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The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Volume 3
R&B / Soul · 2007 · 15 tracks

The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Volume 3

Jill Scott

A sophisticated blend of Philly soul and jazz-poetry. Bold, sensual, and rhythmically complex, it captures the friction between public strength and private vulnerability.

September 25, 2007 · Hidden Beach Recordings

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A sophisticated balance of public defiance and private, sensual vulnerability.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
Let It Be
1:51
02
The Real Thing
3:25
03
Hate on Me
3:29
04
Come See Me
5:00
05
Crown Royal
1:49
06
Epiphany
2:33
07
My Love
3:50
08
Insomnia
3:56
09
How It Make You Feel
4:32
10
Only You
3:36
11
Whenever You're Around
4:05
12
Celibacy Blues
2:15
13
All I
4:56
14
Wanna Be Loved
3:23
15
Breathe
2:06
Moments Worth Listening For
The brassy, defiant brass section and vocal grit on the chorus of Hate on Me.
The transition from spoken intimacy to soaring operatic high notes in the middle of Crown Royal.
The way the percussion mimics a racing heart during the tense, nocturnal atmosphere of Insomnia.
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How does The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Volume 3 sound next to the rest of Jill Scott's catalogue?

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The vocals lean notably further into harmonized than the rest of the catalogue.

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