To Whom This May Concern: The Return of Jill Scott and the Sound We’ve Been Missing

By Tunisha Brown

Do you feel that? That… the feeling of a new beginning… a refreshing wind. A feeling of intentional purpose that shifts from one person to the next. A feeling of knowing that all things will be well, that all things are working out for your good. A feeling of peace, gratitude, and love is in the air.

That’s how I felt when I heard a few of Jill Scott’s new songs on A Million Dollars Worth of Game. Oh, how she’s been missed! Oh, how that honesty in the world, music that depicts what being grown and sexy truly is, has been missing within a world that feels like a deep, dark hole.

In hearing a few of the songs, Jill kept saying how she missed us; Jill doesn’t understand the magnitude of how much she has been missed. She will feel that magnitude when her album, To Whom This May Concern, is released on February 13th.

She was featured on the R&B Money Podcast, and my heart couldn’t think of anything but how grateful I am that it’s the thinkers’ turn. The way my heart felt hearing her talk about the lessons she’s learned in love and life, the choices behind phrases, silence, and dynamics; the poem-to-melody pipeline; collaboration that serves the story; and what she’s chasing next in the studio and on stage. I can’t wait to see her onstage!

Jill Scott releasing her music now, at such a time as this, is what we all deserve and need. We need an intentional, conscious, passionate artist who reflects the times. We need, and miss, the incomparable Jill Scott.