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| Jill Scott |
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"I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave."
-Jill Scott
| Date of Birth: 1972 |
| Birthplace: North Philadelphia |
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| Her platinum debut, Who is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. I, wowed the music world with its amazing mix of jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and spoken word. Grammy, Image and Soul Train nominations came by the truckload following the album's 2000 release. |
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| The smooth singing Jill Scott has won fans over with her beautiful voice and organic, poetic style of R&B. Her lyrics and great beats have a live feel that is very refreshing after years of listening to technical, often sterile hip-hop. |
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Born in 1972 in North Philadelphia, Jill Scott grew up in the ghetto with her mom and grandmother. A deeply loved and gifted child, she learned to talk at only eight months and was reading by age four. Always the center of attention, her principal in elementary school described her as a little butterfly among flies.
After running from Jill's abusive stepfather, mother and child moved in with Jill's grandmother, with whom she had a very close bond. In fact, she slept with her grandmother in her bed until the age of eighteen. After a rough but memorable childhood, Scott attended Temple University, studying secondary education. She was planning on becoming a high-school English teacher.
When she was placed at a school as a student-teacher, her fellow professors disapproved of her unique method of teaching the kids: she often incorporated singing and melody in order to help with memorization. Due to the negative comments she was receiving, she quit.
Shortly thereafter, a friend helped her in joining a local theater troop. After some hard work, she earned a spot on the Canadian cast of Rent, began to do poetry readings and befriended some big names in the Philly artistic community, included DJ Jazzy Jeff. It was here that Scott's musical career took off.
Encouraged by Jazzy Jeff and Ahmir "Questolove" Thompson of the hip-hop group The Roots, Scott wrote several songs in only three days during the summer of 1999. One of them, entitled "You Got Me," was performed by Erykah Badu and The Roots, and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance (Duo or Group). A few months later, after Jeff burned 100 demo CDs and marketed the soul singer, Scott signed with the new label Hidden Beach. During this whole process and since then, Scott collaborated with Will Smith and Common, and worked on soundtracks for Down to Earth, Wild, Wild West and In Too Deep.
Amazingly, she made 52 songs for her debut album and had a lot of trouble trimming it down. Finally, after much deliberation, Who Is Jill Scott? Words & Sounds, Vol. I was released in 2000. It featured music that was youthful enough for the younger generation and soulful enough for those above 40. |
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