ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED ALBUMS OF THE '90S
Melissa Kapriva | Beltsville, Maryland United States | 08/05/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"When Lauryn Hill dropped "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill", critics and laymen alike tried to act like the excellence on that album had no precedent. Like they couldn't see it coming. Likewise, Wyclef's "The Carnival" was praised with no homage to the past. People tried to act like the Fugees were some mediocre trio which bred two phenomenally talented stars, with Pras as an afterthought. In reviews for Miseducation, I often saw folks saying "The Score" was alright, but...." Please! This is one of the best hip-hop albums I've ever heard! And, though Pras' solo turn produced such hokey material as "Ghetto Superstar", he was a big part of why the Fugees were so good. He and Lauryn are the star rappers here. Wyclef is better doing the eclectic, instrumental stuff highlighted on the middle and end part of Carnival. It makes me cringe when people point to "The Score" being famous only for "Killing Me Softly", which was a break from most of the rest of the album, in that it was a hip-hop/soul track rather than rap. KMS was a nice song, but the true gems on the album are the bleak-sounding, down-tempo numbers like "Family Business" and "Ready or Not". "Fu-gee-la" is great, also, as is the opener "How Many Mics". Their rhymes are not dumbed down. ...you get references to the Sword of Damocles and Parallax. The precise, intellectual MCing Lauryn was praised for on Miseducation was totally evident on this album, which predates that record by 3 years. I really can't think of a bad track on this record. And, 5 years later, I still listen to it and it's still better than just about anything in the mainstream today. And, this record sold something like 17 million copies worldwide. It's a shame these Jersey/Brooklyn kids (and they WERE kids then, which makes it more amazing..remember Lauryn was only 23 when TMOLH came out in '99) couldn't seem to get along. They were the bomb!"
VERY UPSET WITH MY PURCHASE
QHAWKINS | 09/30/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)
"WHEN I RECEIVED MY CD IT WAS IN A PLAIN CASE WITH JUST A CD IN FINE CONDITION. THERE WAS NO BOOKLET, NO COVER PICTURE, NONE OF THAT! THE COMMENTS SAY SHRINK WRAP AND A FEW CRACKS! MY CASE HAD NO CRACKS IN IT JUST A FEW SCRATCHES! I AM REALLY UPSET WITH MY PURCHASE...I WANT WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE...WHERE DID MY BOOKLET GO, I DONT EVEN KNOW MY TRACK LINEUP! THIS IS VERY UNACCETABLE. I AM AN AVID BUYER FROM AMAZON AND I DONT LIKE BEING LIED TO. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO TAKE MY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE!!!"
COOL CD
QHAWKINS | 09/30/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this CD I knew the songs Fu-gee-la & Killing Me Softly but I soon found that it had many more excellent songs on it like: Ready or Not, Zealots, The Beast, and others. Each song has a hidden track at the end. I recomend this CD to everyone. A must have!!!"