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After Jill Scott<\/a> announced the arrival of her sixth studio album via Instagram on Jan. 2, a huge whoosh of air flooded across social media. That\u2019s because fans had been waiting to exhale over the last 10 years while anticipating when the three-time Grammy winner would deliver a follow-up to Woman<\/em>, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fitting that the next chapter in the love affair between Scott and her fans, To Whom This May Concern <\/em>(Blues Babe\/Human Re Sources\/The Orchard), arrives the day before Valentine\u2019s Day. Sitting down with Billboard<\/em> ahead of the album\u2019s Feb. 13 release, the singer-songwriter-actress-author noted early in the conversation that the long break between albums wasn\u2019t due to any creative block. Like everyone else, she\u2019s just been living life. <\/p>\n

\u201cI did not have a creative block,\u201d she emphasizes. \u201cI just took a creative break. [The creative is] always there. It\u2019s the energy that follows me around the house: in the shower, when I\u2019m cleaning, making a bed. But I needed to take a break from that so that I could live life. I am, you know, a human being. So of course, there\u2019s all kinds of stuff like perimenopause. That\u2019s interesting. I have a teenager now; that\u2019s different than ever before. <\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t think you can create without having the balance between the two,\u201d Scott continues. \u201cIt\u2019s important to one, connect with yourself, remember who you are. Like I tell my folk, \u2018Jill Scott doesn\u2019t live in my house.\u2019 Nobody calls me that in my house. There\u2019s a separation so that I can fill her up. And that\u2019s me. I have to fill me up so I can fill Jill Scott.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now, a full Jilly from Philly is back. And the anticipation for To Whom This May Concern<\/em> \u2014 an added treat as we observe Black History Month \u2014 mirrors that for her debut album, which celebrated its silver anniversary last year: Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1. <\/em>Scott has already paved the way for the 19-track album\u2019s arrival with the release of three insightful songs: \u201cBeautiful People,\u201d \u201cPressha\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Play.\u201d Boasting a colorful guest cast that includes Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack, Too $hort, Trombone Shorty and Maha Adachi Earth, the set was coproduced by Scott in collaboration with Adam Blackstone, Vincent \u201cVT\u201d Tolan and DJ Premier, among others. It was also just announced that Scott will also be performing at New York\u2019s Blue Note on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n

Check out additional revelations about the new album and other subjects (like what\u2019s up with that movie sequel for Netflix, Why Did I Get Married Again?<\/em>) in Billboard<\/em>\u2018s video series In Conversation: Jill Scott<\/em> above.<\/p>\n


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