she’s magnificent…
That’s my new word…magnificent. It is just big enough to encompass all the feelings, but just mysterious enough to leave some things to the imagination.I will be choosey in how I use this magnificent, though. It is not to be thrown about reckless and wanton. No I shall reserve the use of magnificent for those things that truly deserve the…well, the magnificence.
Jill Scott’s The Light of the Sun is magnificent.
Now, I must preface my review of this CD with a disclaimer. Jill can do no wrong in my eyes. She sings the soundtrack of my life. It is a cosmic thing, really. She and I are the same person in my head. When I feel as though I can’t breathe, Jill comes through with some words that help me to reach a moment of clarity. I say to anyone and everyone listening that she is me and I am her. I adore her.
Jilly’s latest offering is chock full of music that not only makes you want to move, but makes you think. She is the queen of becoming yourself, and taking everyone along for the ride. If you can listen to a Jill Scott song and not grow, not feel a sense of empowerment…well, then I feel sorry for you. Because this music is not just music; this music is a lesson. It is love and life and freedom and motivation. It is magnificence on wax.
I’ve long held on to the belief that music should offer you a look at the artists; what they think and feel and happen to be going through at the time. Music should aslo offer you a peek into yourself and give you a push in the back toward your destination. Jill does that. With her powerful words and stunning voice, she has the tendency to show you that displaying tenderness should not be considered a weakness.
I’ve listened to this CD at least 5 times today (yes, I said today) and it gets more and more real to me with every listen. Maybe it’s because she gives me confirmation that it’s okay to be who I am; maybe it’s because all of the things she sings and speaks, I know. Maybe it’s because she sings the soundtrack to my life, and this latest chapter is spot on.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is magnifcent.
Power in them rolling hills,
M
Tags: Jill Scott, Music, The Light of the Sun
