US EditionJill Scott Returns With First Album In 11 Years, ‘To Whom This May Concern’: Stream It Now
Jill Scott's 19-track album features diverse collaborators and explores themes of personal growth, including divorce and parenting, marking her most experimental work yet.
- This week, Jill Scott released To Whom This May Concern, her sixth studio album and first in more than a decade, arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day.
- Scott says she took a break to live life and refill her creativity, while the album explores her two divorces, perimenopause and parenting a teenager.
- Musically, the album blends experimental sounds across 19 tracks, featuring guest artists Ab‑Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack and producers DJ Premier and Om’Mas Keith, with Scott thanking nearly four dozen contributors on Instagram.
- All 19 tracks are available to stream now after Scott’s Jan. 2 social post, released independently through Blues Babe with distribution via Human Re Sources/The Orchard.
- Her comeback reinforces a legacy as a poet‑in‑residence for modern R&B, with Scott's release ending an 11‑year gap for an artist who has landed eight titles on the Billboard 200.
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On her comeback album "To Whom It May Concern," Jill Scott moves freely between soul, jazz, funk and hip-hop. When she trusts her craft, she shows that she is still one of the genre's most important voices, writes Frida Söderqvist.
Jill Scott Returns With First Album In 11 Years, ‘To Whom This May Concern’: Stream It Now
And, breathe. Jill Scott is finally back, marking her return with To Whom This May Concern, her sixth studio album and first in more than a decade. The three-time Grammy Award-winning R&B star gave long-suffering fans the news they’d been waiting for, the announcement of new music, by way of a social post on Jan. 2. That day has arrived, as To Whom This May Concern drops independently through her own Blues Babe imprint, with distribution t…
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Jill Scott reveals what fans can expect from new album release
Source: Reach Media Inc. / Getty / Reach Media Inc./ Getty Jill Scott is back with new music and plenty to celebrate. The three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, poet, and actress recently joined The Rickey Smiley Morning Show to talk about her long-awaited album To Whom This May Concern, which officially dropped Friday the 13th. ✕ Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusi…
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