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This collection of duets, triunes and other 'collaborations' is reportedly a prelude, a warm-up if you will, to Jill Scott's album of new material scheduled for release in the summer. I can't wait! Hardcore Jill fans will probably...
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This collection of duets, triunes and other 'collaborations' is reportedly a prelude, a warm-up if you will, to Jill Scott's album of new material scheduled for release in the summer. I can't wait! Hardcore Jill fans will probably have most if not all of the songs on here but it's nice to have them all in one place. I love everything the woman does but I can't say I'm a hardcore fan. I was thinking of getting the new George Benson & Al Jarreau CD for instance, not just because I'd heard good things about it (or because of the Grammy win) but also because I knew Jill was featured on it. As it happens, I think their version of "God Bless The Child" is very nice. But there are a couple of tunes on here I wouldn't ever have gone looking for, like "Said Enough" featuring the Isley Brothers or "Let Me" featuring Sergio Mendes & Will.I.Am and I can hardly hear her at all on "Funky For You", which features Common & Bilal. I was pleasantly surprised by "The Rain" though, the collaboration with Will Smith, and I found myself humming the refrain all day after listening to it just once. I agree with an earlier reviewer and must say I can't believe they didn't put the live version of "You Got Me" with The Roots on here. It's bad enough that Jill wasn't allowed to sing on the original studio version back in the day, but to not include it here is totally baffling. It's one of Jill's best songs (she wrote the hook, of course) and it is the song that kick started her career after all. I don't get it. Anyway, the album still showcases Jill's wonderful range, her singing, her beautiful spoken voice and her poetry (I still think poets make the best lyricists: "She's going down to Zanzibar," she tells us on "Slide" featuring Jeff Bradshaw, "Where the drinks are strong and the men are smooth." That one line - my favourite line on the whole CD - paints an attractive picture in my mind all on its own). I also particularly like her version of "Good Morning Heartache" with Chris Botti but I also strongly recommend the Gladys Knight version on the sountrack of the defunct TV series "New York Undercover". (Ms Scott does it very well but Ms Knight does it much better). All in all, the album is a great showcase and a great introduction to Jill Scott's work for anyone who hasn't checked her out yet. It only tells half the story though and I'm sure there'll surely be a greatest hits or similar collection coming along soon. In the meantime, roll on summer 2007! The bonus CD sampler has one new song from Ms Scott, "In Stereo", presumably from her upcoming album. I didn't think much of it but maybe I need to hear more. The CD also has a couple of songs from various Hidden Beach artistes and while they're all undoubtedly talented folk, only a few caught my ear: "God Is On Your Side" by Onitsha, "Love Me Too" & "Crazy" by Sunny Hawkins, "Happy Feelings" & "Wait Around Love" by Jeff Bradshaw and all three songs by Leigh Jones: "Cold In LA", "Who, What Why?" And "Suddenly". But none quite caught my ear enough to make me want to rush out and go buy. In fact the only song on the bonus CD that I really dug was the live version of Jill Scott's "The Fact Is (I Need You)", recorded in Paris. Now that made me jump up and down, beaming from ear to ear. Which for me, is what Jill Scott is all about!
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