{"id":6461,"date":"2026-02-21T17:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:29:07","slug":"jill-scott-part-of-the-second-wave-of-neo-soul-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=6461","title":{"rendered":"Jilly From Philly Neo-Soul Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singer\/songwriter Jill Scott blew up in 2000 as part of the second wave of neo-soul artists who fused R&B, \u201870s-style soul, and hip-hop with heartfelt and hopeful messages. Born in 1972, \u201cJilly from Philly\u201d grew out of a softer, gentler scene that produced The Roots and Musiq Soulchild.<\/p>\n

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Her debut album, Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds, Vol. 1, challenged ideas about what sexy meant in the macho jiggy era (\u201cHe Loves Me [Lyzel in E Flat]\u201d) and made solitude feel powerful (\u201cOne Is the Magic #\u201d). Scott’s emotive, deeply textured voice is equally at ease with jazz instrumentation and rap beats; she comes across as the shoulder to cry on, helping listeners through heartbreak and teaching them to believe in themselves.<\/p>\n

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Her 2004 release, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2, celebrates blood ties (\u201cFamily Reunion\u201d) and her right to make art (the Grammy-winning \u201cCross My Mind\u201d).<\/p>\n

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On 2015\u2019s Woman, she sounds utterly composed, ready to face any emotional storm (“Prepared”). When in 2020 she turned a Verzuz webcast battle with fellow neo-soul artist Erykah Badu into a celebration of her opponent, it was no surprise: Jill Scott uses her talents to turn war zones into comfort zones.<\/p>\n

It took 11 years for Jill Scott to release To Whom This May Concern<\/strong><\/em> following its 2015 predecessor Woman, and she comes out of the gate swinging\u2014with a little help from her friends. Opener \u201cDope Shit\u201d features Maha Adachi Earth proclaiming, \u201cI be good\/I do dope shit,\u201d and on the Trombone Shorty-assisted \u201cBe Great,\u201d Scott cooks up a funk-soul romp built around horn stabs and a shuffling drum groove. She tells herself, confidently, \u201cI\u2019ma go ah\u0435ad and be great, why not?\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an infectious spirit that pervades the album, a declaration from Scott to her listeners that they should go out and grab the things they want because that\u2019s what she\u2019s doing. \u201cA Universe\u201d showcases the many sides of the Philly songwriter\u2019s artistry as she cooks up a swaggering ode to unexpected love. \u201cI felt like my love life was finished\/I was satisfied, believe me\/I got my music, my family\/Genuine friends who love me,\u201d she admits. Then, a surprise: \u201cI wasn’t even feeling lonely\/Then you pulled up on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Singer\/songwriter Jill Scott blew up in 2000 as part of the second wave of neo-soul artists who fused R&B, \u201870s-style soul, and hip-hop with heartfelt and hopeful messages. Born in 1972, \u201cJilly from Philly\u201d grew out of a softer, gentler scene that produced The Roots and Musiq Soulchild. Her debut album, Who Is Jill Scott?: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6496,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions\/6496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}