Who Is Jill Scott? - Jill Scott Reviews

"Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1" was released in 2000 and was Jill Scott's debut album. It finds the Neo-Soul artist coming out with fresh material at a time when the R&B and Soul off-shoot was booming with popularity as the likes of Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Lauryn Hill had become popular and helped to start up a style ...  Read the complete review

This debut album from Jill Scott is a neo-classic soul master piece. The 'Jiltro' introduces us to the artist as over an old school hip hop beat as she talks about how she loves to write both poetry and sing. Many would have already been familiar with Jill Scott before this formal introduction into the mainstream(ish) music industry as a spoken ...  Read the complete review

Dull RnB divas are ten-a-penny these days, so when someone comes out of the woodwork with something a little bit more innovative and witty to talk about than female empowerment and bling-bling, it comes as welcome refreshment. Philidelphian Jill Scott managed to breakthrough into the mainstream thanks to her 'Who Is Jill Scott?' ...  Read the complete review

Who's that Girl? Jill Scott. Who is She? That's the question everybody is asking. And based on her album, Who Is Jill Scott?, I just gotta say, she's a damn great soul singer. Or is it a damn great jazz singer, or a damn great R&B artist? Or poet. Well, actually all of the above. This is the second great R&B album I ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album on the strength of "Slowly Surely" which I heard on Gilles Petersons radio show. "Who Is Jill Scott" is one of those albums that is instantly likeable. My favourite track would have to be "Slowly Surely" as is had the most gorgeous hook and I immediately fill chilled out when I ...  Read the complete review

The first time I heard this album I was blown away. Even from the intro I was hooked! Here is an album (and an artist) that mixes soul, funk, hip hop and just a smattering of jazz which all in all gives a brilliantly original sound and a quality that is rarely found in today's charts. Who I Jill Scott opens with the chilled ...  Read the complete review

It’s not often that I buy an album just from hearing it playing in the record shop. It’s also not often that I buy this sort of music. Fortunately, on this occasion I was in the record shop long enough to hear most of this album and to realise that it offers something different from most of the soul music that gets released these days. ...  Read the complete review