Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2

Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Studio album by Jill Scott
Released	August 31, 2004
Recorded	2002–2004
Studio	Various Axis (Philadelphia); The Underground; Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, California); The Studio (Philadelphia); Sigma Sound (Philadelphia); Home Cookin' (Philadelphia); Ultrasonic (New Orleans); A Touch of Jazz (Philadelphia); 609 (Philadelphia); ;
Genre	Neo soul
Label	Hidden Beach
Producer	Ivan "Orthodox" Barias; Anthony "Ant" Bell; Vidal Davis; Ronald "PNutt" Frost; Carvin "Ransum" Haggins; Andre Harris; Darren "Limitless" Henson; Pete Kuzma; Keith "Keshon" Pelzer; James Poyser; Raphael Saadiq; Omari Shabazz; Jimmy White; Kelvin Wooten;
Jill Scott chronology
Singles from Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
	"Golden"; Released: June 15, 2004; "Whatever"; Released: January 4, 2005; "Cross My Mind"; Released: March 29, 2005; "The Fact Is (I Need You)"; Released: February 7, 2006;

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, 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. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres used the song in the closing credits of her 2024 Netflix special Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval.