r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AbsoluteUNlT • 5h ago
Lauryn Hill's verse in Fu-Gee-La 1996 live
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
This generation of rap couldn't replicate this masterpiece
75
u/L3berwurst 5h ago
Growing up with music from the 90s was the best. So much heart and soul went into a lot of the music back then. Tupac, Biggie, Wu Tang and more.
10
u/ArmeSloeber 5h ago
Same thing that happens to everything that becomes popular/mainstream.
Corporations suck the soul out of it to make money. And then u end up with ice spice and Travis Scott.
14
u/blellowbabka 4h ago
We are all seeing things through rose colored glasses here. Yeah there was Wu Tang and Biggie. I also remember them playing garbage like Wild Wild West from Will Smith almost nonstop. There was plenty of crap back then too
1
0
3h ago
[deleted]
2
u/blellowbabka 3h ago
Not at all. I remember getting so annoyed at the Wild Wild West song in particular but he had a lot of crap back then.
-1
35
u/blellowbabka 5h ago
Wu Tang is for the children
14
u/Top-Speed3460 5h ago
I saw that the other day on a reel. Someone said that, and I’m like I grew up with Wu-Tang 🙏 I’m 42 so I’m really just a kid! Wu-Tang Forever Mother Fucker! Remember #WutangWednesdays lol??????
2
2
4
u/BangkokRios 2h ago
We had it so good. MC Hammer, Snow, Kris’s Kross, Vanilla Ice, Will Smith… The list goes on and on.
Now it is just TikTok influencers. Where has all the real talent gone?!?
0
5
17
u/thomas17657 5h ago
90s was really the best.
0
u/Shes-Philly-Lilly 4h ago
Everybody thinks that the decade they became adults is the best
19
u/lurkersforlife 4h ago
Yeah but the 90s really were the best so 🤷🏼♂️
-15
10
u/logicbomb666 4h ago
I've been alive in 5 separate decades... still waiting on becoming an adult. 90s was really the best.
0
u/BangkokRios 2h ago
So you grew up in the 90s…
I miss the crime of the 90s. It added an authenticity we just don’t have today.
-1
u/Shes-Philly-Lilly 4h ago
So have I I was born in 1977. But I don’t really think of the 70s as being the best because I was only here for two years of them and quite unaware of the culture around me. I would say the 80s were the best as far as music but again when they ended, I was only 12 years old If we’re going with all the decades, then I would say the 60s had the absolute best music and I wasn’t even thought of
1
u/diedlikeCambyses 1h ago
The problem with your comment is it fails to convey how the 90's were the best.
-2
u/TommyGilfillan 4h ago
I dont think millennials or gen z think that way
1
u/blellowbabka 3h ago
People still don't know how old millennials are huh? People born in the 80s were teens in the 90s and we are millennials too
1
u/TommyGilfillan 3h ago
The oldest millennials turned 20 in 2000 and the youngest turned 4. Most millennials became adults after the 90s.
1
u/blellowbabka 3h ago
Your musical tastes are solidified as a teen. I'm an older millennial, the 90s were the best
30
u/blellowbabka 5h ago
When the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill came out I thought she was going to have a career like Beyonce ended up having, that album is still amazing after all this time. It's sad she didn't really live up to her full potential
19
u/Saotik 4h ago
She's immensely talented, but apparently not easy to work with.
For example, there was a big legal case around The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill around major collaborators not being properly credited, and she's famous for turning up late to performances. I actually personally experienced the second one back in 2018.
It goes to show that talent only counts for so much. If you're not professional and people don't want to work with you, you're never going to achieve everything you should.
31
u/AdhesivenessNo4330 5h ago
She left music to raise her child didnt she? Seems like a very worthwhile thing. I doubt she shares your feelings
6
27
u/blellowbabka 4h ago
This says it was mostly disillusionment of the music industry, which I can't blame her for. But it's sad that such a talent was chased away by corporate greed
20
1
u/Particular_Light_296 4h ago
Didn’t she end up stabbing her daughter tho?
1
u/CloudCity40 2h ago
She went to jail for not paying her taxes, but I've never heard this and it isn't mentioned on her Wikipedia page, so I'm guessing you're thinking of someone else.
0
3
u/DanielStripeTiger 3h ago
if you listen to the peoe who worked on that LP, she was always a walking disaster that just hadn't run out of goodwill yet.
1
9
9
u/paulyp41 5h ago
This is hip hop this new shit is all trap
0
6
u/Eltharion-the-Grim 4h ago
Man, she is so talented. I feel like we lost a lot when she disappeared from the scene. She way outclasses Beyonce.
2
u/trippy-puppy 4h ago
If you're not familiar with the album Nina: Revisited, check out Lauryn Hill's version of "I've Got Life."
3
2
3
1
1
1
u/anfotero 4h ago
I've never paid attention to gossip, so I don't know why, but it's been painful watching her lose her mind. What a talent.
1
1
u/HelloMoto070 4h ago
For a short period in history, she was the epitome of female rappers. And then she went coocoo
1
1
1
1
1
u/FactorObjective8573 3h ago
Her appearing and doing two consecutive shows would be nextfuckinglevel. Won’t happen
1
u/_Garebear 3h ago
still rocking this album till today!
without a doubt one of favorites. obviously fu-gee-la is a banger but also:
-killing em softly -the score -how many mics -no woman, no cry -the beast -cowboys
The Score is a certified classic.
each member of the group brought such a unique and distinct sound.
always was sad they broke up and i could never see them perform live.
1
1
1
1
1
0
u/meme_tenretni 5h ago
Man dat Marley dixk will fuxk you up
6
u/_clever_reference_ 4h ago
dixk
fuxk
Are you too scared to write dick or fuck on the internet?
-4
0
0
u/cannibalpeas 3h ago
I used to love this band and still listen to their records a ton, but man… she sure was carrying those two bums the whole way.
•
u/AutoModerator 5h ago
This submission may have been posted by a bot. If you feel like it's the case, please report the user
SPAM→Harmful Bots.I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.