Jill Scott was born April, 4th 1972; her music varies from Jazz, R&B to Blues and Soul. Her roots began in North Philadelphia, which she expresses through her lyrics and says to the audience that she is ‘Jilly from Philly’. She was found by a drummer called Amir “? uestlove” Thompson of hip-hop group the Roots. Amir wanted Jill to attend a studio session and here they wrote/recorded the song ‘You Got Me’, which was sung by Erykah Badu. She experienced a few broadways, one in particular was a show run in Canada called Rent. After this experience she would collaborate with Eric Benet, Will Smith and Common. She was soon picked up by Steve McKeever, who formed the Hidden Beach Recordings label in Santa Monica. A summer later she recorded and released the phenomenon debut ‘Who Is Jill Scott? Word’s and Sounds Vol.1’. It was the freshest and most original record that was currently out in the modern day Soul world and was an instant classic. Jill thankfully won Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female. In 2004 she released her second record called ‘Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol.2’.

Scott also has a poetry book out called ‘The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours’ and this was released in April 2005. She is apart of the ‘Soul Aquirians’ and a strong female figure in the Neo-Soul movement. Now she is married to Lyzel, and has created a program to help the young minority students pay for university expenses. The Blue Babe Foundation intends to financially support students between the ages of 16 to 21. It targets students living in Philadelphia, Camden and Delaware Valley. She donated a wonderful $100,000 to help start the foundation. Jill lived in the poor part of North Philly; she attended the Temple University while working two jobs at the same time. Unfortunately Jill ran out of money and had to drop out. Jill Scott is a highly talented, genuwine, real and down to earth person/artist. Her music reflects reality in a raw style and her poetry is inspirational. She has a long career in music and her third album will be in much anticipation.

Matthew Daniel [Just Soul]

1. Jilltro
2. Do You Remember
3. Exclusively
4. Gettin' In The Way
5. A Long Walk
6. I Think It's Better
7. He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)
8. It's Love
9. The Way
10. Honey Molasses
11. Love Rain
12. The Roots (Interlude)
13. Slowly Surely
14. One Is The Magic #
15. Watching Me
16. Brotha
17. Show Me

1. Show Intro (Live)
2. A Long Walk (Live)
3. Love Rain (Live)
4. Slowly Surely (Live)
5. One is the Magic # (Live)
6. Do You Remember (Live)
7. Getting' In The Way (Live)
8. It's Love (Live)
9. The Way (Live)
10. Fatback Taffy (Live)
11. He Loves Me (Live)
12. Free (Prelude)
13. Gotta Get Up (Another Day) (feat. 4Hero)
14. One Time
15. Sweet Justice
16. Thickness
17. High Post Brotha (feat. Common)
18. Gimme
19. Be Ready
20. Free - Epilogue

1. Warm Up
2. I'm Not Afraid
3. Golden
4. The Fact Is (I Need You)
5. Spring Summer Feeling
6. Cross My Mind
7. Bedda At Home
8. Talk To Me
9. Family Reunion
10. Can't Explain (42nd Street Happenstance)
11. Whatever
12. Not Like Crazy
13. Nothing (Interlude)
14. Rasool
15. My Petition
16. I Keep