Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | ||||
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Released | August 31, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2002–2004 | |||
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Genre | Neo soul [1] | |||
Label | Hidden Beach | |||
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Singles from Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 86/100 [2] |
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Entertainment Weekly | A− [4] |
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NME | 8/10 [7] |
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Vibe | 4/5 [11] |
The Village Voice | A− [12] |
Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 is the second studio album by American singer Jill Scott, released on August 31, 2004, by Hidden Beach Recordings. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with first-week sales of 193,000 copies, [13] earning Scott her first number-one album. The song "Cross My Mind" brought Scott her first Grammy Award, in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category in 2005.
"Golden" appears in the films Beauty Shop (2005) and Obsessed (2009), as well as on Grand Theft Auto IV 's fictional soul/R&B radio station The Vibe 98.8.
"Bedda at Home" is used as the website background music for the Hotel Missoni. [14]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Warm Up" | Poyser | 1:20 | |
2. | "I'm Not Afraid" |
| Shabazz | 3:26 |
3. | "Golden" |
| Anthony "Ant" Bell | 3:52 |
4. | "The Fact Is (I Need You)" |
| Kuzma | 4:38 |
5. | "Spring Summer Feeling" |
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| 4:49 |
6. | "Cross My Mind" |
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| 4:44 |
7. | "Bedda at Home" |
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| 4:22 |
8. | "Talk to Me" |
| Poyser | 4:44 |
9. | "Family Reunion" |
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| 5:13 |
10. | "Can't Explain (42nd Street Happenstance)" |
| Poyser | 4:39 |
11. | "Whatever" |
| Frost | 4:26 |
12. | "Not Like Crazy" |
| Kuzma | 3:58 |
13. | "Nothing" (Interlude) |
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| 1:29 |
14. | "Rasool" |
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| 3:05 |
15. | "My Petition" |
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| 4:12 |
16. | "I Keep" / "Still Here" |
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| 8:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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17. | "Bedda at Home" (acoustic version) |
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| 4:22 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [30] | Silver | 60,000![]() |
United States (RIAA) [31] | Gold | 880,000 [32] |
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