Moreover, she elevated the music world’s consciousness, serving as a major counter balance to the overtly sexualized and often superficial songs dominating hip-hop and R&B airways in the late ‘90s. Having created magic twice-first as one third of Fugees, adding high level lyricism and mind boggling harmony to their 1996 album The Score, and next with her colossal 1998 solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill-L-Boogie raised the bar musically for all of her contemporaries.
Not knowing what to expect from the casually dressed icon, who accessorized her denim with an acoustic guitar for the MTV Unplugged No 2.0 concert which became a full-length live album, fans of Lauryn Hill’s previous work pulled in close, wanting to be among the first to witness her next stroke of genius.Īfter selling an unbelievable volume of records and igniting a frenzy comparable to the ‘60s’ Beatlemania, the super emcee slash incredible songstress-actress-songwriter had amassed a body of work already putting her in the conversation of musical elite. When the quintessential artist of the ‘90s delivered her first offering of new material early into the first quarter of the next decade, everyone stopped to listen. Happy 20th Anniversary to Lauryn Hill’s MTV Unplugged No.
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