An extra disc has hidden treasures like the jumping “Gimmie,” and the beautiful, sisterly concern of “The Thickness.” It is the last great live album in Soul music. Her vocal performance here is unmatched in her peer group, capable of intimacy at one point and queenly pomp at the other, and everything in between, like in the epic “He Loves Me Parts I,II & III,” still the best song she has released to date. She jokes about fatback on one aside, breaks down exactly where on the song she threatens to whup ass on the end of “Gettin in the Way,” and she details “The Way” with adroit runs and scatting along with saxophonist Mike Phillips. First with the sultry, ballsy 'Tyrone,' letting her freak flag fly both sonically and follicly, through more than a decade of jams, and into the future with her recent New AmErykah diptych. Jill Scott is in great spirits and at the top of her powers on the live set recorded in Washington DC. The name stuck, but Erykah Badu, now 40, never loved the labelfortunately she outlasted that moment in music. Key tracks: Othaside of the Game Tyrone Ye Yo The earth goddess myth of Erykah Badu is concretised on this set.
and bassist Hubert Eaves IV keep a tight groove, while a powerful and dreamy set of background vocalists including Karen Bernod flower imaginative notes over and around us. And the sensitivity is all over this live set, with tender expanded thoughts on “Othaside of the Game,” and the grand regret displayed on “Next Lifetime.” A rhythm section of drummer Charles Bell Jr.
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