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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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18,000,000 copies
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The Score est le deuxième et dernier album studio des Fugees, sorti le 13 février 1996.
Cet opus conjugue hip-hop alternatif, qui dominera le rap de la fin des années 1990, et influences soul et reggae. Les paroles traitent davantage des problèmes sociaux que des thèmes classiques du gangsta rap. Il contient les reprises de Killing Me Softly de Roberta Flack et de No Woman, No Cry de Bob Marley.
L'album, qui a connu un succès commercial considérable, a été classé à la 469e place des « 500 plus grands albums de tous les temps » selon le magazine Rolling Stone en 2003 et parmi les « 100 meilleurs albums de rap » du magazine The Source en 1998.
Il s'est classé à la première place du Billboard 200 et du Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums aux États-Unis, ainsi que de nombreux charts à travers le monde (Autriche, Belgique, France, Norvège, Pays-Bas et Suisse) et a été certifié 6 fois disque de platine par la RIAA, avec plus de six millions d'exemplaires vendus aux États-Unis.
En 1997, l'album a remporté le Grammy Award du « Meilleur album de rap » et la chanson Killing Me Softly celui de la « Meilleure performance vocale RnB par un duo ou un groupe ».
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 est le deuxième et dernier album studio des Fugees, sorti le 13 février 1996.
Cet opus conjugue hip-hop alternatif, qui dominera le rap de la fin des années 1990, et influences soul et reggae. Les paroles traitent davantage des problèmes sociaux que des thèmes classiques du gangsta rap. Il contient les reprises de Killing Me Softly de Roberta Flack et de No Woman, No Cry de Bob Marley.
L'album, qui a connu un succès commercial considérable, a été classé à la 469e place des « 500 plus grands albums de tous les temps » selon le magazine Rolling Stone en 2003 et parmi les « 100 meilleurs albums de rap » du magazine The Source en 1998.
Il s'est classé à la première place du Billboard 200 et du Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums aux États-Unis, ainsi que de nombreux charts à travers le monde (Autriche, Belgique, France, Norvège, Pays-Bas et Suisse) et a été certifié 6 fois disque de platine par la RIAA, avec plus de six millions d'exemplaires vendus aux États-Unis.
En 1997, l'album a remporté le Grammy Award du « Meilleur album de rap » et la chanson Killing Me Softly celui de la « Meilleure performance vocale RnB par un duo ou un groupe ».
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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