With "Killing Me Softly" touched us Lauryn Hill 1996 Tears. The 23-year old mother and friend of Bob Marley's son Rohan-that brought together a daughter and a son on the world, released her solo debut "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". The two-time Grammy award winners, who was born in South Orange, New Jersey and grew up with classic Soul, bypassed the new edition of a Fugees Allstar album, as she took the entire responsibility into their own hands: Lauryn Hill produced, wrote and sang almost everything on their own. The result: the plate was already in the first week 500,000 copies (platinum) over the counter and immediately climbed to number one on the US charts. L-Boogie, the stage name of Lauryn Hill, refrained in the production of the disc on the support of their Fugees colleagues and cousins Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel, with whom they both Fugees albums "Blunted On Reality" (1993) and " The Score "(1996) brought to the market. The two rappers would not have fitted into the very personal context of the album. On the hit "Doo Wop (That Thing)" underlines L-Boogie, the statement that a relationship heard than just sex and on the tormented by mental anguish lovelorn song "Ex-Factor" takes us Lauryn into the depths of a broken heart. A moving and realistic track. In collaboration with Mary J. Blige on "I Used To Love Him" is about to opt out of a difficult relationship. The disc also includes a cover song: The zerdehnte version of Frankie Valli classic "Can not Take My Eyes Off Of You" has hit potential well and was originally scheduled for a soundtrack. In the ode to their Sohnemann "To Zion" Carlos Santana Miss Hill supports with its famous Latin guitar game that puts the soul in such a way as others can only with the voice. With "Superstar" to Lauryn Hill aimed at all Puff Daddies and "Old Hits recyclers": "Everything you drop is so tired / Music is supposed to inspire / how come we is not getting no higher?" Tracks with grooving hip hop beats ("Lost Ones") and a duet with balladesque D'Angelo ("Nothing Even Matters") result in a successful mix. On "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill", the artist emphasizes her singing skills in the style of Marvin Gaye and Roberta Flack and pushes the chanting something in the background. So if you have expected pure hip-hop, is a little disappointed: It merge the boundaries of hard hip-hop of the Nineties and the Souls of the 70s with the influences from the fields of R'n'B, reggae and gospel. All self-written texts equipped with many talents siren that already gained acting experience with "Sister Act II," go part in personal and yet accessible for all people issues. The emotional and musically good album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" is definitely one in every record collection. A pleasant note there is to Lauryn Hill. She is the co-initiator of the fixture "Refugee Project", the children lacking a proper education and the necessary funding, opportunities opened up, to get out of the harsh ghetto. Such brilliant artist with a big heart we were happy. More please. (This is an Amazon.com at the university-student review.)
