light sun light sun fourth studio album singer recorded scott year break music career departure label light sun recorded studios produced primarily scott songwriter producer previously worked record real thing words sounds vol music journalists noted light sun neo soul sound element improvisation scott feminine themes light sun released june scott imprint label received positive reviews critics debuted number billboard united_states sold copies week album scott american number record march sold copies promoted singles including hits love blessed scott promoted album concert tour background following album real thing words sounds vol scott took break recording music undertook acting roles movies tyler perry married starring role television series break divorced husband years engaged drummer gave birth son broke roberts scott subsequently began sessions light sun scott left record label album recording sued claimed left fulfilling album contract lawsuit settled planning release august compilation album original scott vault vol planned album series scott previously unreleased recordings signed scott deal gave direct control marketing promotion strategy establish scott presence fans signed multi tour deal expand concert touring scott headlined national date arena tour recording artist called tour recording album recorded recording studios including studio studio philadelphia burbank scott worked producers album scott worked previous album real thing interview said scott approach light sun charge lot different things comes lot trials think goal people realistic glimpse life right scott noted songs hear quick reflective moments life said album music developed studio jams freestyle sessions interview metro said largely improvised recording process went studio lyrics written got great group featuring bass guitar studio got play improvised lyrics note hear little tunes emerging inspire freestyle lyrics going inside inside spirit explore exhausting lot high kind record release promotion album released united_states june scott imprint label distributed release label release distribution deal released june united_kingdom july scott embarked concert tour concluded august tour opening acts host scott promoted album performances television shows tonight jay_leno live kelly headlined july april scott released promotional single shame account features rapper eve vocal group group music video filmed cecil moore recreational center philadelphia pennsylvania eve rapper black thought attendance scott said interview cnn spent summers recreation center risk demolished video premiered april later released album second single united_kingdom album single love featuring released june spent weeks peaking number chart week billboard hot peaking number weeks peaking number chart commercial performance album debuted number billboard chart week sales copies united_states number album sold copies second week billboard light sun sold copies album debuted number canadian albums_chart netherlands album peaked number spent weeks mega album chart france reached number spent week albums chart belgian wallonia album reached number spent week albums chart united_kingdom debuted number albums_chart number albums_chart critical reception light sun received generally positive reviews music critics metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics album received average score based reviews entertainment_weekly complimented earnest textures observed distinctly early vibe new_york_times praised scott feminine themes said songs sense improvisation rhythms elaborate vocal washington_post noted orchestration neo soul beats wrote range human emotion defiance hurt hope expressed course album allmusic said scott sounds control spoken sung trademark songwriting production instincts solid chicago_tribune greg_kot wrote perfected style singing conventional pop structure guardian noted uplifting sung spoken pieces wrote scott warm album makes hear mixed review independent criticized scott lyrics sticky self regard found songs developed soul jazz rolling_stone writer gave album stars called trademark musical style warm inviting rarely thrilling neo soul bbc online wrote times self ideas fully followed complimented vibe called lovely album celebrates joy life track listing personnel credits adapted album liner notes charts weekly charts year end charts
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