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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelHidden Beach
EAN5099749862524
eBay Product ID (ePID)16052228763
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Era2000s
Release Year2000
FormatCD
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenreR&B & Soul
TypeAlbum
StyleNeo-Soul, Contemporary R&B
ArtistJill Scott
Release TitleWho Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
DistributionSony Music/Sony Dadc
Number of Tracks18
Reviews5 out of 5 - "...The soul album of the year....The highlights are manifold....an album that oozes raw energy and empathy...", "...It's refreshing to hear R&B substance with skills....A delightfully peppered mix of spoken word, poetry and sultry vocals...providing an answer to the 27-year-old's identity search....this album definitely rides the right track.", 4 stars out of 5 - "...An irresistible blend of jazzy grooves and spare instrumentation, over which Scott moves easily from spiritual matters to everyday scenes in her quest for love....essential listening.", "A Neo-Soul Chronicle That Brought Love and Sex to the Everywoman.", "...Her Honey Molasses Voice Will Coat All Your Senses..."-Rating: a, Included in Q's "50 Best Albums of 2000"., Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000"., 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Jazzy, honey-dipped arrangements bypass samples in favor of strings, woodwinds, horns and drummers who swing....smells like classic soul spirit."
Jill Scott - Words and Sound Vol 1 is Jill's first album release, which landed in 2000, is simply a stone cold classic in my opinion. Jill is a poet, a singer, spokeswoman, a master of coupling and weaving together, music, word, emotion and life experience/ situation into a beautiful rhythmic manifestation which is a delight to the ears and senses. This album was big in the underground neo-soul/nusoul genre, largely courtesy of the track 'Gettin In The Way', which was a favorite of the black pirate stations and reggae/soul parties at the time, so much so that the music world would take notice of Jill Scott. This is an aIbum I still play regularly to this day, and I have a large vinyl record and cd collection, which is testimony to this great album, like all good music it is timeless.
Beautifully Human - Words and Sound Vol 2, released in 2004 is in my opinion a superb follow on of Words and Sound Vol 1, and another superb piece of work and offering from Jill - These two albums are the two gems from Jill, excellent stand-outs in my opinion, I love them. These from Jill, like the best of Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone etc are a real joy.