Jill Scott began her career during the neo-soul movement in the late 90's, honing her craft and creating with fellow musicians, The Roots, Eric Benet and Common. By the time this Philadelphia-raised performer released her debut album, "Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1" in 2000, Scott emerged as a fully formed artist. This thrilling collection would reveal her singular vision through spoken word poetry, experimental jazz, hip-hop beats and sophisticated soul.
This would begin Scott's seemingly overnight success, enjoying wide critical praise for her recordings and mesmerizing global audiences with her tremendous gift as a live performer. Besides music, she would have an impressive career as an actor, appearing in many film and television projects. Scott would go on to record five studio albums with her last being, 2015's "Woman" although she would make the occasional appearance as a featured artist for other musician's songs and embark on a couple of concert tours since then.
Now after long ten years, Scott is finally back with new music. "To Whom This May Concern" is the title of the upcoming album due out on February 13th. Scott has recently explained that the reason for the long delay is that she needs to wait until inspiration strikes before she can create music. And from the smooth sounds of the first two singles released from the album, "Beautiful People" and "Pressha", Scott is clearly still in fine form and creatively stimulated. She has also assembled rap artists, Ab-Soul, JID, Tierra Whack and Too Short to collaborate with her on the new record.
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