In advance of the album's release, Hidden Beach released a 17-minute album sampler through their forums. The lead single "Hate on Me", gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July. A clip of the title track was released on a bonus disc from Hidden Beach Records and included with Collaborations. The Collaborations collection served as "an appetizer" for her next studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. In 2006, Scott was prominently featured on hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco's single "Daydreaming," which won a 2008 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance and also appeared on a new Scott collection called Collaborations on January 30, 2007. Scott shared the win with Benson & Jarreau. In early 2007, Scott was featured on the George Benson & Al Jarreau collaboration "God Bless The Child", which earned Scott her second Grammy award, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, at the 2007 Grammy Awards ceremony. Scott continues to write poetry a compilation volume of her poems, The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours, was published and released by St. Scott's second full-length album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. Scott lost that award, but won a 2005 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance for "Cross My Mind." The live album, Experience: Jill Scott 826+, was released November 2001. She experienced some notice and chart success with the single "A Long Walk", eventually earning a Grammy nomination in early 2003 for Best Female Vocal Performance. Her debut album, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. Scott was the first artist signed to Steve McKeever's 'Hidden Beach Recordings' label. Subsequently, Scott collaborated with Eric Benet, Will Smith, and Common, and broadened her performing experience by touring Canada in a production of the Broadway musical Rent. The collaboration resulted in a co-writing credit for Scott on the song, "You Got Me." In 2000, Erykah Badu and The Roots won a Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group for "You Got Me", and Scott debuted as an artist during a Roots live show, singing as original artist/singer of the song. She was eventually discovered by Amir "?uestlove" Thompson of The Roots. ?uestlove invited her to join the band in the studio. Jill Scott began her performing career as a spoken word artist, appearing at live poetry readings to perform her work.
Music career 2000-2009: Words and Sounds albums Scott has resided in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey and currently resides in California. She remains close to her mother and grandmother who is nicknamed Blue Babe.
Prior to breaking through the music industry, Scott worked at a variety of jobs, including a number of retail positions and stints at a construction site and an ice cream parlor. She studied secondary education for three years and had planned to become a high school English teacher, but after spending time as a teacher's aide, disillusionment with the teaching profession set in causing her to drop out of school. After graduating, she attended Temple University while simultaneously working two jobs. Scott was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls.
She indicated in an interview with Jet Magazine that she had a happy childhood and was "very much a loved child". Scott grew up an only child in a North Philadelphia neighborhood, raised by her mother, Joyce Scott, and her grandmother.
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She also appeared in the lead role of the BBC/HBO series The No. In 2007, Scott made her cinematic debut in the films Hounddog (as Big Mama Thornton) and in Tyler Perry's feature film, Why Did I Get Married? That year, her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. Jill Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and actress.