Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2

Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Studio album by Jill Scott
Released August 31, 2004
Recorded 2002–2004
Blakeslee Recording Company
(North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Axis Studio, Home Cookin', Sigma Sound Studios, The Studio
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre R&B, soul, neo soul, spoken word soul
Label Hidden Beach
Producer Dre & Vidal, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Raphael Saadiq, Kelvin Wooten, James Poyser, Anthony Bell, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer, Pete Kuzma, Jimmy White, Ronald "PNutt" Frost, Omari Shabazz
Jill Scott chronology
Experience: Jill Scott 826+
(2001)		 Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
(2004)		 Collaborations
(2007)
Singles from Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
  1. "Golden"
    Released: October 25, 2004
  2. "Whatever"
    Released: 2005
  3. "Cross My Mind"
    Released: 2005
  4. "The Fact Is (I Need You)"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (A-)[2]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[3]
The Guardian [4]
Los Angeles Times [5]
NME (8/10)[6]
Q [7]
USA Today [8]
Vibe [9]
The Village Voice (favorable)[10]

Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 is the second studio album (third overall) by American R&B-soul singer–songwriter Jill Scott, released in the United States on August 31, 2004, by Hidden Beach Recordings. It entered the charts at number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with first-week sales of 193,000 copies,[11] earning Scott her first number-one album. Also, the song "Cross My Mind" brought Scott her first Grammy Award, under the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category in 2005.

"Golden" appears in the films Beauty Shop (2005) and Obsessed (2009), as well as on Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional soul/R&B radio station The Vibe 98.8.

"Bedda at Home" is used as the website background music for the Hotel Missoni.[12]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Warm Up" (Jill Scott, James Poyser) – 1:20
  2. "I'm Not Afraid" (Scott, Omari Shabazz) – 3:26
  3. "Golden" (Scott, Anthony Bell) – 3:52
  4. "The Fact Is (I Need You)" (Scott, Pete Kuzma) – 4:38
  5. "Spring Summer Feeling" (Scott, Raphael Saadiq, Kelvin Wooten) – 4:49
  6. "Cross My Mind" (Scott, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer) – 4:44
  7. "Bedda at Home" (Scott, Carvin Haggins, Ivan Barias, Frank Romano, Johnnie Smith) – 4:22
  8. "Talk to Me" (Scott, Poyser) – 4:44
  9. "Family Reunion" (Scott, Haggins, Barias, George Kerr) – 5:13
  10. "Can't Explain (42nd Street Happenstance)" (Scott, Poyser) – 4:39
  11. "Whatever" (Scott, Ronald "PNutt" Frost) – 4:26
  12. "Not Like Crazy" (Scott, Kuzma) – 3:58
  13. "Nothing (Interlude)" (Scott, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis) – 1:29
  14. "Rasool" (Scott, Harris, Davis, Barry White, Tom Brock, Robert Taylor) – 3:05
    • Contains a sample of Barry White's "Mellow Mood" (Barry White, Tom Brock, Robert Taylor)
  15. "My Petition" (Scott, Harris, Davis) – 4:12
  16. "I Keep"/"Still Here" (Scott, Harris, Davis) – 8:45
European and Japanese edition
  1. "Bedda at Home" (Acoustic Version) – 4:22

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 41
Dutch Albums Chart[13] 31
French Albums Chart[13] 56
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 24
UK Albums Chart[13] 27
U.S. Billboard 200[14] 3
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[14] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[14] 3

Certifications

Country Certifier Certification Sales
United States RIAA Gold[15] 880,000

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ The Guardian review
  5. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  6. ^ NME review
  7. ^ Q review
  8. ^ USA Today review
  9. ^ Vibe review
  10. ^ The Village Voice review
  11. ^ Whitmire, Margo (September 8, 2004). "McGraw Lives Large At No. 1". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000625686. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  12. ^ http://www.hotelmissoni.com
  13. ^ a b c d e "Jill Scott – Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Volume 2 – Music Charts". αCharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/13527. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  14. ^ a b c "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r706336. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  15. ^ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. October 12, 2004. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Beautifully%20Human&artist=Jill%20Scott&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-02-17. 
Jill Scott
Studio albums
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (2000) · Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (2004) · The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007) · The Light of the Sun (2011)
Compilation albums
Live albums
Singles
"Gettin' In the Way" · "A Long Walk" · "The Way" · "He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)" · "Shining Through" · "Gimme" · "Golden" · "Whatever" · "Cross My Mind" · "The Fact Is (I Need You)" · "Daydreamin'" · "Hate on Me" · "My Love" · "Whenever You're Around" · "Shame" (featuring Eve)  · "Lovely Day" · "So in Love" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
Concert tours
Filmography & Television
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