I wonder what happened to Lauryn Hill's music career after this groundbreaking album from back in '98. She had really good songs that everyone can bob their heads to. Her music was fused with straight-up urban, hip-hop beats sometimes thrown in with some retro sounds. Her dynamic soulful vocals along w/ her street style rhymes were so infectious, too, to our ears. Before there were stars like Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, among others, Lauryn Hill was just that in '98. No one could touch her style. But all of a sudden, she disappeared from the blip of the radar after marrying one of Bob Marley's sons and becoming a mom to her children. Hopefully, she'll re-emerge back on the scene - not temporarily, like we've all witnessed - but permanently. This is one of my favorite songs from her debut solo album 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." She was a part of the group The Fugees in which she also helped catapult the success of the group (alongside Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean) with the hits 'Fugee-La', 'Killing me Softly' (remaking Roberta Flack's song) and 'Ready or Not'.... Music video is neat, too with a spinning New York City backed by a needle and a hand to forward/reverse. LOL. Come back, Lauryn Hill :)
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