The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · After the break-up of the Fugees, Lauryn Hill made her first solo album in 1998. She was pregnant with her first child and wrote more than thirty songs in her attic studio in New Jersey. The recording ran from September 1997 to June 1998, first in New York and New Jersey, then at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Bob Marley's studio. She wrote and produced almost everything herself, with a group of musicians called New Ark.

It is a concept album about learning from love, with themes such as relationships, conflict, motherhood and faith. The sound is neo soul and R&B with hip hop and reggae, played with real instruments and layered harmony vocals. Doo Wop (That Thing) became a number one in the United States. The critical response was unanimously glowing, the album won Album of the Year at the Grammys and contributed to the breakthrough of hip hop and neo soul.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Intro0:47Apple Music ↗
2. 2Lost Ones5:34Apple Music ↗
3. 3Ex-Factor5:27Apple Music ↗
4. 4To Zion (feat. Carlos Santana)6:09Apple Music ↗
5. 5Doo Wop (That Thing)5:20Apple Music ↗
6. 6Superstar4:57Apple Music ↗
7. 7Final Hour4:16Apple Music ↗
8. 8When It Hurts so Bad5:42Apple Music ↗
9. 9I Used to Love Him (feat. Mary J. Blige)5:40Apple Music ↗
10. 10Forgive Them Father5:15Apple Music ↗
11. 11Every Ghetto, Every City5:15Apple Music ↗
12. 12Nothing Even Matters (feat. D'Angelo)5:51Apple Music ↗
13. 13Everything Is Everything4:53Apple Music ↗
14. 14The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill3:55Apple Music ↗
15. 15Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (I Love You Baby)3:41Apple Music ↗
16. 16Tell Him4:41Apple Music ↗

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