Jaguar Wright | |
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 Wright performing in January 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jacquelyn Suzette Wright |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Jacquelyn Suzette Wright-Johnson is an American singer and songwriter. She has released five studio albums and is part of the Okayplayer collective. Wright has performed and collaborated alongside rap acts such as the Roots, Jay-Z, and Blackalicious.
Wright was brought to the attention of hip-hop group the Roots in 1998, which eventually led to her going on tour with them. She later appeared on MTV Unplugged as a back-up singer for Jay-Z in 2001, [1] and was featured in a Coca-Cola advert as part of the brand's "Nu Soul" campaign. [2] She has released two solo albums to date: Denials Delusions and Decisions in 2002, and Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul in 2005. [3] Wright also recorded an album titled ...And Your Point Is? which was due for release in 2003 on MCA Records (who also distributed her debut), before the label folded. Many of the tracks recorded for that album later appeared on Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul, which debuted at number 62 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in July 2005. [4]
In March 2008, she toured Europe with Bahamadia and Hezekiah for the "Philly Sounds" tour. Wright did not perform any new material on the tour, but did live cover versions of Cherrelle's "Saturday Love" and Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)". During the tour, Wright announced that she was in the process of writing a novel, and working on a third album. No release dates have been confirmed for either as of yet. In February 2010, Vibe reported that her third album, titled 3D, was slated for a summer release, and was the outgrowth of what she'd planned as a five-track digital EP. [5] The lead single, "Beautiful", was released in Fall 2009. [5]
In 2019, Wright released the 5-song EP titled "Lost" on Bandcamp. [6] In 2020, Wright made headlines via social media regarding issues such as the trajectory of her music career, her fallout with several members of the Roots, and her grievances with artists such as Jill Scott, Erykah Badu and Mary J. Blige, as well as a claim that her then boyfriend Common sexually assaulted her after performing a concert in the mid-2000s. [7] [8] Jaguar Wright has since then in 2020 apologised to Tiffany Haddish, who was dating Common at the time for wrongly accusing Common of sexual assault. [9] [10]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US [11] | US R&B /HH [12] | US Indie [13] | ||
| Denials Delusions and Decisions | 56 | 16 | — | |
| Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul | — | 53 | 35 | |
| Title | Album details |
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| ...And Your Point Is? |
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Album |
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| US Adult R&B [18] | |||
| "Ain't Nobody Playin'" (featuring Black Thought) | 2001 | — | Denials Delusions and Decisions |
| "I Can't Wait" (featuring Bilal) | — | ||
| "The What If's" | 2002 | 24 | |
| "Free" | 2005 | — | Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul |
| "Beautiful" | 2011 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Switch (Make Change)" | — | ||
| "YDKM" (Rokbottom, Tone Trump, Jaguar Wright & JJ Demon) | 2012 | — | |
| "My Choice (It's You)" | 2014 | — |
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
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| US R&B /HH [19] | US Adult R&B [18] | US Rap [20] | |||
| "What You Want" (The Roots featuring Jaguar Wright) | 1999 | 82 | 24 | 32 | Denials Delusions and Decisions |
| "Do You Know" (Mike Watts featuring Jaguar Wright) | 2002 | — | — | — | Vol. 1 |
| "Ghetto Love Story" (Deucez Wyled featuring Jaguar Wright) | 2016 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "All in My Head" (The Boom Room Church Music featuring Jaguar Wright) | — | — | — | ||
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "What You Want" | 1999 | The Roots (featuring Jaguar Wright) | The Roots Come Alive |
| "We Got You" | |||
| "The Lesson, Pt. 3 (It's Over Now)" | |||
| "Raw Sex" | 2000 | Dice Raw | Reclaiming the Dead |
| "You Not the One" | |||
| "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" [21] | 2001 | Jay-Z | MTV Unplugged |
| "Takeover" [21] | |||
| "Girls, Girls, Girls" [21] | |||
| "Jigga What, Jigga Who" [21] | |||
| "Big Pimpin'" [21] | |||
| "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" [21] | |||
| "Can I Get A ..." [21] | |||
| "Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)" [21] | |||
| "Ain't No" [21] | |||
| "Can't Knock the Hustle / Family Affair" [21] | Jay-Z (featuring Mary J Blige) | ||
| "Song Cry" [21] | Jay-Z | ||
| "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It to Me)" [21] | Jay-Z (featuring Pharrell) | ||
| "Jigga That Nigga" [21] | Jay-Z | ||
| "Fight to Win" | Femi Kuti (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Fight to Win | |
| "Aural Pleasure" | 2002 | Blackalicious (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Blazing Arrow |
| "Nothin'" | 2003 | Larry Gold (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Presents Don Cello and Friends |
| "Let's Do It Again" [22] [23] | Gerald Veasley (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Velvet | |
| "Talk to Me" | 2005 | Guru (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures |
| "Do U Know?" | 2006 | Mike Watts (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Pandora's Box |
| "I See Yaw" | 2007 | Hezekiah (featuring Jaguar Wright) | I predict a riot |
| "Lila" | 2008 | Curse (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Freiheit |
| "How Ya Doing?" | 2010 | Ground Up (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Girls Who Smoke Cigarettes |
| "Skit 2" | 2013 | Sizzle Pop and Jaguar Wright | Full Circle - Return of the Underground |
| "One More Drink - Neal Conway Re-Werk" | Jaguar Wright | Neal Conway Classics Revisited, Vol. 2 | |
| "So Good (Amazing)" | 2015 | Terri Lyne Carrington (featuring Jaguar Wright) | The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul |
| "Inspired" | ill Clinton (featuring Jaguar Wright and Moses West) | Presents: Vol. 2 | |
| "All Night Long" | David P Stevens (featuring Jaguar Wright) | Mr. Guitar | |
| "Switch (Make Change)" | 2017 | Jaguar Wright (featuring Peedi Crakk) | Volume 1 |
| "KOS" | 2019 | Rakim Al-Jabbaar (featuring Rikki Blu and Jaguar Wright) | Underground GOD |
| "Trill God" | Rakim Al-Jabbaar (featuring Jaguar Wright) |
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