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Lauryn Hill’s ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ Goes Diamond

Post author By Natalee Gilbert
Post date February 20, 2021

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Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill is a timeless album that’s heavily celebrated within the hip-hop community.

Released on August 25th, 1998, the album shot up to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, scoring over 422,000 sales in its first week. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill also earned Grammy nominations and five wins, including Album of the Year and Best R&B Album.

The album made such noise that it was also added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. Case in point, Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill will always be a timeless album that brings hip-hop lovers together.

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Recently, the RIAA went on Twitter and announced that The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill has officially gone Diamond. They also compiled the numbers the project made since its debut. They conclude that more than 10,000,000 units have been sold. Lauryn Hill Hill joins an elite list of artists who have obtained diamond-certified records, including Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Adele’s 21, Britney Spears’…Baby One More Time, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, and 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me.

If you haven’t streamed the album yet, look no further. You can stream The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill below:

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Teyana Taylor releases “The Album” (Listen)

Post author By FMHiphopWriters
Post date June 19, 2020

NEW MUSIC: Teyana releases The Album

TEYANA TAYLOR RELEASES THE ALBUM (LISTEN)

Happy Juneteenth ladies and gents! Teyana Taylor has blessed this holiday and the world with her latest release. The R&B singer, songwriter, director, extraordinaire released her third studio album titled The Album.

The 23-song LP weaves through the different layers of her life as an artist, a mother, a wife, and simply as a strong Black woman. Taylor has created a star-studded lineup through her features on this project. The Album features her daughter, Junie, her husband, Iman, Queen Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, Kehlani, Miss Lauryn Hill, Davido, and more.

“Depending on our emotion, we’ll choose certain songs to kind of create a playlist”, Taylor says to Apple Music, “What I wanted to do was pre-do that on the album where everything is broken up into sections, so the album kind of already comes playlisted”.

NEW MUSIC: TEYANA TAYLOR RELEASES THE ALBUM — NEW MUSIC: Teyana releases The Album

Taylor splits the album into 5 sections or ‘studios’ that utilize a different letter of the title and encompassing mood. Studio A is all about the lovey-dovey romance opening with the recording of the 911 call from the birth of Junie. The intro leads straight into the songs ‘Come Back To Me’, ‘Wake Up Love’, ‘Lowkey’ and ‘Let’s Build’.

Studio L transitions into the sensual side of Taylor with songs like ‘1800-One-Night’, ‘Morning’, ‘Boomin’, ‘69’. Studio B is all about expressing your self worth with the island flare of ‘Killa’, ‘Bad’, ‘Wrong Bitch’, ‘Shoot It Up’, and ‘Bare With Me’.

As the phase of her life continues, Studio U presents her vulnerability through love and loss. Taylor emotes with her melodic vocals in the ballad, ‘Lose Each Other’, ‘Concrete’, ‘Still’, ‘Ever Ever’. Lastly, Studio M showcases her triumphs with ‘Try Again’, ‘Friends’, ‘How You Want It’, ‘Made It’, and ‘We Got Love’.

Throughout the entire album, in true Teyana Taylor fashion, it is permeated with 90s R&B influences with different samples and interpolations such as ‘Next Lifetime’ in ‘Lowkey’ or ‘The Sweetest Thing’ in ‘Ever Ever’. Ultimately, Teyana Taylor has orchestrated a full length body of work that is thought provoking, heartfelt and beautiful.

Stream Teyana Taylor’s The Album now on Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal!

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#FMTrends: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20 Year Anniversary Tour

Post author By FMHiphopWriters
Post date April 22, 2018

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20 Year Anniversary Tour

Lauryn Hill’s debut album titled “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” will be celebrating its twenty year anniversary on August 25th.

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#FMTrends: 19 Years Later The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Post author By FMHiphopWriters
Post date August 31, 2017

19 Years Later The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

If you were a young adult during the late 1990s, you probably learned a lesson or two about love, self-respect, and endurance from Lauryn Hill’s debut solo album – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. On August 25, 1998, the album debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart and sold more than 422,000 copies its first week out.

The single, Doo Wop – That Thing, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200, gave young women advice that still holds true today.

“Showing off your ass cause you’re thinkin’ it’s a trend.
Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it cause I’m truly genuine
Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem
Baby girl, respect is just a minimum.”

Young ladies discreetly seeking attention on social media, you may want to take note. No need to take backside selfies. Just sayin’.

Now if you managed to find yourself in an on-again off-again relationship, well then Ex-Factor is the ballad that may have helped you to call it quits for good.

“I keep letting you back in
How can I explain myself?
As painful as this thing has been
I just can’t be with no one else
See I know what we’ve got to do
You let go, and I’ll let go too
‘Cause no one’s hurt me more than you
And no one ever will.”

This is a fitting lesson of love and heartache. I wonder if Rob Kardashian and Black Chyna has Ex-Factor on their playlist.

And if you’re a success seeker Lauryn Hill drops knowledge of encouragement through the lyrics of Everything is Everything.

“Sometimes it seems
We’ll touch that dream
But things come slow or not at all
And the ones on top, won’t make it stop
So convinced that they might fall
Let’s love ourselves, and we can’t fail
To make a better situation
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow
All we need is dedication.”

I won’t continue to bore you with all the lessons I learned from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, but I highly recommend you add the album to your collection.

However, you don’t have to take my word for it. Music critics from Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times and several others publications, also applaud Hill’s view of love, heartache and life. After several months at the top of the charts, Lauryn Hill took home five Grammy Awards for:

Best New Artist
Best R&B Song
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; and
Best R&B Album

The R&B singer and female rapper broke barriers when The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill took home the Grammy for Album of the Year. It was the first time in history a hip-hop record earned a Grammy for Album of the Year. After the historic milestone, Hill went on to add several awards to her trophy case, including Billboard Music Awards, and Soul Train Award.

In 2015, the Library of Congress added The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill to its collection, which they described the album as a fusion of “soul, rhythm and blues, rap and reggae.”