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Track List
01) Red Intro
02) How Many Mics
03) Ready or Not
04) Zealots
05) The Beast
06) Fu-Gee-La
07) Family Business
08) Killing Me Softly
09) The Score
10) The Mask
11) Cowboys
12) No Woman, No Cry
13) Manifest/Outro
14) Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp remix)
15) Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie mix)
01) Red Intro
02) How Many Mics
03) Ready or Not
04) Zealots
05) The Beast
06) Fu-Gee-La
07) Family Business
08) Killing Me Softly
09) The Score
10) The Mask
11) Cowboys
12) No Woman, No Cry
13) Manifest/Outro
14) Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp remix)
15) Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie mix)
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First Released
1996
R&B
Political
Urban/R&B
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Album
18,000,000 copies
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The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide February 13, 1996 on Columbia Records. The album features a wide range of samples and instrumentation, with many aspects of alternative hip hop that would come to dominate the hip hop music scene in the mid-late 1990s. The Score's production was handled mostly by the Fugees themselves and Jerry Duplessis, with additional production from Salaam Remi, John Forté, Diamond D, and Shawn King. The album's guest raps are from Outsidaz' members Rah Digga, Young Zee and Pacewon, as well as Omega, John Forté, and Diamond D. Most versions of the album feature four bonus tracks, including three remixes of "Fu-Gee-La", and a short acoustic Wyclef Jean solo track entitled "Mista Mista."
Upon its release, The Score was a commercial success, peaking at the number one spot on both the Billboard 200, and the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart (it was a number-one album on the latter in 1996 on the year-end chart). The singles "Killing Me Softly," "Fu-Gee-La," and "Ready or Not" also achieved notable chart success, and helped the group achieve worldwide recognition. On October 3, 1997, The Score was certified six times platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In addition to receiving mostly favorable reviews upon its release, the album has garnered a considerable amount of acclaim over the years, with many music critics and publications noting it as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. In 1998, the album was included in The Source's 100 best rap albums list, and in 2003, it was ranked number 477 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
User Album Review
In 1996 the Fugees, after the limited but respectable sales of their debut Blunted On Reality, released sophomore effort The Score to worldwide acclaim. It wasn’t long before their well-balanced blend of hip hop, pop, roots and R&B established Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras as global stars.
It begins inauspiciously with “Red Intro”, building with the laid-back “How Many Mics”, before bringing out the big pop guns and Lauryn’s mature yet spirited voice for “Ready Or Not”. Although the “Killing Me Softly” cover was, and remains, the record’s biggest hit, the highlight is undoubtedly "Fugee La". Combining awesome Salaam Remi production with exuberant turns by Wyclef and Hill - including her incredible eerie laughter at the midway point – it is the album’s centre.
“Family Business” is classic moody mid-nineties hip hop, “The Mask” utilizes smooth fretless bass and muted trumpet, and “No Woman No Cry” avoids becoming too R&B with the aid of acoustic guitar that can be likened to Ben Harper. The album ends with some interesting but inferior remixes and “Mista Mista” - an unsubtle, sentimental plea to a junkie to kick the habit. “Needle and The Damage Done” it ain’t.
The Fugees wear their influences on their sleeves both musically and lyrically, name-checking Santana and Bob Marley, artists who, like them, took their culture mainstream. At a time when communication and travel were going global, this was the ultimate eclectic post-modernist album - of Chinese food, cognac, Westerns, Kung Fu, sitars and reggae. No wonder it went multi-platinum, leaving its creators with the world at their feet.
Sadly, it was not to last. The group split and whilst Hill struggled with personal issues, Wyclef undertook a frenzy of inappropriate collaborations (Brian Harvey??) leaving this record as their last testament for posterity. Sure, it doesn’t sound quite as innovative as it did then, but blow the dust off, give it a spin and you’ll find plenty to enjoy.
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The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide February 13, 1996 on Columbia Records. The album features a wide range of samples and instrumentation, with many aspects of alternative hip hop that would come to dominate the hip hop music scene in the mid-late 1990s. The Score's production was handled mostly by the Fugees themselves and Jerry Duplessis, with additional production from Salaam Remi, John Forté, Diamond D, and Shawn King. The album's guest raps are from Outsidaz' members Rah Digga, Young Zee and Pacewon, as well as Omega, John Forté, and Diamond D. Most versions of the album feature four bonus tracks, including three remixes of "Fu-Gee-La", and a short acoustic Wyclef Jean solo track entitled "Mista Mista."
Upon its release, The Score was a commercial success, peaking at the number one spot on both the Billboard 200, and the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart (it was a number-one album on the latter in 1996 on the year-end chart). The singles "Killing Me Softly," "Fu-Gee-La," and "Ready or Not" also achieved notable chart success, and helped the group achieve worldwide recognition. On October 3, 1997, The Score was certified six times platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In addition to receiving mostly favorable reviews upon its release, the album has garnered a considerable amount of acclaim over the years, with many music critics and publications noting it as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. In 1998, the album was included in The Source's 100 best rap albums list, and in 2003, it was ranked number 477 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
User Album Review
In 1996 the Fugees, after the limited but respectable sales of their debut Blunted On Reality, released sophomore effort The Score to worldwide acclaim. It wasn’t long before their well-balanced blend of hip hop, pop, roots and R&B established Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras as global stars.
It begins inauspiciously with “Red Intro”, building with the laid-back “How Many Mics”, before bringing out the big pop guns and Lauryn’s mature yet spirited voice for “Ready Or Not”. Although the “Killing Me Softly” cover was, and remains, the record’s biggest hit, the highlight is undoubtedly "Fugee La". Combining awesome Salaam Remi production with exuberant turns by Wyclef and Hill - including her incredible eerie laughter at the midway point – it is the album’s centre.
“Family Business” is classic moody mid-nineties hip hop, “The Mask” utilizes smooth fretless bass and muted trumpet, and “No Woman No Cry” avoids becoming too R&B with the aid of acoustic guitar that can be likened to Ben Harper. The album ends with some interesting but inferior remixes and “Mista Mista” - an unsubtle, sentimental plea to a junkie to kick the habit. “Needle and The Damage Done” it ain’t.
The Fugees wear their influences on their sleeves both musically and lyrically, name-checking Santana and Bob Marley, artists who, like them, took their culture mainstream. At a time when communication and travel were going global, this was the ultimate eclectic post-modernist album - of Chinese food, cognac, Westerns, Kung Fu, sitars and reggae. No wonder it went multi-platinum, leaving its creators with the world at their feet.
Sadly, it was not to last. The group split and whilst Hill struggled with personal issues, Wyclef undertook a frenzy of inappropriate collaborations (Brian Harvey??) leaving this record as their last testament for posterity. Sure, it doesn’t sound quite as innovative as it did then, but blow the dust off, give it a spin and you’ll find plenty to enjoy.
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