Fugees "The Score" (1996) - got it
Another of those albums/artists that was everywhere when I was in high
school. The Fugees had evolved from an earlier group featuring members
Lauryn Hill and Pras. They were joined by Wyclef Jean and renamed
themselves Fugees (short for Refugees or Refugee Camp).
The Fugees' second album 'the Score' lays out a definite
political/conscious hip-hop sound. Making use of plenty of existing
material, but instead of just sampling and working over the top of it,
the group chose to largely re-record what they use. They covered Roberta
Flack's "Killing Me Softly" and Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry", but also utilised (and repurposed) parts of "Ready or not" by the Delfonics for their own song of the same name.
The album was a hit, but then the three Fugees busied themselves with
solo projects and, sadly, to this day have never really produced
anything further together, save one leaked single.
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