If you still have not heard of Jill Scott then get with it because she is all about today's real R & B and Soul music - non manufactured, takes her time between albums, writes her own stuff, goes her own way, does her own thing and has immense talent. It's not just the voice which can be both rich and powerful, sweet and tender - she is also a poet. Hence the series titles Who Is Jill Scott Vol 1, Beautifully Human Vol 2 and now the new one; The Real Thing Words and Sounds Vol 3.

Track 1 boldly announces 'I'm the real thing in stereo', this warms you up for the brilliance that is Track 3 Hate On Me. With it's Halloween opening it lurches into a sexy,low sax backing, she lets the drums into the foreground with as much volume as her voice and it REALLY gets into the groove. It should be a single and it should be Number 1.

Crown Royal is pure music porno, Epiphany is a trade mark poem with stunning percussion yet again. My Love, is elegant and coated with lush violins. Whenever You Are Around is smooth and 60ish, maybe a little too mellow for it's subject matter. I think Celibacy Blues will resonate with pretty much everyone. Wanna Be Loved is plain clever, she also speaks the lyrics in the foreground whilst singing them in the background, simple but effective.

It's a fatastically indulgent album; she back tracks herself, sings to herself even, penned all the songs, is one of the executive producers and did the Art Direction. She is focused and never puts a foot wrong. 15 tracks, some short as they are poems and short stories [Words & Sounds], flashes of musical moods. It's refreshing to listen to an artist fully in control with no restraints. No compromises.

I would say that the album is split, the first few tracks vary more than the last half dozen, but you do get all that is pure Scott here - polished and vibrant production, dancing words, terrific songs, shouting soul and seductive R & B. Volume 3 is on the right road and does it for me. Hate On me will be a classic, played it 6 times whilst writing this ... oh, did I say I was a fan?