and singer –What i heard so(from this website) far that’s the force I would like to have to inspire/empower others as well. Thank you for making my sundays and my mind filled with your great words. Thank you so much!!!
Mad skills!! I have loved the music from the beginning. Living in AZ has locked me out of the music scene for new music, but if I get word of new Jill…I am on it.
Mad love for your talent!!
Congrats to you and your husband on your new baby boy! All the best! Lil Jett is very lucky to have you as his mother.
Thank you for all the music, light and guidance that you’ve given us Ms.Jill! Your guidance can help me to be a better woman. Your next step is to write a book for us young ladies, guiding us on how we should carrying, love and better ourselves. We need more role models like you!
God Bless
I APPRICIATE JILLS MUSIC ITS SO SOOTHING . IT RELAXES ME . SHE IS TRULEY THE BEST . GOD BLESS HER MAY SHE CONTINUE TO GROW . I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT HER.
OH I AM SO SORRY GOD BLESS U AND UR NEW BORN JETT AND HUSBAND. MAY GOD WATCH OVER UR FAMILY EVERY DAY. JETT IS TRULEY BLESS TO HAVE U AS HIS MOM .
“What’s your name girlfriend?” Love what you’re doing, waiting for your next drop.
You’re the best singer/songwriter that i heard whom lyrics say something.
That I can Appreciate.
Go on with the good work
i love your voice
i love THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY
Because of u i want to move to botswana
your a beautiful lady
jill i live in jamaica in the caribbean, and you have been a role model for me over the years. I have all your music and movies you appear in. I especially
love you in THE NO. 1 DETECTIVE AGENCY.
YOU ABE FABULOUS. KEEP THR FAITH AND BE STRONG,
Congrats on your baby boy, Jett!!! I am so happy for you! And keep bringing da music, mommy!
Much Peace!
I’am Olivier from Cameroon; I live your songs but it’s very scare in my country…
I would to be in contact we my best singer JILL SCOTT…
Keep-up Ma’aa…
My name is Nikki, I am a 38 year old wife, and mother of four. I love you girl, you are a friend in my head. If we ever got a chance to meet, I know that we would click like old friends. You are an inspiration to the women of our generation… You stay true to yourself and to real music! I love the voice and you are blessed!. I also love the new show on HBO…Keep up the good work. Congratulations on your bundle of Joy.
Jill,
You music is an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world….know that you make a difference in someone’s life.
Congrats on the baby. Can’t wait to hear the new music you make inspired by your greatest works yet. Aaaaah, the love of a son…get ready mommy. Savor the experience, it passes very quickly.
Blessings to you all!
As a young man i did not think i would like your music but i can’t stop listening to it it helps me in ways i never thought. You so true and deep and the feeling of the music is wounderful. So if you ever need a violin player i’m here! LOVE YEA JILL! R.I.P. THE GREAT AND LEGEND MICHAEL JACKSON Your in God’s wounderful hands now
girl i don’t know but i got to tell you the truth.i’m in love with you cause you ‘re a real thing
Thank you so much…you made me go through puberty again…lol. Damn you all woman! I’d have to change my name to Angela Lansbury if I wrote how I felt about your music, voice, and being.
Keep my subwoofers shaking concrete, houses, and other peoples cars in the Decatur, Atlanta, College Park, West End, Roswell, Ashford Dunwoody, and Buckhead Street lights and I’ll keep you rich!!!!!!! Love you GUHL (lol; I know you’ll cuss me out in your next album); MUCH Atlanta love!!!!!!!
Jill, you’re beautiful and sexy, you really are. You’re incredibly talented, and I love to look at you and listen to you.
But sweetheart, I don’t understand – and will never quite understand… well, I do and I don’t… why it is that an artist like you, with all the talent God gave you, speaks of God and Scripture but then writes and sings songs like Epiphany and Crown Royal on Ice. There isn’t anything wrong with that sort of thing between a man and a woman in a marriage, and I know you know that, but as someone committed to following Christ, you can’t be singin’ songs that explicit to an audience – you’re really gonna mislead a lot people and confuse them about what you actually stand for (which I’m starting to question that myself).
I understand what the final line was in Epiphany, for example… but Jill, the imagery didn’t need to go that far to make your point.
I know others won’t agree, but those with a true love relationship with Christ will understand – and I know you do, too.
I’m not condemning you, just discerning, and just tryin’ to keep it real.
From as far as Argentina…with love and respect, a fan
Jill you are truly amazing! God has blessed you with much talent and you are doing a beautiful job sharing your talent with the world. Continue to be a shining light in the world.
Agape,
LV
Hi,
I am very very very very disappointed that I cannot watch The No. 1 Lady detective agency tonight in a half an hour (as it is usely scheduled). I am comforted by the fact that I learned on the Internet that it will be on next Monday. Don’t do that to me again. This show is a must. I truly love our No 1 detective and what she does. This is a show that proves once again that women can do more than just cook and stay in the house all day. That they have a brain. I just love it. Keep on going.
PS. There is only one thing though. In North America, the fact that you call women Mma and not by their name and men Rra and not by their name is upsetting. We don’t do that here. And you lose a connection with the audience when you don’t. That bothers me.I would suggest that you call them by name as in America for airing in North America.
Love you
Jill Scott is my idol… Went natural two summers ago… because of her
Hi Miss Jill,
I’m your biggest child fun. I am 11 going to be 12 on 7th October 2009 and I’m very happy.
I am doing a poster on you for my homework; I have just starting secondary school it is different than primary school , And my best friend and I always talked in class (secretly)and watched The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency .YOU ARE MY INSPRATION ! A personal note from you to add to by poster would be wonderful.
P.s. I am happy that you have a son. I have one brother and he is funny so your son will be funny and a joy to you.
Love Amaris
Dear Jill,
I met a friend who turned me on to your music.. and the reason why I’m writing to you is because he is an amazing person.. And I would love anything that you could do for him. He is a recovering addict (10 months sober). He has totally changed his way of thinking and the way he views life. In turn he has totally changed my life. I met him about 2 months ago and he inspires me daily. When he linked me to your music, he said “this is my girl”. You have made a difference in his life, and he has made a difference in mine. Please help me in anyway you can.
Thank you in advance,
Angie
I think Jill is a awesome performer and writer. A graceful woman with a funky side that you can only love. I love your stage presence. I learn alot of what I do from watching her youtube videos and seeing her live performances. I aspire to be like her one day. You are awesome JILL!!!!
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Jill!
I know you must be enjoying motherhood. I love your music and your authnetic nature. Keep being YOU! You inspire me!
God bless you and your family!
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I love ur work and God bless.
Dear Jill Scott!
I think you are te best!!! I am 13 and bought all your songs from the album who is Jill Scott and really like them!! My family listens to you everytime we travel to long places… when I’m mad I listen you…!!! u are really inspriring even for a 13 year old! You did great in Why did I get married…. Love you Jill and keep up thee good work! If your reading this call me!!! 336 287 1946!!!!
Hey Jill,
I am from South Africa and I LOVE your performance in the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I thought you were a local and am very impressed… keep up the great work!
My beloved Jill – I have been listening to your music for quite sometime. I also had the special experience of hearing you live in concert in Irvine CA many years ago (a valentine concert). I was talking about your words and music long before most people heard your first album.
You are a beautiful spirit who happens to be inside a gorgeus body! I can listen to you for hours – your are mesmirizing!
Much love to you – God bless you!
Carlos G
Pasadena CA
Your beautiful.
Love you Jill! I was so hoping to find some information about a second season for the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I just watched the first season on DVD and loved it! I hope there will be more!
Jill i jus gotta tell you that i love you and your words mean everything to me. So to you and yours peace and blessings and remain fruitful in all that you do.
Love
Smitty