From classic skits like the “ Chinese Restaurant Skit” to thought-provoking songs like, “ The Beast,” The Scores doesn’t disappoint in the slightest. It has all the elements a classic rap album needs to live essentially forever. The Score, in my honest opinion, is one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Conscious rappers traditionally have decried violence, discrimination, and other ailments of society Basic Need To Knows FugeesĬonscious rap is a subgenre of hip-hop that focuses on creating awareness and imparting knowledge. The Score won a Grammy Award in 1996 for “Best Rap Album,” and the album’s most recognized single, “Killing Me Softly,” a cover of Roberta Flack classic “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” took home another Grammy for best R&B performance by a duo or group. Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Pras (formerly known as the Tranzlator Crew) changed the game of what we now call conscious rap with this classic album which infused Hip-Hop, Reggae, R&B, and Pop. The Score was the second and final album released by the trio formally known as the Fugees. If you have Soundcloud GO+ (Which I don’t lol) you can listen to the entire album below! If not I highly suggest finding The Score on whatever streaming service you’re using and play the entire project straight through bruh. If you never heard the album “ The Score,” don’t trip… I got the whole thing for you at the bottom of this piece.
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Kicking off this ongoing series I felt it was only right to pay homage to one of my favorite rap groups of all time. Listen I bring friction to your whole jurisdiction” Or that proper ammunition they call reasonable suspicion Though the trio later broke up, their legacy continues to inspire many new artists and will continue to remain one of the best albums ever made.“You can’t search me without probable cause “The Score” was well deserving when it won Grammy Awards for the Best Rap Album and the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with their song “Killing Me Softly” at the Grammys in 1997. They covered topics that were prevalent in American cities such as racism, abuse of authority and intercity crime.Įven after more than two decades, there has not been another group quite like the Fugees nor an album that matches the legacy and outreach. We just do our thing.” This definitely worked in their favor as their album is still recognized as one of the most influential albums of all time mostly due to the fact that it covers many darker and more controversial topics. In a Rolling Ston e interview in 1999, she explained her process stating, “I write songs that lyrically move me and have the integrity of reggae and the knock of hip-hop and the instrumentation of classic soul…a sound that’s raw.”Īnother reason to celebrate the Fugees is because they didn’t let societal norms constrict them, “Hip-hop has no boundaries, it’s good to expand,” Michel said after a concert, according to Rolling Stone. It was a major step towards stopping the prejudice against female rappers, especially when Hill proved to be a lyrical genius. For example, in the first half of the first verse of the track “The Beast,” there are already 14 rhymes, “Conflicts with night sticks illegal sales districts/Hand-picked lunatics, keep poli-TRICK-cians rich/ Heretics push narcotics amidst its risks and frisks/Cool cliques throw bricks but seldom get targets.” This technique, also known as multisyllabic rhyming, was also popularized by rapper Biggie Smalls and MF Doom.Īdditionally, the Fugees was one of the first groups that prominently featured a woman rapping, which shook gender roles in the male-dominated rap genre. Many songs also include a technique called “rhyme stacking,” in which member Hill uses to take them to the next step. The album consists of 20 songs that tell stories of life in the inner city. When “The Score” debuted, it shook the world when it shot to the #2 spot on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart right behind 2Pac’s “All Eyes on Me.” After that, the album’s popularity continued to skyrocket when it eventually earned the coveted #1 spot on the Billboard 200 on May 25, 1996. Twenty-five years later, it is still recognized as one of the greatest hip-hop albums to ever be released. On February 13, 1996, the hip-hop trio The Fugees, which consisted of Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel, released their second album “The Score” which would go on to dominate 90’s hip-hop music charts.
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