The Score

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C3 Produced for R.C.E. co-produced for R.C.E., recorded and mixed for R.C.E. at the Booga Basement Studio, NJ, engineered for R.C.E. Guest appearance by Pace 1, Young Zee & Ra Digga. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC/Tete San Ko Publishing/Obverse Creation Music (ASCAP). And while she would evolve into something bigger than hip-hop on her 1998 solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, her work on The Score remains unparalleled in the genre; no MC has ever sung with such soul, power, and grace, nor has any singer ever spit as hard as she does here. If that statement sounds histrionic, just try to come up with a list of her peers that sing and rap even remotely as well as she did. Cee-Lo? Pharrell? Drake? It’s laughable. There’s a reason why everyone freaked out when Azealia Banks dropped “ 212”; the skillsets just do not often intersect, despite the AutoTune crooners that have since flooded the pop charts. And even the OGs place her at or near the top of their best-ever MC lists. Yet even after all the praise and recognition, she still felt somewhat unseen, somehow unappreciated. This would manifest itself in Miseducation, both in its powerful expressions of vulnerability and in her tyrannical exclusion of her collaborators from that album’s writing and production credits. Music & Media 1996 in Review: Year End Sales Charts" (PDF). Music & Media. December 21, 1996. p.12 . Retrieved March 11, 2021. Offiziellecharts.de – Fugees – The Score" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 1996 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (March 23, 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.

B1 produced for Dashiki Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at The Crib in NYC. Contains a replayed sample from "Ooh La La La" (McGrier/Marie), McNella Music/Midnight Magnet Music. Used by permission. Dutch album certifications – Fugees – The Score" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved August 26, 2018. Enter The Score in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1996 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen". The accompanying music video was directed by film director Marcus Nispel, and was reported to have cost approximately 1.3 million dollars at the time, making it one of the most expensive music videos ever. [23] In a later interview, Fugees member Pras described the recording of "Ready or Not", stating, "The three of us was each going through some pain. Lauryn was crying when she did her vocals. It was unbelievable. To see her singing with tears coming out of her eyes, it made me want to cry too." [14] Fugees Postpone Reunion Tour to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of 'The Score' — UPDATE". Billboard. October 30, 2021 . Retrieved April 15, 2022. Kot, Greg (March 14, 1996). "Fugees: The Score (Ruffhouse)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved March 1, 2015.Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1998). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard . Retrieved October 15, 2010.