What Makes The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill So Special?

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We explore the incredible legacy of one of Hip Hop's most iconic figures: Ms. Lauryn Hill. Join us as we delve into Hill's journey as a singer, songwriter, and rapper, and examine the unique talent that propelled her to become one of the greatest artists in Hip Hop history.
Together, Arthur "LA" Buckner and Linda Diaz, take a deep dive into Hill's history, from her early days in the Fugees to her groundbreaking solo album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," which continues to inspire and influence artists today. We'll also hear from Nadirah, the founder of The Gumbo, a magazine that celebrates and features women in hip hop, as she discusses the impact Hill has had on the industry and the role she continues to play in empowering women in rap.
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00:00 How did Ms. Lauryn Hill accomplish so much with only one studio album?
00:45 The beginning of Lauryn Hill's career
01:30 The formation of the Fugees
02:22 Fugees release The Score
03:50 When the Fugees broke up
04:20 Ms. Hill gets to work on her debut studio album
04:45 Understanding the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
06:40 Nadirah from the Gumbo talks the blues influence in the Miseducation
08:00 The success of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
09:00 Why has Lauryn Hill only released one album?
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@LINDA-de-J0NG Жыл бұрын

She doesn't draw criticism for only producing one album, she draws it for not paying musicians who worked for her, for not showing up for gigs that people saved and went through trouble for, etc. I just hope that she heals from what she went through, future music or none. Preferably lots, but health is the most important and that seems a way away still. But no one is mad at her for only putting out one record, she's still lauded for it and rightly so, what a miracle. Classic among classics.

@Mrnovanova Жыл бұрын

Nailed it👆🏾💯

@estebanrodriguez1456 Жыл бұрын

E X A C T L Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@TrillyThough Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Let's all tell the truth here. The FULL truth.

@soaribb32 Жыл бұрын

True. She's behaved badly for a long time.

@jaguarmartin Жыл бұрын

Clip at the end she says thank you for being patient.. probably cuz she was 3 hrs late

@Tonia682 Жыл бұрын

To have been a young black woman at the time of this album was special. This album spoke to many of the women I knew.

@pareeshaslaughter6798 Жыл бұрын

I wish it would speak to many more black women in Atlanta.... Smh so much hate among the sisters

@cinemaocd1752 Жыл бұрын

You are living in a house with three other women with three unplanned pregnancies and a variety pack of baby daddy drama, it's 1999 and the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill plays in a loop. This record was about something, it spoke to so many women then and now. A forever classic.

@joebungus3447 Жыл бұрын

Being an irresponsible adult is not something to be fond of.

@miarrem Жыл бұрын

@@joebungus3447 wow, way to judge

@frizzyrascal1493 Жыл бұрын

@@miarrem He just stated facts, there was no judgement there.

@juiciegiraffe2562 Жыл бұрын

@Chenai SABETA - BOADI stop bein a hater mate

@YoureRightIThink Жыл бұрын

@@juiciegiraffe2562 how is he a hater? Lol

@BigPurp9 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid my big sister played this album non stop and I was sick of it. We haven’t spoken in years and I finally listened to the album consciously last year and it brought me to tears. Such a beautiful album and it made me think of my big sis❤😭

@PinkyakaAyannaj Жыл бұрын

Love to you 🤍💙🙏🏾

@not2bconfusedwithmaeo Жыл бұрын

call your sis?

@BigPurp9 Жыл бұрын

@@not2bconfusedwithmaeo wish I could but she cut contact with the family years ago

@not2bconfusedwithmaeo Жыл бұрын

@@BigPurp9 that's sad to hear. hope it gets better for you and your family, her included🌷

@thornyback Жыл бұрын

I was in my early 20's in NYC during that exact time and it was a phenomenal time to be alive, to be young and beautiful. Badu came out a year later and kept the flow going. Shout out to Angie Stone and Jag Wright.

@shining4ce Жыл бұрын

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is my favorite album ever. It's perfect.

@petermcateer1354 11 ай бұрын

Old white guy here.... I 'discovered' this album recently thanks to PBS Sound Field. I'll say this...Thank you!! This is one of the most spectacular albums ever recorded!! How I missed it when it was new is beyond me, but I'm thankful it finally made its way to my ears. A singular, generational talent.

@rafaelaptroot438 Жыл бұрын

Lauryn Hill is one of my favorite artists of all time. However when I saw her live and she was around an hour late, performed a 25 minute set and was done. It made it even worse that this was at a festival and I’d had made the decision to see her over seeing other artists I liked. Doesn’t take away from what she accomplished in the studio but it’s sad she doesn’t seem to give the respect back.

@damienpolk7440 Жыл бұрын

When it comes to the stories similar to what you have shared, I tend to look at just what the video quoted Lauryn as saying about SABOTEURS. All of what she said started after the album is still going on times 💯 these days. Straight sabotage for whatever those reasons being.

@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382 Жыл бұрын

@@damienpolk7440 "I don't show up late to shows because I don't care. And I have nothing but Love and respect for my fans. The challenge is aligning my energy with the time, taking something that isn't easily classified or contained, and trying to make it available for others. I don't have an on/off switch. I am at my best when I am open, rested, sensitive and liberated to express myself as truthfully as possible." That's what she said herself about often being late. It has nothing to do with saboteurs, it's more about her difficulty with giving 100% if she doesn't feel like it

@RicoBanani Жыл бұрын

happened the same to me. she was late 45mins for a festival gig pushing back all the artists going on stage after her. also, her voice was shot and it was barely audible. she barely sang for maybe 40 mins

@RicoBanani Жыл бұрын

@danteshollowedgrounds Жыл бұрын

@@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382 I see and that makes sense ngl.

@Skeletor8 Жыл бұрын

Her personal issues aside Miseducation just hit all the right notes at the right time. She is amazingly talented. And although this is her only solo album her work with the Fugees can’t be overlooked. Easily too 10 female MC.

@nickmarshall8583 Жыл бұрын

Her arrival at Dave Chapelle's Block Party brings a lump to my throat every time. Incredible voice.

@earthshaker1217 Жыл бұрын

I think it is a good point to bring up how there probably was a great deal of pressure to recreate the success of her debut album. At the same time, one great piece of musical work is fine too. I just hope Lauryn Hill is happy.

@ttdanimations1231 Жыл бұрын

she still had multiple albums with the fugees that are great content

@BdCgWgLover313 Жыл бұрын

This album is a timeless classic and will forever been one of my favorites. If she never makes another album she's still a legend.

@Orinap Жыл бұрын

Lauryn and Erykah Badu are legends

@pipikakachu Жыл бұрын

And they are messy 😂 but i love them

@amandaredd3057 Жыл бұрын

I use to play that album on repeat. Every single song on that album is super-fly. It's timeless ❤

@PuffinPass Жыл бұрын

This album was a complete anomaly when you think about it. Back when CDs were still a thing I remember looking at friends collections and regardless if they listened to punk, metal, rap, hip hop, soul, RnB or whatever this album was almost universally in their collection somewhere. People always ask why she never made a second album and I always answer with, "Does she really need to?" Sure for selfish reasons it would be nice to have another album, but I feel all the external pressure would end up damaging the new work in some way, making it less authentic and pure to her vision.

@pat_almighty Жыл бұрын

This is truly a piece of art that provides a mirror to your personal development each time you listen to it. I tend to come back to it every 4-5 years or so and each time I have been a different person listening to it. A true evergreen. 🎓

@MrGringissimo Жыл бұрын

Miseducation was such a sensational, and I mean that literally it was a sensation, album at the time. Really an incredible talent. Hope she is at peace and having a good life.

@Winniegirl85 Жыл бұрын

Lauryn hills unplugged album is my favorite album of ALL time amongst All GENRES.

@Elias_Truth Жыл бұрын

I love Lauryn. She’s been through a lot

@nicolesherman8974 Жыл бұрын

One of the best to ever do it. Her and Missy does the rap singing so well ❤️.

@Roadrunner65553 Жыл бұрын

“Zion” is one of the greatest ballads that hardly anyone ever mentions…

@LuisZunigaPRI Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite song on the album

@LooseAsADEUCE Жыл бұрын

Miseducation is a classic album, no question, but I think we give her too much leeway because of it. All the controversies and poor performance behavior can't be excused just because she had a fantastic album.

@jokedok8044 Жыл бұрын

We ? You have personality disorder ?

@Only1WithAnE Ай бұрын

Yes, literally ONE album

@Swishy_Blue Жыл бұрын

Here's to a healthy, happy Hill ! We miss you, take care of yourself!

@youngmanchego Жыл бұрын

I love this series. New episodes can’t come soon enough. Keep em coming.

@hsmathis Жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVE Lauryn Hill. Her music speaks directly to my soul. Everything I feel, she puts to music. 😊

@johnpounders5314 2 ай бұрын

This one is THE ONE.❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

@userJFK Жыл бұрын

The miseducation & Aquemini by OutKast are my favourite albums, literally on weekly rotation. And also I really do wish her music career lasted longer and see where she could have taken hip hop.

@reddingmalik Жыл бұрын

YESSSSSS

@reddingmalik Жыл бұрын

Both artist Gemini I love the creativity in both albums

@jaredlhulum Жыл бұрын

"Outkast landed, 3-thou was ill Like a male version of Lauryn Hill" -Jay z, a star is born

@michaeltran2743 Жыл бұрын

Great choices. From those choices, I can tell you were born before 1990 😂

@BlackIndigenousPosse Жыл бұрын

Stoked to see two videos in a row about my favourite genre. Some of my favourite women in hip-hop such as Dessa, Jean Grae, Little Simz, and Noname certainly took influence from Ms. Hill. On the other hand there are other great MCs who sound nothing alike. Yugen Blakrok from South Africa is exclusively a rapper and has a sci-fi heavy black empowerment-themed mythos throughout her work.

@jams3975 Жыл бұрын

Was literally listening to lost ones, yall are psychic…

@SoundFieldPBS Жыл бұрын

we are on the same wave length

@thescoobymike Жыл бұрын

I swear the blues is everywhere

@monilaninetynine3811 Жыл бұрын

Lauryn Hill was briefly on the soap opera, As The World Turns as a troubled teen named Kira

@RebelwheelsNYCShow Жыл бұрын

I also really love her songs Lose Myself and Guarding The Gates

@ToneyLo Жыл бұрын

Ooh I luv "lose myself" I had never heard a fast song that was so deep like that one.

@arieldelaney7727 Жыл бұрын

One of the first albums I bought. Instant classic!

@tlc8165 Жыл бұрын

I personally don’t feel like Lauryn Hill needs to release another album. I feel like she said everything she wanted and needed to say on “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” album. Also the messages in that album are still relevant to today.

@kosmique Жыл бұрын

lost ones is such a masterpiece

@destinixshakur Жыл бұрын

Frfr

@phish66 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Miseducation one of the best albums of last 25 years.

@matthewstevenlinder Жыл бұрын

I love her so much one of my daughters is named after her and I did an entire podcast about the spiritual underpinnings in her music.

@JosephRobert82 Жыл бұрын

Fell in love hearing her in "Sister Act II" in 93, and had her pictures spread across my wall from 96 to 2001. I was a day 1!

@Sirbiznis Жыл бұрын

lauryn Verse on "Family Business" is soooo top tier

@joejett5084 Жыл бұрын

It’s a concept album about love and it’s different forms of it, educating yourself and others about our miseducation of it while educating the youth of what it is and what it isn’t = masterpiece

@princesphamandla4910 Жыл бұрын

This Albumn will always have a special place in my heart.

@jirenoboy Жыл бұрын

Just bought the vinyl version, this gonna be the first album ill put on my record player. Gotta get unvirgined by a great alumn

@GLA45Amg716 Жыл бұрын

It’s clear what happened. Because she called it out on “superstar”. They make you known then tear you down .. something like that. Her music had a message and the industry is pushing to stop anyone that has THAT MUCH influence to give a message. That’s why music today is all partying and doing drugs etc .. people love music with meaning it’s not like we aren’t interested. They just stop it

@8lec_R Жыл бұрын

Fd Signifier has a great video on her.

@kazuhasgloves Жыл бұрын

Lauren is that woman !! ♥️

@danteshollowedgrounds Жыл бұрын

once again well played PBS.

@JamesReed-zg6go Ай бұрын

I loved that album!!!! It was the only hip hop album I owned at the time. I got tired of hip hop. When it was released, it was like a breath of fresh air. I believed it invigorated hip hop. It was Lauryn Hills magnus opus: a masterpiece!!!!! That album set the standard for hip hop and there hasn't been any other that has surpassed it. I still listen to it today. It's a timeless classic!!!!!!!

@execution832 Жыл бұрын

I'm more in love with her second album "unplugged"

@bolajiaiyegboyin3579 Жыл бұрын

Lauren has always been a great talent...and she used it well..one is to be talented and another is to put it to use...she done both..well done miss Hill...my girl..

@billbill4444 Жыл бұрын

Greatest Album of the 90s

@TrumpetSAE Жыл бұрын

❤️👏🏾❤️👏🏾❤️👏🏾👏🏾❤️👏🏾❤️👏🏾❤️👏🏾 I didn't really get into music until I heard T.M.O.L.H! The album changed my life! OMG i remember the day I first heard her album... sophomore in highschool! Thanks for this video.

@wcole1385 Жыл бұрын

Great content on Lauryn Hill!

@BozeDoesGodsWork Жыл бұрын

Lauryn’s legacy lives through many of these modern day artist. Another one being Amy Winehouse. A legend who’s crucial part of her childhood was listening to her music. Tracks like “F me Pumps” and “In my bed” could have easily been tracks that Lauryn herself could have written.

@GOTHICPOSTY Жыл бұрын

If they ever make a Lauryn Hill biopic I nominate Tkay Maidza to play her, I don’t think theres a better pick visually and vocally honestly

@jaredlhulum Жыл бұрын

"Lauryn Hill said her heart was in Zion I wish her heart still was in rhymin' 'Cause who the kids gon' listen to, huh? I guess me if it isn't you" -K. West, Champion.

@BAMOORE94 Жыл бұрын

Can you do one of these on TLC and Left Eye in particular? A lot of hip hop artists cite her as well but she gets down played all the time

@andrebayiha8350 Жыл бұрын

What rap artists cite her?

@BAMOORE94 Жыл бұрын

@@andrebayiha8350 Nicki and Cardi for example both love her

@jaidamann8365 Жыл бұрын

To me, it's one of those rear albums where every song is a hit and stirs up so many various emotions. Definitely in my top five.

@TwoMorningPoops Жыл бұрын

I don't see why artist should be pressured into making more than one album. I view albums (mostly) as autobiographies and the interesting/relatable stuff would have happened before the first album was made. Subsequent albums often tend to shift from the relatable life story to boasting about things in their current life. I personally do not want to hear about the issues folks face once they've made it rich as I likely won't ever experience that life

@K3M15A Жыл бұрын

as close to perfect an album can be

@treatyyum Жыл бұрын

such a great album and artist

@AKbamoida Жыл бұрын

I wish the clips could be longer - the music is too good for 1sec clips

@veritasaequitas2192 Жыл бұрын

Greatest album ever made. 🎗🏆

@braheme1260 Жыл бұрын

Concept album, masterfully blends multiple genres, all-time quality. I get it.

@cathoare8935 4 ай бұрын

I loved the fugees, sister act 2, if i ruled the world and miseducation has been on my rotation since it was released I've even gone through 2 copies on cd.

@indakut Жыл бұрын

One of the best albums ever

@Only1WithAnE Ай бұрын

She literally been riding off the success of Miseducation of Lauryn Hill her entire career. She was dope in The Fugees too

@artistlovepeace Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. This is all true.

@Kashimana Жыл бұрын

A masterpiece for sure

@kmills2606 Жыл бұрын

The LH unplugged is epic.

@Winniegirl85 Жыл бұрын

My fave ❤

@kenosantos327 Жыл бұрын

Sister Act 2 has to be one of the best movies I've watched, if you a music lover this movie hit the spot 🔥

@Christian80806 2 ай бұрын

I still have my dad’s cassette of this album

@theianmce 10 ай бұрын

I cant wait to see her ont he 25th anniversary tour in Oakland!!

@rahimzaky Жыл бұрын

Linda Diaz.❤️

@damnrite811 Жыл бұрын

Legend!!!!!!

@augustosarmentodeoliveira3023 Жыл бұрын

Linda Diaz é realmente linda

@kitschypea3884 Жыл бұрын

Miss Hill taught me the words defecating and reciprocity.

@Ravik122 Жыл бұрын

A strange combination

@ToniWz 8 ай бұрын

This album barely had any rapping on it but gets all kinds of props for it being a great rap album. Hill, skates on her being one of the most talented women of her era and ever. People don’t view her with a critical eye enough outside of the being late to shows or only releasing one solo studio album.

@danteshollowedgrounds Жыл бұрын

She's a legend I mean and it's simple as that.

@akvalues 8 ай бұрын

SHE HAD SO MUCH ON THAT ALBUM!!!

@romeokoroma3341 Жыл бұрын

Can you please do 2pac’s 1995 classic album me against the world because he intentionally tried to make the album more personal and reflective than his previous efforts but considered by several music critics to be the best of any of his albums up to that point in his career.

@thesocialjourney Жыл бұрын

What makes her so special is that everything she has been on is instant classic. Nothing else really to say or needs to be said. I might be bias because that is probably my favorite album of all time but it is what it is. Few albums that have ever been made, in any genre, that you can listen to every song over and over

@TheTransitmtl Жыл бұрын

Her unplugged album is considered one of the worst album of all time

@thesocialjourney Жыл бұрын

@@TheTransitmtl I watched some of it live and I don't know why they made it an album. It should have stayed on MTV but I can see that. She was hoarse and struggling the whole set.

@FlexxibleFree Жыл бұрын

Somehow the hip hop documentary is unavailable everytime you promote it and i try to watch it. It doesn't say blocked in your country or anything, just unavailable.

@mikellyy Ай бұрын

D’Angelo duet on that album was more NeoSoul than what was mentioned

@raphaelfloyddouglas684 9 ай бұрын

❤️🙏🏾

@soultechmedia8355 Жыл бұрын

I loved that Album. The reason she didn’t do another Album was because of her bridge burning. That album was a collective effort by not just her, but several talented individuals, who were never credited. Would you want to work with someone like that. Your reputation is everything in this business. People got cancelled for simply faking street cred in the 90’s. Also I’ve witness her awful songwriting and guitar skills on display at a festival in TX. I can tell she needed help in the studio to flush out her ideas.

@Rycardo_tx Жыл бұрын

iconic

@st2816ven Жыл бұрын

What makes it good?....the songs, the lyrics, the band playing it, the vocals, the productions and the sexy broad on the mic.

@ic9628 Жыл бұрын

It was a Dre Chronic 2001 moment, an album so good it just scared the artist from ever trying to release another album again.

@nazp6201 Жыл бұрын

Lauryn is one of the greatest talents the world will ever see, if not theeee greatest. Some people in the comments are mentioning her controversies and while some of the criticism is fair (like her lateness) a lot of them aren’t. She doesn’t do interviews and isn’t in the public eye so when ppl hear things about her they are only getting one side, which is sad because I truly believe from doing research that some of these claims are just misogynistic or not believable. ironically, her silence has caused the public to be miseducated on Lauryn Hill. But I hope I documentary or her doing a sit down will allow people to see her side of things.

@cathridge Жыл бұрын

She doesn't do interviews knowing questions of her taking advantage of her collaborators will come up. Unfortunately that album will always have an asterisk next to it. Would be nice if the same production team could bury the hatchet now that the lawsuit is over and work together again with new contracts.

@blackkeys8307 Жыл бұрын

Ironically public still miseducated facts lol

@teeahtate Жыл бұрын

Because she wrote about my life even though we never met.

@mjg239 Жыл бұрын

The same apocryphal rumor about Lauryn Hill "not liking white people listening to her music" is the same rumor that dogged Tommy Hilfiger in the '90s when there was a rumor that he didn't like black people wearing his clothes. Lauryn was never able to really escape that not-liking-white-listeners rumor, and it just lingers like a wound that won't heal -- aside from all the other stuff that people in the comments are mentioning.

@erickflores2224 2 ай бұрын

And here we are today, 2024, the album is just named Apple Music's number ONE album of all time ♡

@robertmkorte Жыл бұрын

Did I miss it in the video, or was there no mentioning of her MTV Unplugged Album from 2002?

@SoundFieldPBS Жыл бұрын

You missed it!

@Kahayuman Жыл бұрын

But that one is a whole messy album inmo

@jordanlt518 10 ай бұрын

@@Kahayuman nah it’s a classic imo

@newage2infinity Жыл бұрын

Greatest album of all time it's genre should be spiritual or gospel

@haskeymorrison 2 ай бұрын

Best album according to Apple Music

@evil5150 Жыл бұрын

Not giving credit to the artists that actually created it? TF is going on with PBS and fluff pieces on pop stars?

@deleaiseporter4135 Жыл бұрын

She needs no other… for the simple fact… she laid down the facts. The title said it all.

@natsohigh5552 Жыл бұрын

To answer the question of the video: Lauryn Hill.

@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock. Жыл бұрын

Whenever Lauryn Hill is mentioned, I feel it's always somewhat dishonest not to mention the multiple controversies she was involved in, most of which she was absolutely to blame. Miseducation still a masterpiece tho

@alejmora Жыл бұрын

No disrespect to Ms. Hill, but her legacy and career after that album has been criticized many times. Here a very funny history from Mr. Robert Glasper (jump to the 3 minutes mark): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9qUha2GvN7LZmQ.html

@robertcue Жыл бұрын

What the hell does that have to do with “Why The Miseducation Is So Special!???” Her private life is not our business!

@eeee8479 Жыл бұрын

@@robertcue well, the point could be made that the musicians who apparently weren’t paid and/or credited are part of what made the miseducation so special.

@robertcue Жыл бұрын

@@eeee8479 That’s obvious, that’s why in the “original” packaging of the album, every single musician who contributed to the project names were listed and the instruments they played. I still have my original copy from 1998. Not sure if you keep up with her but she publicly acknowledges everyone who contributed to that album.

@trashyraccoon2615 Жыл бұрын

@@robertcue They didn’t just “play instruments”, they had a major role in writing the songs and producing the music, which they were never properly credited for and weren’t properly paid for. If you listen to anything she wrote herself after that album, you can tel the difference. She’s a good performer, but she’s not really a songwriter/producer. Make sense? Her production team sued her and the matter was settled out of court for 5 million. She got greedy and it came back to bite her.