The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill |  | Artist: Lauryn Hill
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  880 reviews
Sales Rank: 266
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 074646903520
EAN: 0074646903520
ASIN: B00000ADG2
Release Date: August 25, 1998
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| • | Intro | | • | Lost Ones | | • | Ex-Factor | | • | To Zion | | • | Doo Wop (That Thing) | | • | Superstar | | • | Final Hour | | • | When It Hurts So Bad | | • | I Used to Love Him | | • | Forgive Them Father | | • | Every Ghetto, Every City | | • | Nothing Even Matters | | • | Everything Is Everything | | • | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill | | • | Can't Take My Eyes Off You (hidden track) | | • | Sweetest Thing [Mahogany Mix][*] - Lauryn Hill, DeVorzon, B. |
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Product Description
Grammy-winner Lauryn Hill releases her solo debut album, a follow-up to the Fugees's The Score.
Genre: Soul/R&B
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 25-AUG-1998
Amazon.com's Best of 1998
The first solo album by the Fugees' most distinctive voice quickly wipes away the pretensions of so many current hip-hoppers' discs. It does so by both engaging their widescreen ethos--"To Zion," with its martial drums and gospel choir, is as epic a production as has been heard in 1998's pop music--and speaking the plain truth. Miseducation focuses equally on Lauryn Hill's life (especially the birth of her child) and social concerns about the present and future. Its often quiet surface, if anything, lends intensity. --Rickey Wright
The first solo album by the Fugees' most distinctive voice quickly wipes away the pretensions of so many current hip-hoppers' discs. It does so by both engaging their widescreen ethos--"To Zion," with its martial drums and gospel choir, is as epic a production as has been heard in 1998's pop music--and speaking the plain truth. Reminiscent in its scope of nothing so much as Aretha's early-'70s Spirit in the Dark and Young, Gifted and Black, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill also easily earns its late-'90s place next to Erykah Badu's Baduizm. Even more personal, if hardly any more political, than cohort Wyclef Jean's Carnival, Miseducation focuses equally on her life (especially the birth of her child) and social concerns about the present and future. Its often quiet surface, if anything, lends intensity. "Everything you drop is so tired," she scolds artistically dead-ended rappers on "Superstar"; if more artists shared her vision, occasional eccentricities and bottom-line talent, she wouldn't have to complain. --Rickey Wright
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 Lauren Hill - The Miseducation of Miss Lauren Hill April 18, 2010
R. TenBrink (Midwest Michigan)
beautiful album from a such a talented and in-touch with Mother Earth lady. Lauren Hill's place in this reality is that she is obviously an old soul and has learned over her span on earth that indignation and malice towards any human is entirely immoral an wrong. I am confident that believes in love and the conman good of all people no matter where you are from or what you believe. Reclusive-yes but I believe Lauren Hill wants to lead a normal life, raising her children and being a wife made possible by her commercial recording successes. Lauren Hill is a role model for all, (men & women)especially young women and girls as well as elderly matriarchs and women holding stature old. Congratulations on fantastically expressive and an high quality recording... please record again soon - please.
I'm pretty certain that a new set of songs have already been written and the artist is in the painstaking process of making it in the style of art that she sees fit to publish. Something that is being written now or in the future will only strengthen her position in society as a historical reminder and pioneer for women and women's music in the modern age.
cheers
Great! March 31, 2010
Shalonda "Treasure" Williams (GA, USA)
I loved it! It is something when an artist is going through changes. Each stage has it's own nuggets of inspiration!
Great Album March 12, 2010
K. Ferreira-andrews
Lauryn is a gifted artist and one of my favorite Female MCs. This album is nothing short of a master piece.
BELIEVE THE HYPE (THE POSITIVE REVIEWS) YOU'VE READ AND/OR HEARD ABOUT THIS ALBUM!!! February 20, 2010
Mr. Nightshift (Los Angeles, CA)
This Album was released First....And went Platinuim! Radio quickly jumped on the cut "Lost Ones". This quickly went Top 40 on Billboard's Air-Play Chart. "Doo Wop" was released as a Single and went Gold and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Singles Chart! "Ex-Factor" started getting play on Radio...It went Top 10 on Billboard's Radio Air-Play Chart! "Nothing Even Matters" (With D'Angelo) and "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" both recieved heavy Radio play and they both ended up going Top 40 on Billboard's Radio Air-Play Chart! "To Zion" (featuring Carlos Santana) stalled at #77 on Billboard's Radio Chart. The big surprise here is ALL 4 (Four): "Ex-Factor", "Nothing Even Matters", "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" and "To Zion" ALL entered Billboard's Radio Chart on January 2, 1999 AT THE SAME TIME! The final Single released was another Gold selling Billboard Hit
Single "Everything Is Everything" that peaked at #14! Yeah, I know I should have reviewed this (And bought it) years ago, but damn near everybody had it and/or I was (And still is) hearing it on the Radio!...Well I finally got my own copy and STILL lovin' EVERYTHING about this album! Especially the cut: "Tell Him" which is part of the 2 (Two) hidden Bonus Compact Disc Tracks...The other Bonus Track is: "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"...Need I say more???
Everyone Needs Some Miseducation From Lauryn Hill January 25, 2010
CHEWIE
For a few years I've never been a fan of hip pop. You can't really blame me since all I'd really heard was some horrible Flo Rida on my friend's radio. My impression of hip pop was that it was all about partying and girls. Lauryn Hill and The Fugees proved me wrong.
I've seen The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill before on Best Of... lists and at stores before but until a few weeks ago I'd never listened to it. After listening to it I realised on all I've missed out on!
There was not one boring track. The smash hit Doo Wop (That Thing) gets caught in my head constantly, To Zion is touching, and Every Ghetto, Every City is an interesting song to listen to because it talks about Lauryn growing up. Lauryn has a great voice but Mary J. Blige's is proabally better. Despite this The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is even better than Mary's work.
My only complaint is that the interludes get anoying. I like them but couldn't she have made them seperate tracks so I can skip over them when I don't feel like listening to them?
In conclusion, this is a great album. One of the best of all time to go with The Fugee's The Score.
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