The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Great voice and some really nice songs on here. I really liked the Can't Take My Eyes Off You cover and Everything Is Everything. I found a lot of the songs to be kind of filler though. It's a long album and I didn't really care for a lot of it. Good album, but not really my thing.

So boring. Really just glazed over my ears. Wasn't painful enough for 1, though. Just uninteresting.

Lauryn has a beautiful and soulful singing voice, but she also has a pretty good flow when she raps. Favorite track: Lost Ones

I've seen this album pop up all over the place recently and it seems to be portrayed as some kind of masterpiece, but I don't know, I just didn't really like it. There were maybe 2-3 tracks that I enjoyed, but the time spent between those tracks was boring and far too long.

Said her name in the songs, check.
Talked about how good at rapping she is, check.
Skits, check.
Lots of "uhs" and "yeahs," check.
Guest rappers, check.
Bragging about how much money she's going to make as a rapper, check.
Talk about sex, check. Although it wasn't in the same context as most rap albums.
This checks all the boxes to clarify as a generic rap/hip hop album. Too long for it's own good with nothing that really makes it stand out. The only redeeming quality is she has a decent singing voice when she actually felt like singing. 1.5/5

Is it a bad album? Not by any means. Is it unbelievably overrated? Absolutely.

The Good: It’s all about the miseducation!
The Bad: Probably shouldn’t have been mis..
The Ugly: The ego…

I don’t like rap. I’m no big fan of modern soul, and this has nothing to do with R&B as far as I'm concerned. Also, does one have to fake a Jamaican accent in order to do reggae rap?

I don’t like it when music feels pedantic, and I abhor how many albums in the 90s tried to glue tracks together via small monologues or conversations. It is trite, and has been done once too often to still make a WoW impact.

So, surprise surprise, here’s my 1*
If only someone could create modern soul/r&b without feeling the need to constantly do vocal scales on every 2nd and 4th beat...

I liked this solo recording from Lauryn better than her work with the Fugees - although it contained sampling the songs had a higher level of originality. I really liked the songs in which she collaborated with other singers, but ultimately would not buy this. Would have liked to have given it 3.5 stars but it will have to be 3.

Classic.

I remember all the singles from my teenage years, and I would argue that they are the highlights from this album, especially Doo Wap (That Thing) which I've always really liked.

I could have done without the skits (which seems to be a common theme with all the hip hop albums I've heard that include them) but I get that they're world building. I'd just rather a tighter running time than listen to a guy pretending to be a school teacher.

The actual music I don't have a lot to say about, but I like it.

3/5

This album used to be *everywhere*, to the point where I thought we had it here already. I dunno why exactly I dislike(d) it so much; it's nothing personal, really just not my style. Having tracks with Mary J Blige and D'Angelo makes perfect sense because I feel the same way about them! Too slow, and the vocals don't compel me either. Like opera in a way. The lyrics and subject matter are mostly fine. I do like the cute little hidden skits, they're very wholesome.

Honestly this one didn’t do anything for me, nothing at all stood out on it. I normally give every album at least two listens but I have zero desire to give this another go.

I don't like this type of music. I don't like Lauryn Hill at all. I and really really didn't like this album.

Stone cold near perfect neo-soul. This record almost 30 years on still sounds fresh.

great Album, got it on vinyl

A diverse, multitudinous album whose influence reaches back to even today. Aside from being a great vocalist and a raw rapper, I love how Hill is not afraid to tackle different subjects in her album that might be very un-commercial for a producer.

This is a long album that's framed conceptually and has numerous skits, and yet no part of me believes it should be abridged. 'Consequence is no coincidence,' raps Hill on 'Lost Ones,' and neither is success in vision or in voice. Presumably, this album is about L-O-V-E, but Lauryn Hill cut class and missed the relevant seminars. In that way, w/ an all-over-the-place intellect, Ms. Lauryn raps and sings herself into an education that carries religious themes ('Zion'), rap history ('Hip-hop started out in the heart'), relationship advice ('Baby girl, respect is just a minimum'), and her own regretful sacrifices ('Gave all my power ceased being queen'). She raps as well as she sings, and has a doo-wop soul at bottom. A necessary classic.

Obvious classic (aside the LH Racism)

All-timer.

Very powerful...creative