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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 :o)
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