Jaguar Wright

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Jaguar Wright
Wright performing in January 2008
Wright performing in January 2008
Background information
Birth nameJacquelyn Suzette Wright
Born (1977-05-17) May 17, 1977 (age 44)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • narrator
  • rapper
  • poet
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1995–present
Associated acts

Jacquelyn Suzette Wright-Johnson (born May 17, 1977), better known by her stage name, Jaguar Wright, is an American R&B and neo soul singer, songwriter and narrator. She is part of the Okayplayer collective. Wright has performed and collaborated alongside rap acts such as The Roots, Jay-Z, and Blackalicious. She was born and raised in New Jersey before moving to Philadelphia at around 12 years old.

Career[]

Wright was brought to the attention of hip-hop group The Roots in 1998, which eventually led to her going to tour with them. She later appeared as a back-up singer for Jay-Z in 2001,[1] and appeared 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 & Decisions in 2002, and Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul in 2005.[3] Wright also recorded an album entitled ...And Your Point Is? which was due for release in 2003 on MCA Records (who also distributed her debut), before the label folded. However, many of the tracks recorded for that album later appeared on Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul.

In 2007, two new songs appeared on her MySpace profile. One was a live version of new song "Sometimes", the other a cover of "Let's Do It Again". A further two new songs surfaced in 2009, "Beautiful" and "Surely Shawty", although neither saw an official release.

She has toured every year since her debut album was released.[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 yet.

In 2008, she supplied backing vocals for Al Green's album Lay It Down.

In January 2011, Jaguar Wright toured Europe with Lady Alma on the "Philly Sounds 2011" tour. She revealed that she was working on a third album, due out in the summer of 2011, the lead single from the new album to be called "Switch".

In the summer of 2012, she assembled a "rock & soul band" of seasoned Philadelphia musicians called The W.E. ft. Jaguar Wright. The W.E. (an acronym for "The Wright Experience") had its debut performance in October 2012.

In 2019, Wright released the 5-song EP entitled "Lost" on Bandcamp.[5]

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, as well as 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.[6][7] Jaguar Wright also was the subject of a recent documentary from YouTube blogger Tasha K entitled Gone Girl: Surviving Jaguar Wright. This documentary featured her ex husband, her son and various relatives who spoke against her allegations.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[8] 		US
R&B
/HH
[9] 		US
Indie
[10]
Denials Delusions and Decisions 56 16 —
Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul — 53 35

Unreleased albums[]

List of albums, with selected details
Title Album details
...And Your Point Is?

Singles[]

as lead artist
List of singles as a lead artist, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title[18] Year Chart positions Album
US
Adult
R&B
[19]
"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"[20] 2011 — Non-album single
"Switch (Make Change)"[21] — Non-album single
"YDKM"[22]
(Rokbottom, Tone Trump, Jaguar Wright & JJ Demon) 		2012 — Non-album single
"My Choice (It's You)"[23] 2014 — Non-album single
as featured artist
List of singles as a lead artist, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title[18] Year Chart positions Album
US
R&B
/HH
[24] 		US
Adult R&B
[19] 		US
Rap
[25]
"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"[26]
(Deucez Wyled featuring Jaguar Wright) 		2016 — — — Non-album single
"All In My Head"[27]
(The Boom Room Church Music featuring Jaguar Wright) 		— — — Non-album single

Album appearances[]

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"What You Want"[28] 1999 The Roots
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		The Roots Come Alive
"We Got You"[28]
"The Lesson, Pt. 3 (It's Over Now)"[28]
"Raw Sex"[29] 2000 Dice Raw Reclaiming The Dead
"You Not The One"[29]
"Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"[30][31] 2001 Jay-Z MTV Unplugged
"Takeover"[30][31]
"Girls, Girls, Girls"[30][31]
"Jigga What, Jigga Who"[30][31]
"Big Pimpin'"[30][31]
"Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love)"[30][31]
"Can I Get A ..."[30][31]
"Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)"[30][31]
"Ain't No"[30][31]
"Can't Knock The Hustle / Family Affair"[30][31] Jay-Z
(featuring Mary J Blige)
"Song Cry"[30][31] Jay-Z
"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me)"[30][31] Jay-Z
(featuring Pharrell)
"Jigga That N****"[30][31] Jay-Z
"Fight To Win"[32] Fela Anikulapo Kuti
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Fight to Win
"Aural Pleasure"[33] 2002 Blackalicious
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Blazing Arrow
"Nothin'"[34] 2003 Larry Gold
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Presents Don Cello and Friends
"Let's Do It Again"[35][36] Gerald Veasley
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Velvet
"Talk To Me"[37] 2005 Guru
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures
"Do U Know?"[38] 2006 Mike Watts
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Pandora's Box
"I see yaw"[39] 2007 Hezekiah
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		I predict a riot
"Lila"[40] 2008 Curse
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Freiheit
"How Ya Doing?"[41] 2010 Ground Up
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Girls Who Smoke Cigarettes
"Skit 2"[42] 2013 Sizzle Pop and Jaguar Wright Full Circle - Return of the Underground
"One More Drink - Neal Conway Re-Werk"[43] Jaguar Wright Neal Conway Classics Revisited, Vol. 2
"So Good (Amazing)"[44] 2015 Terri Lyne Carrington
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul
"Inspired"[45] ill Clinton
(featuring Jaguar Wright and Moses West) 		Presents: Vol. 2
"All Night Long"[46] David P Stevens
(featuring Jaguar Wright) 		Mr. Guitar
"Switch (Make Change)"[47] 2017 Jaguar Wright
(featuring Peedi Crakk) 		Volume 1
"KOS"[48] 2019 Rakim Al-Jabbaar
(featuring Rikki Blu and Jaguar Wright) 		Underground GOD
"Trill God"[48] Rakim Al-Jabbaar
(featuring Jaguar Wright)

References[]

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