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UncutJul 28, 2011Exec producer JR Hutson's scratch beats and jazzy interpolations give a spark to velvet soul confessionals where he aching but pliant, octave-scaling vocal colours across the emotional spectrum. [Aug 2011, p.98]
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Jul 19, 2011I agree, men are dogs. But it gets my radar in a lather when this loving, lovable woman structures her 2007 album along a break-up's narrative arc and then four years later the same thing happens twice‑-only the first guy leaves her with a boychild who, let's be candid, she loves more unreservedly than she has any grown man on record.
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Jul 6, 2011At 14 tracks, The Light of the Sun would have fared better if cut by three or four numbers. But that's why god invented the skip button.
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Jun 30, 2011There's nothing cerebral about her lyrics; she's a captivating, blunt performer, here emphasizing classic arrangements and raw emotion over poetic invention.
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Jun 27, 2011Her dexterity in juxtaposing genres, infusing her swooping jazz-singing with near-gospel fervor, kittenish moans and shameless spoken exhortations is commanding.
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Jun 27, 2011At times The Light of the Sun veers towards self-indulgence, and some of its ideas are not fully followed through. On the whole, however, it is a rather lovely, emotional album that provides a beguiling snapshot of the current life of Jill Scott.
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Jun 24, 2011Judging by The Light Of The Sun, she's expending precious little energy on songwriting and recording, allowing her natural inclination to extemporise far too free a rein.
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Jun 24, 2011Sonically, the most adventurous thing here is the long, spaced-out Le Boom Vent Suite, but it's Scott's warm womanliness over the whole album that makes it a must-hear.
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Jun 24, 2011Lolloping along with little desire to vary pace or style, it is ultimately forgettable.
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Jun 21, 2011As with her previous works, Scott makes music on her own terms and she isn't interested in hook/chorus factory-produced songwriting. Intermittently, Scott veers from the warm, intimate keyboard-based sound that has dominated much of her work. When she does, it's inspired.
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Jun 21, 2011Scott assays life back on the market in her trademark warm and inviting, if rarely thrilling, neo-soul style.
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Jun 20, 2011On The Light of the Sun, Scott sounds more in control than ever; her spoken and sung phrasing (now a trademark), songwriting, and production instincts are all solid. This is 21st century Philly soul at its best.
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Jun 20, 2011The intimate and the instructive are never far apart for Ms. Scott; neither are lyrics and prose, melody and recitation.
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Jun 20, 2011Scott has reasserted herself as a relevant voice in modern R&B, a voice imbued with the sort of sensuality and worldliness that arrives only with experience, and she proves she's just as willing to experiment as her younger competition.
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Jun 17, 2011Here, she returns to R&B like she never left: With its earnest introspection and earthy textures - not to mention guest spots by Eve and Anthony Hamilton - The Light of the Sun has a distinctly early-aughties vibe, recalling an era when tempos were slower and voices less Auto-Tuney.
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