Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2

Philadelphia, man. The font of all fine female soul singers.

Soul was in the doldrums a bit in 2004, when this album was released. The combined influence of hip-hop’s emergence as the premier black musical art form, house music as the premier dance form and the insipid, corporate form of the genre becoming its popular representation had robbed soul of its essential...soul, I suppose.

Out of this murky pond emerges Scott, given a leg-up by The Roots and blossoming like a beautiful orchid. Scott doesn’t just have fine vocal chops, her background as a poet ensures her lyrics are always so well-crafted and worth listening to.

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