100 Best Albums
- 25 AUG 1998
- 16 Songs
- Dinner with My Darling · 1996
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · 1998
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · 1998
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · 1998
- It Was Written · 1996
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · 1998
- The Rarities · 2020
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · 1998
- Wyclef Jean presents The Carnival featuring Refugee Allstars · 1997
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill · 1998
Artist Playlists
- Her single solo studio album established her has a neo-soul visionary.
- Soul, gospel and hip-hop power from former Fugees admirers and descendants.
- Listen to the hits performed on their blockbuster tour.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Appears On
More To Hear
- A little bit of “Doo Wop” helped her make history.
- Female legends and pioneers, played back-to-back.
- A full and frank discussion on all things baby-related.
- Olivia Rose, Raye, and Sian Anderson guest.
- Olivia Rose, Raye, and Sian Anderson guest.
- The Grammy nominee on her music and touring with Lauryn Hill.
- A downbeat selection, plus AJ Tracey previews his debut album.
About Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill is rap’s greatest “what if” story. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1975, Hill befriended fellow musicians Prakazrel “Pras” Michel and Wyclef Jean, and in 1990 they formed a group called Tranzlator Crew—soon to be known as the Fugees. Though she was the act’s de facto singer, Hill found inspiration in the cultural activism of Ice Cube and Eazy-E, and her gifts as both a rapper and a world-class singer were on abundant display in the band’s 1996 version of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly with His Song”. The Grammy-winning single anchored the Fugees’ chart-topping second album, The Score, and while it was the group’s last record together, it was merely the beginning of Hill’s story. In 1998, she released her debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which amply proved that female MCs shouldn’t be treated as second-class citizens in the rap industry’s hierarchy. Her flow was relentless yet inviting, a mix of swagger and sway. Hill changed the game not just for women in rap but for rap in general: Miseducation was the first rap album to ever win Album of the Year at the Grammys. (Twenty-six years after its release, it also topped the list of Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums.) But after that monumental achievement, Hill retreated into a life of seclusion from which she has rarely returned. Her divisive 2001 MTV Unplugged session saw Hill eschew hip-hop almost entirely, abandoning her deeply powerful boom-bap beats in favour of acoustic folk renditions of her songs. Yet her legacy lives on in those who have followed: There would be no Cardi B, no Nicki Minaj without Lauryn Hill, and she’s been sampled by hip-hop royalty like Drake and J. Cole. Regardless of how often or what she performs, Hill’s pulse will always be heard within hip-hop.
- HOMETOWN
- East Orange, NJ, United States
- BORN
- 26 May 1975
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul