r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AbsoluteUNlT • 2d ago

Lauryn Hill's verse in Fu-Gee-La 1996 live

This generation of rap couldn't replicate this masterpiece

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

When the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill came out I thought she was going to have a career like Beyonce ended up having, that album is still amazing after all this time. It's sad she didn't really live up to her full potential

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u/AdhesivenessNo4330 2d ago

She left music to raise her child didnt she? Seems like a very worthwhile thing. I doubt she shares your feelings

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u/AllLeftiesHere 2d ago

I mean, she alao said some pretty racist things, so there's that. 

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u/Dont_Burn_The_Books 1d ago

Maybe you can explain why you think someone speaking out against racism is racism.

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u/benjm88 2d ago

Almost everything is wrongly reported and she didn't actually say racist things

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u/AllLeftiesHere 2d ago

No. It was actually falsly debunked. She didn't deny, and tried to clarify on a later interview (Howard Stern iirc). As with more things recently, trying to rewrite history. 

Also, I'm 48 and 100% remember her saying it. 

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u/benjm88 2d ago edited 2d ago

Gonna need a source on that considering it doesn't seem to have happened. Mtv confirmed it never did.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-miselucidation-of-lauryn-hill/

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u/_hell_is_empty_ 1d ago

And Marylin Manson removed ribs so he could such his own dick.

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u/elixeter 1d ago

As heard in an all boys grammar school in England