 "Lauren Hill - The Miseducation of Miss Lauren Hill" | 2010-04-18 |
| - Reviewed By rt from Midwest Michigan |
beautiful album from a such a talented and in-touch with Mother Earth lady. Lauren Hill's place in this reality is that she is obviously an old soul and has learned over her span on earth that indignation and malice towards any human is entirely immoral an wrong. I am confident that believes in love and the conman good of all people no matter where you are from or what you believe. Reclusive-yes but I believe Lauren Hill wants to lead a normal life, raising her children and being a wife made possible by her commercial recording successes. Lauren Hill is a role model for all, (men & women)especially young women and girls as well as elderly matriarchs and women holding stature old. Congratulations on fantastically expressive and an high quality recording... please record again soon - please.
I'm pretty certain that a new set of songs have already been written and the artist is in the painstaking process of making it in the style of art that she sees fit to publish. Something that is being written now or in the future will only strengthen her position in society as a historical reminder and pioneer for women and women's music in the modern age.
cheers |
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| "Great!" | 2010-03-31 |
| - Reviewed By Author of "A Heart's Thoughts". Living to give others a lift to the GO p from GA, USA |
| I loved it! It is something when an artist is going through changes. Each stage has it's own nuggets of inspiration! |
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| "Great Album" | 2010-03-12 |
| - Reviewed By K. Ferreira-andrews |
| Lauryn is a gifted artist and one of my favorite Female MCs. This album is nothing short of a master piece. |
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| "BELIEVE THE HYPE (THE POSITIVE REVIEWS) YOU'VE READ AND/OR HEARD ABOUT THIS ALBUM!!!" | 2010-02-20 |
| - Reviewed By Mr. Nightshift from Los Angeles, CA |
This Album was released First....And went Platinuim! Radio quickly jumped on the cut "Lost Ones". This quickly went Top 40 on Billboard's Air-Play Chart. "Doo Wop" was released as a Single and went Gold and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Singles Chart! "Ex-Factor" started getting play on Radio...It went Top 10 on Billboard's Radio Air-Play Chart! "Nothing Even Matters" (With D'Angelo) and "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" both recieved heavy Radio play and they both ended up going Top 40 on Billboard's Radio Air-Play Chart! "To Zion" (featuring Carlos Santana) stalled at #77 on Billboard's Radio Chart. The big surprise here is ALL 4 (Four): "Ex-Factor", "Nothing Even Matters", "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" and "To Zion" ALL entered Billboard's Radio Chart on January 2, 1999 AT THE SAME TIME! The final Single released was another Gold selling Billboard Hit
Single "Everything Is Everything" that peaked at #14! Yeah, I know I should have reviewed this (And bought it) years ago, but damn near everybody had it and/or I was (And still is) hearing it on the Radio!...Well I finally got my own copy and STILL lovin' EVERYTHING about this album! Especially the cut: "Tell Him" which is part of the 2 (Two) hidden Bonus Compact Disc Tracks...The other Bonus Track is: "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"...Need I say more??? |
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| "Everyone Needs Some Miseducation From Lauryn Hill" | 2010-01-25 |
| - Reviewed By a b b y |
For a few years I've never been a fan of hip pop. You can't really blame me since all I'd really heard was some horrible Flo Rida on my friend's radio. My impression of hip pop was that it was all about partying and girls. Lauryn Hill and The Fugees proved me wrong.
I've seen The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill before on Best Of... lists and at stores before but until a few weeks ago I'd never listened to it. After listening to it I realised on all I've missed out on!
There was not one boring track. The smash hit Doo Wop (That Thing) gets caught in my head constantly, To Zion is touching, and Every Ghetto, Every City is an interesting song to listen to because it talks about Lauryn growing up. Lauryn has a great voice but Mary J. Blige's is proabally better. Despite this The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is even better than Mary's work.
My only complaint is that the interludes get anoying. I like them but couldn't she have made them seperate tracks so I can skip over them when I don't feel like listening to them?
In conclusion, this is a great album. One of the best of all time to go with The Fugee's The Score. |
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| "Not that another review really needs to be written, but...." | 2009-12-05 |
| - Reviewed By M.C from Richmond VA USA |
I just had to add my experience with this album, as it apparently touched so many people in such profound ways. I'll keep it short: I first heard this album in college (8 years ago), when it first came out. Within a week, there wasn't a kid on campus who didn't own this album, and have it on repeat in our cd players.
The true testament to the power and artistic brilliance of this album is, as many reviewers have mentioned, the fact that this album completely transcended human differences (I can only think of one other "recent" album that achieved this, Tracy Chapman's debut).
When this album hit, every 20-year old I knew had it, every traditional rap/hip-hop fan had it, every stuffy music critic loved it, AND, even the baby boomer generation (which, let's face it, tends to think any album after "Blood on the Tracks" is crap- unless it's another Dylan album, that is) finally bit the bullet and bought it. And they loved it too!
THIS is what hip-hop and R & B, in the great traditions of Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and the Pips, etc, should be about. This was an album that not only refused to glorify violence, materialism, and sexism, it actually condemned them! Selling over 7million albums in the US alone (and counting), I hope that this album has made younger people aware that music can be hardcore AND intelligent, provocative AND classy.
BRAVO. |
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