Best of - Lauryn Hill: Family, Faith & Hip-Hop

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🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Lauryn Hill has had an outsized impact on the world of hip-hop, soul and R&B. She entered the music world in the mid-1990’s as one third of the band The Fugees, and soon after released a solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”. It was a phenomenon, and swept the Grammys. But then Ms. Hill pretty much vanished from music and public life, in an internal battle between fame, family and faith. On this episode you’ll hear the incomparable and enigmatic Lauryn Hill, speaking in 2000, just as she had begun her retreat. She’s open, honest, raw and very funny about the transformation she was undergoing. This episode originally posted in 2016. We're bringing it back to usher in summer! (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2016-2022

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alice.
0:03.0	Last week, Lauren Hill turned 47.
0:07.0	Zaya.
0:11.0	That gave me pause. Her debut solo album, The Miss Education of Lauren Hill, came out nearly a quarter century ago, and it remains her only solo studio album.
0:23.8	That's why she remains to so many of her fans, myself included,
0:28.2	that 23-year-old who created some of the most iconic songs of her generation.
0:34.4	Rolling Stone magazine lists the mis-education of Lauren Hill
0:38.4	as one of the top 10 albums of all time.
0:42.3	And when Barack Obama was running for president 10 albums of all time.
0:42.6	And when Barack Obama was running for president in 2008,
0:46.5	he said his very favorite song was by Lauren Hill,
0:50.9	one she recorded when she was 19 and still lead singer for the band The Fuchies.
0:57.0	I play my enemies like a game of chess where I rest.
1:01.0	No stress.
1:02.0	Don't smoke sense. Less. I must confess my destin manifest
1:05.4	This some vortex and sweats I make tracks like I'm homeless
1:08.5	Rap orgies with orucky and best.
1:13.0	Yes.
1:14.0	Bless you if you represent the food, but I hex you.
1:18.0	With some witch's cruel if you do.
1:19.0	It's Memorial Day as I record these words,
1:22.0	and so Summer has officially launched.
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