Was Lauryn Hill A Prophet Of Hip Hop's Future?

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Music was made to inspire!

Only Lupe Fiasco inspiring right now, who else mainstream?

Music was supposed to inspire
How come we aint' getting no higher?

We just going down man, down and down and down!!!

Now Tell me Coli Your Philosophy?
On exactly what an artist should be?
Should it be someone with prosperity?

All ya'll scream is sales and he gonna flop or this artist will flop.
And you say he too preachy or whatever, all you wanted is that tired ol same gems and drugs topic.

Should it be someone with prosperity?
With no concept of reality!

B1tches, money, and absolute nothingness!!!!!!!!!!


WHAT THE HELL MAN????????






STICKY THIS~!
 
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Baphomet said:
Bro let me do you a favor
Forget unplugged

DJ Period came out with two Lauryn Hill CDs
the Water mixtape and the fire mixtape

Those two CDs man............

Get them NOW!!!!!!
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:wow: care to uh...point me in the right direction? every link i find is down
 
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Barry Sanders said:
why hasnt lauryn made another cd since

and that unplugged album

:why:
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Because she didn't want the machine to control her, so they labeled her a lunatic, and discredited her character over the years :pacspit:

But, the Queen warned us here about the :demonic: presence that was ahead



...it may be too much food for thought to ingest :ohlawd:
 
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Rap music?

try "music" in general.

Think about the way we listen to music from 25, 30, 40 years ago and it's still relevant. Classic shyt and songs that still gets play at weddings and family get togethers.

Look at the way folks like The Eagles is gonna be touring forever off the same old songs. Bob Dylan. Jethro Tull got a grammy for just doing another album their last time out.

Marvin Gaye is gonna forever be considered one of the GOATs. Folks will know who Smokey Robinson is if he never touches a microphone again.

Folks like Sade can put out an album every 10 years if she wants to and we'll WAIT for that shyt.





Now, look what we got. Cats putting out mixtapes full of songs once a month. Dudes considering just making singles and touring off the singles. Look at this nikka's production discography right here. Max Martin production discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That's like every major boy band/britney/christina/whatever hit right there. And even as someone who was grown when that shyt was popping... I DONT REMEMBER ANY OF THE LYRICS TO THEM.

Old school is 6 years now. TLC may as well be old school. Your music doesn't last, your media antics and reality TV shows are what last. Do you really think Rhi Rhi and Chris Brown's past stuff is gonna be listened to even 5 years from now?

And I don't even want to start about rap music. it's funny to me that 1994 seems like both forever ago and not too long ago.... cause it's really damn near the only time a slew of classic material was made. The mid-90's.


I'm not saying it's all bad, but.... but yeah. The shyt is trash. You can't have a musical legacy when we're so focused on the musical now. Kids raised by trends to follow trends making only disposable, trendy music. Rap or otherwise.

Integrity.





Now get the fukk off my lawn.

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Low key when actually paying attention to whats going on in hip hop in the aspect of the bigger picture...this is one of most exciting periods for the genre since the mid 90's. Hip hop is at a crossroads and im enjoying it alot. Alot of creative stuff is coming out, a lot of risks are being taken and a lot of ideas are being explored
 
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Bury Da Bwoy said:
Low key when actually paying attention to whats going on in hip hop in the aspect of the bigger picture...this is one of most exciting periods for the genre since the mid 90's. Hip hop is at a crossroads and im enjoying it alot. Alot of creative stuff is coming out, a lot of risks are being taken and a lot of ideas are being explored
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I actually agree. Creatively, last year was THE BEST year we've had in hip hop since the mid-90s.

IMHO, anyway.

I'd like to think it's because the labels are losing control. Cats just jump on youtube wildin' and getting 50 million views off 10 songs, labels try to slap them with 360 deals cause albums aren't selling, but the touring, merchandise and the endorsements don't stop.
 
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Danie84 said:
Because she didn't want the machine to control her, so the labeled her a lunatic, and you see how they've discredited her character :pacspit:

But, the Queen warned us here about the :demonic: presence that was ahead

Lauryn Hill - Mystery of Iniquity - YouTube

...it may be too much food for thought to ingest :ohlawd:
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she was exposed back in the days thats why dont let that industry the "devil"
shyt fool you

They claim, however, to be the primary songwriters on two tracks, "Nothing Really Matters" and "Everything Is Everything," and major contributors on six others. Full or partial production credit is also due to the team on five tracks, the suit claims. The musicians also claim to have made sizable, uncredited production contributions to "A Rose Is Still a Rose," a song Hill produced for Aretha Franklin's last album.

The dispute has been discussed by attorneys on both sides for months, but an impasse led to the federal lawsuit filing earlier this month.

Lawsuits are hardly a rarity in the realm of song credits--as one music publishing veteran remarked this week, "Where there's a hit, there's a writ"--but the suit against Hill is especially intriguing because she was viewed primarily as a vocalist before "Miseducation" won raves for her songwriting and production craft.

Sources close to Hill dismiss the lawsuit as an attempt to cash in by some overreaching studio musicians. But Peter C. Harvey, the attorney for the New Ark group, says it is Hill who is exaggerating her artistic heft. He says the hip-hop diva put her name on New Ark's work to establish herself as more than "just the singer" in the Fugees.

"She is not a musician, she is not a producer," Harvey said. "[New Ark] will make another album and everyone will see that they were the ones responsible for this album. I dare say if you put Lauryn Hill in a studio alone, she couldn't do it again. Album No. 2 for her is not going to sound like this."

The Legal Tangle of 'Miseducation' - Los Angeles Times

were album #2 at :manny:

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was released 10 years ago this week and went on to sell more than 8 million copies, win five Grammys and earn a four-star review in Rolling Stone. Mary J. Blige hailed it as "one of the most incredible albums ever made" and the record influenced a generation of soul and hip-hop artists.

"Music is about to change," Hill told Rolling Stone's Touré for his 1999 cover story. "I think now people feel a little more comfortable playing with the parameters. Writing more intensely."

Miseducation's liner notes mostly credit Hill with producing, writing and arranging the entire album. It was, in fact, a huge group effort, as underlined by a lawsuit settled out of court in 2001 for a reported $5 million

Inside 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' | Music News | Rolling Stone

so she paid 5 mill to a production team but yet she claimed to have primarily produce, wrote and arrange the album :stopitslime:
 
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