Jill scott is one artist that continues to put out solid music year after year. With her third release she continues this streak by displaying thoughtful lyrics, a beautiful voice, and some nice tracks. The tracks range from having a slight rock tinge to just relaxing smooth tracks. Since Jill just got divorced, I was worried that this album would be overwhelmed with depressing songs. This is not the case. You can tell it affected her but she still has a nice mix of lyrics and songs. Favorites for me on the album are "all I", "how it make you feel", and "the real thing". This is a very nice album, cop it.

In the day and age of you tube and other websites that feature videos I don't know if the dvd version of this album is worth it. If you can watch the videos anytime for free why buy a dvd of the videos?

Let me start this review by saying: If you haven't purchased The Real Thing yet, do it now! It is such an amazing collection of Words and Sounds that Jill Scott is known for. The songs on this album are nothing short of classic Jill Scott music. With a newer, sexier, braver, more independent sound and voice, Jill has done it again. If you loved her first two albums, you will adore the growth heard on Volume 3. And if you're a newcomer, you're even better off because this album is nothing like what's being pushed out there - the lyrics are real, the music is real, and Jill Scott is The Real Thing. Enjoy this album as an affirmation of self and a true look into the soul of not only Jill Scott, but of the human spirit everywhere. The universal themes addressed are clearly seen from the start with "Let It Be", "The Real Thing", "Hate On Me", "Whenever You're Around", and "Wanna Be Loved." The sensual Jill Scott is heard with "Come See Me", "Crown Royal", "Epiphany", and "All I." And the soul-baring raw emotion of "My Love" cannot be matched. In order to answer the original question WHO IS JILL SCOTT? one must listen to the entire album to grasp the full experience of the BEAUTIFULLY HUMAN artist who has evolved into THE REAL THING. The quest is not over, but we are coming to an answer to that original question, and it can only be: Jill Scott.

she's on fire....from the beginning that starts w/Who is Jill Scott, to the Experience Jill Scott 826+, the classic Beautifully Human (by the way if anyone knows where the remix to Cross My Mind off of Beautifully Human can be found, please let a sista know) to Collaborations and now the noir comeback - The Real Thing.... The Real Thing reminds me alot of Who is Jill Scott as far as it's darkness....i love it, i cry to it('my love'), relax to it('only u, insomnia) i think as i listen to it(how it make u feel).... she is gifted w/knowing how to tap into the infinite possibilities that music and lyrics have to offer...and she delivers. Check out her latest, Jill Scott live in Paris...the deluxe version contains the live CD....alot of female artists have come out w/new projects this year...and uh....none of them, none of them holds a candle to this Sista! i can care less how they get to platinum status as fast as they are getting there...Hidden Beach needs to make a more greater effort to promote the music of This Jazzy, Hip-Hop, Opera-singing, Poetic, Rock Chick Diva!!!!!!! she badddd.....she supa-baddd....she has said, and i agree, that she got her Bruce Leroy on....she knows exactly who she is....The Real Thing....

She is phenominal and gives it to you everytime. This diva is hot and rising further to the top.

K

jILL SCOTT IS STILL DOING THE DAMN THING WITH THIS NEW ALBUM i HIGHLY RECOMMEND