“An apocryphal quote from 1996-in which it was asserted that Hill once said she’d rather her children starve than have white people buy her albums-has lingered in many corners.”īut it all became a prison for her, personally. Her undeniable beauty, that image that seemed born of realness, and an album that seemed to speak to the pain and perspective of so many young women-it all connected to make Lauryn Hill a phenomenon in 1998. The brashness and wit of an MC Lyte or Queen Latifah may have garnered respect, but with Lauryn there was a vulnerability that resonated with the masses. But Miseducation spoke to an audience that was raised on hip-hop but may have felt emotionally detached from it. Lauryn wasn’t exactly a singular figure-her rise coincided with a boom for women in music, with Alanis Morissette, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, and Fiona Apple all household names in 19, and established stars like Madonna and Janet Jackson still at the peak of their commercial powers and pushing to new creative heights with Ray of Light and The Velvet Rope, respectively. And as pop music was beginning to make a major comeback on the heels of Spice Girls’ omnipresence, Lauryn Hill’s sound and persona offered something more relatable to those unimpressed by their particular brand of bubblegum Girl Power. With its highly personal odes to heartache, spirituality, motherhood, and social awareness, Miseducation was an oasis of sincerity during the still-reigning Shiny Suit domination of Sean “Puffy” Combs and uber-slick stylings of urban radio. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill not only did that, it established her as one of the defining artists of the times. But with the group’s dissolution and Wyclef’s emergence as a hit-making songwriter/producer following his smash album The Carnival, Hill needed to make her own major artistic statement as a solo artist.
Hill, with her cover girl good looks, passionate vocals, and deft rhymes was the breakout star and had already established her showbiz bona fides with a lead role in 1993’s Sister Act 2. Lauryn Hill had been central to the pop ascendance of The Fugees, the New Jersey trio of Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras who’d rode a catchy blend of soul, pop, hip-hop, and reggae to international superstardom. In 1998, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the most essential, acclaimed and relevant album in popular music. Soul music strives for the heart.” - Lauryn Hill, 1998 Music’s more technical now it strives for perfection. When I think of honest music, I think of soul. Marsha Ambrosius covered the song for her 2011 debut Late Nights and Early Mornings.“I think it’s an honest album. It is her first completely new solo song released since 2004 when she appeared on The Passion of the Christ: Songs soundtrack with "The Passion". She sang, wrote, and produced the song using a more Hawaii/surfing feel to go along with movie. The song relates Hill's love for music and Big Z's from Surf's Up passion for surfing.
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The song is played at the end of the movie when the credits roll. It is included on the soundtrack to Surf's Up, released on June 5, 2007. " Lose Myself" is a 2007 song by American singer/ rapper Ms. From the album Surf's Up: Music from the Motion Picture
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