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Jill Scott: The Light of the Sun

Holly Gleason, Paste, 27 June 2011

JILL SCOTT REPRESENTS the modern thinking woman's evolved boho grit and dreams. Not one to buy into the fairy tales, she refuses to surrender the notion that life can be sweet — even as she throws down a gauntlet of how it is and how it's gonna be over a patchwork of spoken word, lush balladry, hip-hop, funk and sleek grooves.

Total word count of piece: 446

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