Who has a burning question they need answered by our resident chart-topper, Jill Scott?

Act as a grand inquistor below. Questions will be collected at sunset on Friday, September 17. Jill and the Okayplayer staff will sift through the wreckage and pick those to be answered.

Any questions? GOOD!

but,

Were you a 'Girls High girl'? Do you think that experience has shaped how you view people and the world?

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My question is who are some of the poets that inspire her???

prefer to live in and still be an artist?

How has the crowd changed (if any) with your live performances compared to when you first came out with Who Is Jill Scott? Has it gone from intimate to large capacity? Oh yeah, and what happened to Boston on your touring schedule? We want to see you again BABY!

of the comparisons to e.badu? does she think they're similar? why,in her words, do people compare them?

- How'd you hook up with the guys from Philosophik?
- I know they tour with you, but did you work with them when you were in the studio as well?

That's all.

-- Nate

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Asses are to bear, and so are you- Shakespeare

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haven't had time to unpack



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*What male and/or female singers ("new school") would you like to work with?

*Who are the artists that you're "feeling" right now?

*Have you considered writing for other artists?

*On the new album, I can definitely hear the Minnie Riperton influences. When did you discover her? What were your initial impressions? What song(s) "sold" you on her?

*Are you more nervous performing live concerts or singing in the studio?

she actually answered this somewhere and said Minnie Riperton

"Natural man of all seasons, Used to have a fetish for weed, women and grapes and I like them all seedless" - Phonte

"The President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick
So a whole lot of fuckin is what we gone get" - Kweli

"And, how come the judges make more than the teachers is making? When they the ones raising all the taxes and got us fighting for education" - Trick Daddy
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currently bobbin to:

Little Brother - The Chittlin Circuit
Foreign Exchange - Connected
Lyfe - Lyfe 268-192
CL Smooth, Pete Rock - It's a Love Thang (Nicolay remix)
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Van Hunt - Van Hunt
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human
Young Buck - Straight Outta Ca$hville
Pharcity ft. Kanye West, Xavier Aeon - "Can't Say No"
Justus League - Vol. 1: NC State of Mind
Justus League - Hall of Justus Mixtape: The Single Files
Hidden Beach - Unwrapped Vol.3

patiently waiting for:

Little Brother -The Minstrel Show
9th Wonder Presents:Mr. Dream Merchant
Big Pooh - Sleepers
Allen Anthony - Oakland International
Nas - Street's Disciple (9/14)
K-Os - Joyful Rebellion (9/21)
Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle (9/28)
Mos Def - The New Danger (10/12)
De La Soul - The Grind Date (9/28)
Lauryn Hill - Khulami Phase (11/16)
Maxwell - Black Summer's Night
Sleepy Brown - For The Grown & Sexy
Kanye West - Late Registration
Common - B.E.

>she actually answered this somewhere and said Minnie
>Riperton
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Thats interesting because when my wife and i first listened to the Beautifully Human record i said to her...'you know in spots she sounds like Minnie.'

...in certain tunes her voice definitely takes on a Minnie-esque vibe i remember from the Adventures in Paradise / Perfect Angel era. Some of the themes and phrasing and 'vibes' are similar too. Jill's definitely got her OWN thing going too of course, but when those Minnie moments happened they were SO 'Minnie' sounding i remembered wondering if Jilly was a Minnie fan (hard not to be a fan of those two records at least isn't it?) and i wondered if she did it intentionally as sort of a tribute to Minnie or something.

Your music reminds me of Sarah Vaughn, are you inspired by her at all?

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What Musical-Artists (mondern-day or yester-year) would you love...or would haved have loved... to work with?

What musical-artists/songs do you listen to and enjoy that many folks might not 'expect' you to listen to and enjoy?

>What Musical-Artists (mondern-day or yester-year) would you
>love...or would haved have loved... to work with?
>
>What musical-artists/songs do you listen to and enjoy that
>many folks might not 'expect' you to listen to and enjoy?

You are my wifes #1 favorite artist, Meshell Ndegeocello is my #1 favorite...are you into any of Meshells stuff (such as her latest 'Comfort Woman')? and more importantly have you ever entertained the thought of working with her on any projects? With all of the 'reallness' and heart each of you put into your work i think a collab with the two of you would turn out something amazing indeed. If you two put out a record or toured together THAT would be something special....and my wife and i would BOTH be simultaneously going banannas:)

Hi Jill, how is life on the road this time around? Are you able to take time and just relax?

Yeah, I know its Saturday and not Friday, but at least I tried...

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this is the second time jill scott is perfoming in holland since her debute album and both times were sold out before i could buy a ticket.


can y'all hook up a sister?if i could buy a ticket i would have done that, but it seems impossible for us normal people to surpass the rich arse juppies.


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no donut no cry ©

Jill Scott f/ Bilal, Mike Patton, Dose One & Buck 65 "Talkin' Crazy"

where it's an all-out war of insane singing voices (you know how jill sounds so different on various songs)

In an interview a few years ago, Jill said she felt sort of uncomfortable with the fans who would start crying when they met her, and I was wondering if her perspective on that has changed at all?

My name is Ashia and I'm a Producer and Host of The Urban Mixx Tv Show here in Chicago. The Urban Mixx TV Show (UMTV)is a entertainment television program that features National Artists, Live studio performance's, exclusive interviews, music videos, concert venues, and behind the scene segments. I would love to invite you on our Show, and send you a DVD copy of the show.
please contact me at urbanmixtv@comcast.net and I can also send you more information, and press bio about the show.

Thank you!
Ashia
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1. What was your inspiration for "A Long Walk," a song I feel is one of the prettiest, realest songs I've heard in the last decade?

2. I'm a singer myself, and sometimes I get a sore throat in the morning that I have to get rid of by night. Do you have any get-your-voice-back instant remedies that you could recommmend me? :)

I have a heart felt question...

Jill Scott... "I love your musical expression, it uplifts my soul and I was just wondering, Do you believe you were put here on earth for a special purpose, and what is it? Besides being talented musically & poetically, I know you posses many other beautifully human qualities. Don't think to hard now."

Peace, much love...
Christopher Pineda

Did u have fun on your prom? Cause after seeing that picture of u in your prom dress, u had to have been irritated by your date for him just staring at your pretty ass the whole night. Cause I know, had it been me, I wouldn't took my eyes off u 4 a second. (didn't mean to say "ass" but that's just how a brotha feelin')

the Five Spot
or
the Wetlands Preserve (r.i.p.)

You are very vocal about loving and respecting black men. Do you ever feel that black men have not done enough (on their own) to earn the respect of black women who are holding the family down solo? Do you ever feel let down by the choices some of the black men that do achieve success make (I am thinking Kobe and his infamous crime of 'adultery')?
Also, what was your initial reaction to Bill Cosby's criticism of poor and lower middle class blacks? Has that changed at all because of the follow-up comments Cosby has repeatedly made?

on the album??? was it ever recorded??? will it ever come out??

leave that immeasurably blessed brother Lyzell and give a young philosophy student a chance?
Okay, seriously...
Do you like to read? If so, who are some of your favorite writers of poetry or (especially) prose? What are some of your favorite books?

p.s. thank you for the art you have given the world.


Where there is no vision, the people perish. -Proverbs 29:18

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. -Henry David Thoreau

Was my freedom not given to me then to build the world of you? -Frantz Fanon

...in the area of radical youth culture nothing sells as well as well-packaged and politically correct rebellion against a world that is ruled by political correctness and in which everything is packaged to be sold. -Victor Pelevin

Don't wanna do the Ruben Studdard and come off less threatenin'. -Black Thought



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in my ears:
Jill Scott, Beautifully Human
Amp Fiddler, Waltz of a Ghetto Fly
The Roots, The Tipping Point
Jay-Z, The Black Album
RJD2, Since We Last Spoke
Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um
Lee Perry, Son of Thunder


in my thoughts:
how can one expect to win a war against an idea (e.g. political terrorism)?


reading:
China Achebe, Collected Poems
Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
G.W.F. Hegel, Logic

How much of your success can you attribute (not just musically) to the positive relationship with your husband? I ask this question as a man because I don't think we(men)learn how important loving someone is until wisdom sets in. I'm far from perfect when it comes to showing that to my wife, but when I listen to you sing about your feelings...it gives me great clues to where I need to be. Most of all, I just want to thank you for exposing so much of yourself.


WE LOVE YOU in Norfolk,VA.


Khalil19

Some of the points you made in your question (about her marriage and the songs ) I so experience when listening to this album. I am not married yet, but the love that she is experiencing from her marriage and that she sings about gives me hope in black love again (not that I lost it or not that I have an issue with interacial dating) but it is good seeing real love and experiencing its creation through music. It is inspirational and encouraging. Thank you Jill if you are reading this

Truly full and inspired
Chanell
Come and See!
www.almoakland.org

"He wants the Best for me"

"Big Mama says..you got to love yourself" Ahmad talking to Lim in Soul Food

for DJ Premier's solo album?

ask her whats good with that Premmo and Nas collabo i think its called "Old Earth"..holla

Why did you cancel your tour to South Africa a few years back ? You hurt a lot of people's feelings (mine in particular)....but we still love you.HAve you got any plans to visit anywhere in Africa ?

I would love for her to make it here.

Extreeeme Makeover~~>



I love her new cd, I love her and I was happy to hear that the new album is seliing like hotcakes!!! "Beautifully Human" is well put together...

***SIG STARTS HURR...***

"Hurricane, but you can call me Slurricane"--E-40

"Open sesame, here comes rasta man"--Steele Pulse

"My buddy, my buddy, wherever I go he goes"--50 cents & The G Unit


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Have a blessed day!!!

Is there any chance of a jam with you and the roots to do something off the Max Roach "We Insist! Freedom Now Suite"?

I don't know if it was "Freedom Day" or "Tears for Johannesburg" but the first time I heard this album I thought this would be good with Amir on the sticks and Jill doing Abbey Lincoln's part. The singing isn't always traditional vocals but the range reminded me of you.

this is a variation of my mom's question(What's up with Jill Scott thanking Jehovah in her cd notes?):
What made you use 'Jehovah' to identify as the God you worship?
The only celebrities publicly to declare his name are The Williams' sisters & Prince.

What did you appreciate and dislike about your acting stint on Girlfriends? How would you have written the arc of the story & its ending?

What kind of Roots fan are you? What do you think of each Roots release?

Given the state of the music industry, what would you change or improve?

What is your view of term NEO-SOUL & being labeled or cropped in with similarly styled music artists?

since working with Eric Roberson, which living male (R&B) vocalist do you dig or want to duet with in the future?

i enjoyed the show, but considering the price of $40 per ticket, a lot of folks left bimbo's 365 club disappointed. wasn't sure if that was on the promoters for not putting it out there that it was more of a warm-up performance? i just thought that could have been more up front.

"You would think that by 1980 there would've been a lot of songs about head, but apparently there weren't. I can see why there haven't been any since (other than rap songs of course, of which there've been plenty). How was anybody really going to improve on this? I definitely need to have this song playing the next time I get my knob shined. In fact, where's my wallet? Shit, I'm broke." --->> Byron Crawford on "Head".

and does she like guys with baby's mamas (plural) and infidelity problems? and will she still be doing background vocals during shows? So that if her and i may not ever become an item that i may lust after her with goo-ga-lee-goo eyes?!?!!??!

Founder of M.W.S
(Insert comment here) We insert all the time!

Bootleg my stuff by the millions! - me

Hear our old stuff on...
www.soundclick.com/Schematix

The time that you took off to make this album manifests in the music. Both your lyrics and your voice have matured wonderfully. But what were you up to during that time? Musically and personally (not to be all up in your buisness tho. *smile*) I remember seeing a video on BET for a song that you did (about a year ago) but it was never released. Brown sugar baby, or something close to that was the title... it was a great song. Will you ever consider releasing it?

The song, "The fact is (I need you)," what inspired you to write it? Is it a call to action for all men? If so, we need to work on making that your next single *smile*. It is a wonderful song, showing both the strength of the female, but also the importance of a man in a family. 'And even though I can do all these things (By my DAMN self)... I need you.' beautiful.

Will you be doing another live album anytime soon? Or working with the roots anytime soon?

Also, Would you cover 'Great gig in the sky' w/ The Roots? It's one of Pink Floyd's best songs. I hope you've had a chance to hear it at this point; if not, please do. Jill, with you on the female vocals, and the roots doing the instrumentals, i think it has the potential to be a great cover song. Your voice would carry so nicely over the music. Thats not so much a question, just hoping you guys would consider it.

and girl, you were right on point with your song "cross my mind." 'you were never good for me, and i was never good for you. i just remember what we usta do.'
go 'head girl! :D

Thank you for such a wonderful, intelligent, inspiring album. It was well worth the wait. And I will wait again.

-Ericka.

My message will be clear, sista.

I'd like to know : how do you work?

Not : how do you write, or : where do you take the inspirations for your texts…Nah! I've seen your video-interview.
I mean, I wanna know : how the music is building.

Because I wanna know if You're open, if you're ok, to listen demos… or if someone in the crew would be able to give me infos.…
We never know?

I'd be a little bit direct, anyway :
I'm comin to your concert in Paris, is it posible to give a demo to you?
:-)
Nah! I'm serious :-)
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

One luv.

Baptiste.

1. How did Minnie Riperton affect her while making this album?
2. Who else does she listen to, during or after making the album?
3. How much of her songs are based on her real life .vs someone else's life .vs total figment of her imagination?
4. What are some of the challenges that she faces as a publicly married/saved artist in the recording industry?
5. What is her process in songwriting w/a producer? (i.e. do they come in with the track and she sits down and writes words like an MC? is it more collaborative? is she present when they create the music? etc.)

That's it for now, I guess...

WHEN DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH HIP HOP?

After you come from the studio or off the road.
What do you do to just chill, relax the mind and recharge?

cause right now it sure as hell seems like it. it doesnt really matter to me.

oh yeah, are you gonna vote?










reject
authority_______________________

You cannot depend on your eyes when
your imagination is out of focus. -
Mark Twain
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I wanna know if there is a chance of you releasing a poetry project...just verses...and the instruments..

I love your singing...so it's not a matter of that...

but i love your poetry as well...


what's that lookin like?

I don't really care for it all that much I don't think that it's slamming like her other albums

please ask her what her favorite thing to get there is




-julie

***Charter Member of the DUNNT CREW - Pioneering A Revolution in AIMing***

cflartey: dude you have no idea how much i love kittens
cflartey: seriously...i need a kitten like BAD...i'ma get me a kitten and love the fuck out of it

"why do you put up with so much crap? you're like the ghandi of okp" - swinger3421

SUPER Midnight Marauders 2004™

friend me on myspace...
http://profile.myspace.com/users/1616925

No freaky shit - I'm talking about hooking up the soulful shots! - Holla

do you find any validity when you research your own or other peoples?

Hey Jill!! How are you?

You recently lost weight, what made you decide that?

what is your favorite song off your new album?

Can you make it to Canada whenever you start touring again? Vancouver in particular, I missed you in Toronto, I was in Boston.

How was it acting on Girlfriends? and the movie? were you uncomfortable when u had to do a kissing scene?


Oh yeah, your favorite Playstation game?

Okay, brief background on me. I usually don't like or am not fascinated by "famous People". There are very few who I absolutely adore. I think its because I see me in them. The Truth in them. I felt like I knew Alliyah, I feel Like I know
Amel Larrieux, I feel like I know you, but of course I really don't know any of you. It would be great to at least get a photo with you one day when you are visiting the Bay Area.

MY QUESTION?, CAN YOU BE MY PLAY SISTER?

I'm a grown ass woman but you inspire me. Just the other night my six year old son and I were trying to translate "Golden" into spanish...(we're black tho') Okay I'll shut up now.

like an album of covers done w/ a trio or quartet?

1. Do you have any siblings?
2. Can we see a photo of your SO?
3. How do you juggle creating; touring; recording; meeting all kind of folks - with marraige?
4. Is your SO involved in your career or does he have separate interests?
(I'm asking becasue I just let a 7 year relationship go to pursue my performing career)

Thanks for believing in yourself and living your life like it's golden as you inspire unsure regular folks - letting them know that it's alright to be all that God made you.

Loving you like a sunshower on a hot, hot day.
May you continue to be blessed,
PhyaStartah

Peace Jill.
Thank you for remaining just as you are!

Do you consider yourself to be a "neo-soul" artist?
How do you feel about the title?
What do you see the future of this music being when fellow artists (D'Angelo, India Arie, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell...)haven't come out with full length albums recently?

...perform in JAmaica in the near future??

Hey Jill,

When are coming down here (Cape Town,South Africa)?
We love you and want to see you live!!!!

Keep making grreat music!!!

OR is that posted somewhere else

today on the home page. we will be posting bit by bit. we will set up a dedicated area to house them all.