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The Real Thing: Words And Sounds Vol. 3 - Jill Scott
Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    Through almost as many producers as Mary, this album has a single identity, a contour and a groove that suits its well-inhabited breakup concept.
  2. Mojo
    80
    It is her most intense, but perhaps also her most pleasurable excursion yet. [Jan 2008, p.104]
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  3. Uncut
    80
    Upping the tempo-and libido of her Grammy-winning "Beautifully Human," here Scott lays the funky paramaters wide open. Jan 2008, p.100]
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  4. All Music Guide
    80
    These songs sound like they were written as she was fed chocolate-dipped strawberries while sprawled out on a bed cloaked with rose petals.
  5. The Guardian
    80
    Though the blues are at the heart of the album, what makes the most impression is Scott's sensual bravado.
  6. Amazon.com
    80
    Scott weaves through the music like a woman who's taken her time contemplating what feelings ought to sound like.
  7. Boston Globe
    80
    The 15 tracks on The Real Thing feature a slew of styles and producers--among them Scott Storch (DMX, 50 Cent), Adam Blackstone (the Roots), Om'Mas Keith (Jay-Z), and Shafiq Husayn (Jurassic 5)--all gathered in pursuit of a mission outlined on the album's gorgeous, abstract opener, a meditation on open-mindedness.
  8. Rolling Stone
    70
    Scott's music is more about groove and mood than song.
  9. Sputnikmusic
    70
    What's right here is awesome, and I for one have got a lot of joy out of listening to it.
  10. Q Magazine
    60
    It's a bedroom album, albeit an intelligent, challenging one. [Jan 2008, p.110]
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  11. Slant Magazine
    60
    The Real Thing isn't exactly a step down from the last volume, 2004's "Beautifully Human," but it's conceptually even less diverse, which makes it her weakest album to date.
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