All the brothers aren’t trying to have sex with every woman we meet. The sister’s aren’t all trying to trap us and take our money. Any song that speaks to the positive side of young African American relationships gets special attention from me. From a cultural standpoint I appreciate this song for the same reasons I named in my post about Talib Kweli.
You can hear the spoken word background in a lot of her songs. Why the message may be clear and easy to figure out, the lyrical word play is quite impressive. All that matters is that you and that person are together. When you really like someone it doesn’t really matter what you do together. I wouldn’t mind taking a nice walk with Jill for a few hours.
I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a summer’s evening than that. The song is about her desire to just take a walk with this man that she is really into. She writes very thought provoking and insightful lyrics but I selected this song because of its simple message. She was discovered by my favorite band The Roots and released her debut album in 2000. She’s a singer, a poet, an actor, and sometimes in my daydreams she’s my long distance girlfriend. Jill Scott is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It manages to keep its quality over time which honestly isn’t something that many modern rhythm and blues or hip hop albums do these days. In my opinion this is a classic R&B album in the modern Neo-Soul era. The song is titled A Long Walk and it appears on her debut album Who is Jill Scott (Words and Sounds Volume 1). It is performed by the lovely and talented Jill Scott. The song I would like to present to you is one that I play during those times. The weather is nice and people should be out enjoying themselves. I’m going to change that so I wanted to write a lighter post this time about a song that I would listen to when I am just lighting the grill and sipping on a cold one.
I guess my general blogging principle of having something to say is getting in the way of selecting a song that’s just fun to listen to. After all, I am only 35 years old and I am not that deep once you get to know me. Whenever I start thinking about which song to write about on this blog I try to find something really deep and thought provoking. I was looking at some of my older posts and they are way too serious. APPEARS ON Who is Jill Scott ? (Words and Sounds Volume 1)
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