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...keeping colleagues and readers plugged into musical trends and personalities. This week they turn their attention to hip-hop. Farley says hip-hop is what you turn on "to feel the beat of the time." As a measure of the genre's success, he points out that singer Lauryn Hill, whom he profiles in this issue, received more Grammy nominations this year than any other female artist. While Hill is lauded for her musical talent, producer Sean ("Puffy") Combs is known for his business savvy. "He's one of the most driven people I've ever met," says Thigpen...
...tell me your philosophy On exactly what an artist should be. --Lauryn Hill, Superstar...
...Friday night, early December 1998, and you're backstage at Saturday Night Live. You're hanging out in the dressing room with Lauryn Hill, who is sitting on the couch, flipping through a script. The 23-year-old rapper-singer-actress is the musical guest on this week's show. It's her coming-out party, the first live TV performance she's done since releasing her critically acclaimed and best-selling album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She might also do a little acting on the show--SNL staff members have asked her to appear in a skit...
...LAURYN HILL THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL (Ruffhouse) Hill has given hip-hop the gift of her own heart: bruised, but still beating strong. She has shown that the genre can reach down deeper than bravado, deeper than rage, and dare to reveal an artist's emotional insecurities and romantic failings and then transform those feelings into music that's eloquent and universal. She's inspired by the old masters--Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley--but she reshapes her nostalgia into fresh sounds, blending neo-soul vocalese and rap rhymes, all powered by hip-hop beats. She soars beyond easy sampling...
...tries to update Houston's soul-lite formula. Wyclef Jean co-wrote the superb reggae-ish title song, and Lauryn Hill produced the fabulously funky remake of Stevie Wonder's I Was Made to Love Her. The problem is with the Old Guard: producer David Foster's work is dull, and Dianne Warren and Babyface, who both wrote tracks, have better work on their respective resumes. Still, you've got to give Houston credit for stretching herself on at least part of this disc; the first song, It's Not Right but It's Okay, is one of her best...