The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

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Genre Pop
Release 25 August 1998
Price $10.99
Tracks 16
Country USA
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Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Album Songs

No Song Title Time
1. Intro 0:47
2. Lost Ones 5:33
3. Ex-Factor 5:26
4. To Zion (feat. Carlos Santana) 6:09
5. Doo Wop (That Thing) 5:20
6. Superstar 4:57
7. Final Hour 4:16
8. When It Hurts So Bad 5:42
9. I Used To Love Him (feat. Mary J. B... 5:39
10. Forgive Them Father 5:15
11. Every Ghetto, Every City 5:14
12. Nothing Even Matters (feat. D'Angel... 5:50
13. Everything Is Everything 4:53
14. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 3:55
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You 3:41
16. Tell Him 4:40

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album studio by Lauryn Hill. Released August 25, 1998, the album swept the Grammy Awards in 1999, being nominated for 10 and winning five. As of 2009, the album has sold over 19 million copies worldwide and over 10 million copies in the US alone, with the RIAA giving it Diamond status . Background In 1997, Hill began production on an album that would eventually become The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The title was partially inspired by The Education of Sonny Carson, a film and autobiographical novel about a troubled African American youth. The album includes collaborations with soul singer D'Angelo on "Nothing Even Matters", guitarist Carlos Santana on "To Zion", singer Mary J. Blige on "I Used to Love Him"; as well as then little-known John Legend playing the piano on "Everything is Everything". Songs for the album were largely written in an attic studio in South Orange, New Jersey and recorded at Chung King Studios in Jamaica. Wyclef Jean, Hill's bandmate with The Fugees, initially didn't support Hill recording a solo album, but eventually offered his production help; Hill declined his assistance. Several songs on the album concerned her frustrations with The Fugees; "I Used to Love Him" dealt with the break-down of the relationship between Hill and Wyclef Jean. "To Zion" spoke about her decision to have her first baby, even though many at the time encouraged her to abort the pregnancy as to not interfere with her blossoming career. The Miseducation contained several interludes of a teacher speaking to what is implied to be a classroom of children; in fact, the "teacher" was played by Ras Baraka (a poet, educator and politician) speaking to a group of kids in the living room of Hill's New Jersey home. The singer requested that Baraka speak to the children about the concept of love, and he improvised the lecture. 1998 saw the release of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which was both critically and commercially successful. The landmark concept album set new records for black women, female hip-hop artists, and women in general. It sold over 423,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard 200 albums chart for four weeks and the Billboard R&B Album chart for six weeks; it would go on to sell more than 18 million copies over the next decade. The first single off the album was "Lost Ones" (US #27), released in Spring 1998. The second was "Doo Wop (That Thing)", which reached #1 in the billboard charts. Other singles released in support of the album were "Ex-Factor" (US #21), "Everything Is Everything" (US #35), and "To Zion". At the 1999 Grammy Awards, Hill was nominated ten times , becoming the first female ever to be nominated ten times in one year: Hill won five Grammys including Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist. Lauryn Hill set a new record in the industry, as she became the first woman to win five Grammys in one night. Between 1998 and 1999, Hill earned $25 million from record sales and touring. Hill became a national media icon, as magazines ranging from Time to Esquire to Teen People vied to put her on the cover. By the end of the year, as the album topped virtually every major music critic's best-of list, she was being credited for helping fully assimilate hip-hop into mainstream music. In the late 1990s, Hill was noted by some as a humanitarian. In 1996 she received an Essence Award for work which has included the 1996 founding of the Refugee Project, an outreach organization that supports a two-week overnight camp for at-risk youth, and for supporting well-building projects in Kenya and Uganda, as well as for staging a rap concert in Harlem to promote voter registration. In 1999 Hill received three awards at the 30th Annual NAACP Image Awards. In 1999 Ebony named her one of "100+ Most Influential Black Americans". She was named with Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. and others among the "10 For Tomorrow," in the EBONY 2000: Special Millennium Issue. In 2003, VH1 named it the 37th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 312 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Chris Rock ranked it 23rd in his 2005 list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named " The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" second on the greatest albums in the past 25 years. Lawsuit Though The Miseducation was largely a collaborative work between Hill and a group of musicians known as New Ark (Vada Nobles, Rasheem Pugh, Tejumold and Johari Newton), there was "label pressure to do the Prince thing," wherein all tracks would be credited as "written and produced by" the artist with little outside help. While recording the album, when Hill was asked about providing contracts or documentation to the musicians, she replied, "We all love each other. This ain't about documents. This is blessed." In 1998, New Ark filed a fifty-page lawsuit against Hill, her management, and her record label, stating that Hill "used their songs and production skills but failed to properly credit them for the work." The musicians claimed that they either wrote or produced 13 of 14 tracks on Miseducation , despite the liner notes of the album claiming that it was "produced, written, arranged and performed by Lauryn Hill." New Ark requested partial writing credits and monetary reimbursement. The suit was settled out of court in February 2001 for a reported $5 million. New Ark's lawyer, Peter C. Harvey, scoffed at Hill's image as a prolific songwriter. “She is not a musician, she is not a producer...I dare say if you put Lauryn Hill in a studio alone, she couldn’t do it again." . In a 2005 Interview, Lauryn responded saying " I am a Songwriter, Producer and a Musician and that I gave people too much credit that they didn't truly deserve. I can do it again, because I am a Artist thats speaks from my heart and from my mind. If people benefit off my new music to come then so be it, I will only make music to give information to my own children". As of 2009, Hill has released only one album after Miseducation - 2001's MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 - which sold a fraction of Miseducation's numbers. ℗ 1998 Ruffhouse Records LP

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Buy this album!. All I can say is this album is amazing and a classic from front to back. A must-have for any music fan! Buy it!

One of the best albums I’ve ever heard. I still listen to this album in 2020. Incredible piece of work!

Miseducation. Love the entire collection It never gets old

Iconic. After 20 decades this album still have me deep in my feelings after listening. Her flows is uncomfortable, lyrics are eccentric yet phenomenal. This woman is truly iconic her voice is one of a kind. So many moods in this album. Ms Hill is a musical genius.

Lauryn Hill. I love this Album...

Love her. 2018 and this album still playing!

👑. Literally wow

A Classic. By far one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and certainly one of the best of the 90s in any genre.

Masterpiece. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Phenomenal album!. Love Lauryn Hill

Neato. DeVito

Bobby Bee on Ms. Lauryn Hill AND The Miseducation.... LANDMARK ALBULM!!!! What can I say? I don't know whether to give more credit the Fugees and it's offspring or the Artist themselves?? They were ALL so INNOVATIVE and UNIQUE. Right here though, on HER Cd, all praise is due to Lauryn Hill for her to aforementioned qualities AND the fact that she can act also! This Cd? It's a collector's item, you BETTER! She took EVERYTHING with this ONE!

BOP. Too good

GOAT. Masterpiece

A gift to this earth!. By far a lyrical genius!

Overrated. This is the most overrated album of all time.

Loved it then, love it now!. I first heard this album when my sister came back from the army to visit after her basic training. I was still in grade school and didn’t quite get the message, but loved the sound (‘music and melody). I grew up and understood the message, I loved it more. Fast forward to now, I still love all of it! It is awesome how new, top artists are bringing it back (not that it ever went anywhere). On replay again...

AMAZING! Stands the test of time!!!. I loved this when it first came out!! Although hip-hop was not my genre and it was barely genre at the time... but I love music and music! I love classical music, I love Pop music, I love soul and R&B classic rock I just love music!! And I really love music that teaches about real life and real love in a beautiful way and she pulled it off in aces!!! I first saw her on sister act two and just fell in love with her beauty and the beauty of her voice!! She’s gone through so very much and shared her soul and wow did we benefit from it!! Miss Hill I love you and I love the message that you sent out into the world!! I’m so sorry you’re not benefiting from this album financially but I can tell you for sure that God knows the gift you’ve given to young women and men and he will reward you tenfold!!! God bless the goat of women in rap and rap music that matters and carries a message which is where it’s roots are really from!! May God bless Miss Lauren Hill I love this album I listen to it while driving, while exercising, while crying and while dancing and laughing she hit every note and took us there !!! if you know what I mean... this young Beautiful black woman gave her all to the world!! To me she will always be the very best of women’s rap R&B and reggae!! ALWAYS THE GOAT!!♥️♥️I love you Miss Hill!!! you’re amazing!!! thank you for sharing this beautiful gift you have with the world!!! we all love you for it!!! AndDAAAANGGGG YOUR VOICE IS GORGEOUS BETTER THAN ANYBODY!!! FOREVER THE GOAT!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ ❤️🙏🏾🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿

End of Boycott. I've long decided not to purchase/download this album because of the conflict between the artist and the producers. After almost two decades, I've decided that I deserve and my kids deserve to enjoy this piece of art, even if Lauren won't be able to gain anything financially from this purchase. The motive is to let Lauren's voice echo through the speakers again and provide another opportunity for a new generation to admire this wonderful example of Black Culture.

Our own personal Zion. Almost every artist in hip-hop/r&b owes a lot to this albums bold genre fusions and sharp writing. The feature with Carlos Santana will always live in my heart.

The Very Best of Love & Hip Hop. This one of my favorite albums of ALL TIMES!! Lauren’s lyrics and voice are medicine to the soul!

Changed My Life. Top 5 to this day. True Feminism in artistic form. “Keep your eyes on the final hour. Change your focus from the richest to the poorest....”

One of the best of all time. Incredible at the beginning. Ages well.

What is life. The time that I have on this planet and I just discovered this album

sean mic con. extasy

A solid gold listen. This woman has a gift...her album, twenty years old and counting, still speaks the truth. Proof that music is timeless.

Good but.... With all due respect there’s no way this is highly influential than Sgt. Pepper🤣

The best that ever did it!!!. 2018 and still fire...

GOAT. Classic Album

The best album ever.. No one greater than Ms. Hill.

Top 3 best albums of all time!!. They just don’t make music like this no more!!

one of the best albums of all time. I bought this on a whim one day in the store, I was familiar with hill from Sister Act 2 and a few songs of hers here and there. Did not take the cd out of my car for over a year!! Her voice is so distinctive and powerful. Her songwriting is remarkable as well as the way her songs paint a story for the overall album. A must have! This encapsulates so many emotions found in the journey of adulthood. Can't say enough good things.

A Living Legend. Period. She is the best. This album is a classic. Can’t wait to share this with my children.

Soundtrack to my childhood. I will forever love this album because it give me good memories of my childhood.

A Legendary Queen. My all time favorite👸🏾

My Fav album of all time. why re-release it & the reviews are gone but this album is a CLASSIC A MUST HAVE

One of greatest albums of all time!!!!. LOOOOOOOOOve this album ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Can’t wait to see Miss Hill Live!. The best and the original. So much music today is based off of Lauryn. I wish she would drop a few new lines.

A true masterpiece. Love this album so much. I just got to see her on tour last week for the 20th anniversary of this album and it was amazing.

Legendary. She will go down as one of the most influential and gifted rappers of all time. Her songs are filled with soul and self confidence. She demands people to respect themselves specifically Black men and women to not demean themselves for others to like you. It’s one of the best rap albums of all time!

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A 90s Classic. So much to get your teeth into. Great vibes.

One is the most important albums in R&B/Hip-Hop history!. A truly timeless masterpiece. Still lyrically and musically relevant to this day!

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