After 4 seemingly quick bars of this breeze by, we’re introduced to what is in my opinion, one of the best funky soul bass lines of the past 15 years. Percussion backs this harmony setting intro as A Hamilton vocalizes soulfully, with syllables sans words. The song begins with an acoustic guitar playing an arpeggiated suspended pattern with a sound very reminiscent of a harp. Hamilton in particular has a reputation for singing about the downs of love perhaps a tad more enthusiastically than he sings about the ups, but “So in Love” finds him luxuriating in a groove both aesthetic and practical. Scott and Hamilton successfully transfered their heartfelt earnesty and top notch vocal skills to a fun dance groove. Those reputations both help sell records as well as limit those sales to those who still have some appreciation for “artistic integrity.” 2011’s funky spring to summer hit, “So In Love” provided both of them with something different, a #1 R&B smash that rocked barbecues, dance classes, parades, wedding receptions, lounges and karaoke bars. I mean…it’s a beautiful, beautiful, amazing, subject and an instrumental part of our lives.Jill Scott and Anthony Hamilton have bulletproof reps in the modern soul and R&B arena as artists of great talent as well as integrity. MICHELE: Why do I? Because my mother makes me. So let me ask you this, since you can sing beautifully about anything and you write so well, why do you choice to write about love the way that you do? SCOTT: I like that you’re not ashamed or upset or angry or starvingSCOTT: Uber. I like trendy clothes just like everybody else does. I make my own books now, and I put thingstogether and let people know this is what Chrisette Michele enjoys.
That experience let me know that I had to be hands on with this clothing thing. I can go to Bloomingdales and buy my own clothes. There’s always beautiful women who are able to dress. And so they hand me a men’s pair of men’s jeans and man’s button up, and a man’s button up and a little tiny, itsy itsy belt off the lady who was doing the styling. I know they knew I wasn’t a size 2! I came up in there and it was a rack of beautiful clothes and I couldn’t fit in none of them. I know they knew I was a size 14, I know they knew it. MICHELE: My first and worst experience was going to a photo shoot for a magazine that shall remain nameless. SCOTT: How do you manage your appearance? Because it can be difficult when if you’re not a size four getting out of the stores or off the runway. Or James Brown did it, So going against the grain was just something I had inside, I wouldn’t felt like I was doing anything if I didn’t go against the grain. MICHELE: I don’t know exactly how I’m supposed to say this, but when you have artists like yourself, who go against the grain but purposely it makes you think there’s no possible way that I’m going to be able to go into this music industry and not be myself because Ms. What do you think would’ve been a different about you? SCOTT: So you were taught to speak your mind and not be afraid and that helped you focus on being an artist and who isn’t afraid to do something different in music, which is what you’ve done. So, that was kind of like a scary journey, being so vulnerable, because I was so honest from the very beginning. I wrote everything that everybody heard, so it wasn’t a kind of thing where I had a chance to say, “What are people going to think about this?” Because it was all from the bottom of my heart, it was all from me, so I just put myself out there. But, I don’t know if I was prepared for, what was ahead because I was so, so honest and myself with everything I did. MICHELE: I think everything that happens in life we’re prepared for in ways we really don’t really know. Meeting all the wonderful, new people and people appreciating my new music has been really, fun and blessed ride.
And it’s been a really, really fun, fun ride. It was more like, this is going to be fun, let’s see what happens. At that moment I said to LA Reid, “You’re sure?” He was like, “Yeah, this is going to be great1” and I was like, “Okay! Let’s go for the ride.” So I’m not really sure what my expectations were as far as thinking what people think somebody’s expectations might have been getting signed. I got signed with an afro and a Bob Marley track jacket on.
I tell people this story all the time because it’s kind of funny. Has it been all you hoped for becoming a recording artist? SCOTT: In 2007, your first CD received incredible reviews. I’m really sorry we haven’t met.ĬHRISETTE MICHELE: Yeah, me too I’ve seen you live a couple of times so we’ve sort of met in my head. JILL SCOTT: It’s such a pleasure to talk to you.
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