Jill Scott is back with a funky new single Hate On Me, the first single from her third studio album The Real Thing to be released in November. Watch out - mama's got a brand new bag.
Any fan of Scott's work will realise that this is slightly more up-tempo compared to her usual fayre, but she is in defiant control of the new pace. It is a direct artistic response to her most vitriolic detractors and puts them firmly in a humble place. Jill's voice is still such a great instrument it's hard not to be summoned into her world by it.
A clean, crisp, defiant, enraged, enrapturing rebound song as ever there has been made. I suppose it is a daughter of Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive. The descending notes of a big horn section are perfect for pacing up and down in your bedroom with a hairbrush, and the gospel harmonies tickle your sense of strength. It's really magical, motivating stuff.
Incredibly soulful, intensely personal, intimate, inspiring even, all those things we have grown to love and expect from an empress of neo-soul.
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