. ' Released: July 7, 1998. ' Released: December 8, 1998. ' Released: May 4, 1999 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut by American singer and rapper. It was released on August 25, 1998,.
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After touring with her former group, Hill became involved in a romantic relationship with Jamaican entrepreneur, and shortly after, became pregnant with their child. This pregnancy, as well as other circumstances in her life, inspired Hill to make a solo album. Recording sessions for the album took place from late 1997 to June 1998 mainly at in, as Hill collaborated with a group of musicians known as New Ark in writing and producing the songs.
A album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill incorporates musical styles from,. Its lyrics touch upon Hill's pregnancy and the turmoil within the Fugees, along with themes of love and God. The album's title was inspired by the film and autobiographical novel, and 's. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill debuted at number one on the chart, selling 422,624 copies in its first week, which broke a record for first-week sales by a female artist. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was promoted with three: ', ', and '. Its lead single 'Doo Wop (That Thing)' peaked at number one in the US, with the latter two singles peaking within the top 40. To further promote the album, Hill made televised performances on and the before embarking on a sold-out, worldwide concert tour.
Critics generally praised The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill for Hill's presentation of a woman's view on life and love, along with her artistic range. At the, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill earned 10 nominations, winning five awards, making Hill the first woman to receive that many nominations and awards in one night. The album's success propelled Hill to international superstardom, and contributed to bringing hip hop and neo soul to the forefront of popular music. New Ark, however, felt Hill and her record label did not properly credit the group on the album; a lawsuit filed by the group was settled out of court in 2001. Since its original release, the record has been ranked in numerous best-album lists, with a number of critics regarding it as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2013, the album reached sales of 8 million copies in the US and over 19 million copies worldwide. Two years later, it was included by the in the.
Contents. Background In 1996, Lauryn Hill met while touring as a member of the. The two gradually formed a close relationship, and while on tour, Hill became pregnant with his child. The pregnancy and other circumstances in her life inspired her to record a solo album. After contributing to fellow Fugees member 's 1997 solo record, Hill took time off from touring and recording due to her pregnancy and cases of. This pregnancy, however, renewed Hill's creativity, as she recalled in an interview several years later: 'When some women are pregnant, their hair and their nails grow, but for me it was my mind and ability to create. I had the desire to write in a capacity that I hadn't done in a while.
I don't know if it's a hormonal or emotional thing. I was very in touch with my feelings at the time.' Of the early writing process, Hill said, 'Every time I got hurt, every time I was disappointed, every time I learned, I just wrote a song.' While inspired, Hill wrote over thirty songs in her attic studio in,. Many of these songs drew upon the turbulence in the Fugees, as well as past love experiences. In the summer of 1997, as Hill was due to give birth to her first child, she was requested to write a song for gospel musician. Several months later, she went to Detroit to work with soul singer, writing and producing her single '.
Franklin would later have Hill direct the song's music video. Shortly after this, Hill did writing work for. Having written songs for artists in, and, she drew on these influences and experiences to record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Recording and production. Hill toured worldwide to promote the album, starting at (pictured) in Japan. Initially, there was no immediate tour planned due to the album not needing the promotion, and Hill was pregnant again with a child due in September 1998.
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Her first live performances of the songs were at and the. In January 1999, Hill recruited a band and began rehearsals for what would become The Miseducation Tour. As soon as the tour was announced, tickets immediately sold out. The tour began at in Tokyo on January 21, 1999. Hill performed there again the following night, and played at two other Tokyo venues in the following week. One week later, she flew to London for her performance at the on February 8, 1999.
With 20 US dates total, the American part of the tour, which featured as the opening act, started on February 18 in Detroit, and ended on April 1, 1999, at Hill's hometown, Newark, New Jersey. She began the tour's 14-date European leg on May 13, when she performed at the in Norway, closing on June 2 at the in England. She then returned to, where the tour was completed. Hill did not want an extensive tour because of obligations to her family and the difficulties she experienced touring with the Fugees in 1996, which she found desensitizing and isolating. According to Hill biographer in 1999, 'there was the possibility of more dates being added. But it was unlikely that Lauryn would be willing to make the tour more grueling and draining. She'd come to know that there was much more to life than a career.'
Lawsuit Though The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was largely a collaborative work between Hill and a group of musicians known as New Ark (Vada Nobles, Rasheem Pugh, Tejumold Newton, and Johari Newton), there was 'label pressure to do the thing,' wherein all tracks would be credited as 'written and produced by' the artist with little outside help. While recording the album, when Hill was asked about providing contracts or documentation to the musicians, she replied: 'We all love each other. This ain't about documents. This is blessed.' In 1998, New Ark filed a 50-page lawsuit against Hill, her management and her record label, stating that Hill 'used their songs and production skills, but failed to properly credit them for the work.' The musicians claimed to be the primary songwriters on two tracks, and major contributors on several others, though Gordon Williams, the album's mixer and engineer, described the project as a 'powerfully personal effort by Hill.
It was definitely her vision.' In response to the lawsuit, Hill claimed that New Ark took advantage of her success.
New Ark requested partial writing credits, and monetary reimbursement. The suit was eventually settled out of court in February 2001 for a reported $5 million. Accolades At the end of 1998, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was voted the second best record of the year in the, an annual poll of American critics published in The Village Voice. Hill was nominated ten times for the 1999 Grammy Awards, making her the first woman to ever be nominated that many times in one year.
She won five Grammys, including awards in the, and categories. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill also won the, making it the first hip hop album to ever receive that award. Hill set a new record in the industry, as she also became the first woman to win five Grammys in one night. It also earned her nominations at the for Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Album, and Outstanding Song ('Doo Wop (That Thing)'). At the, the record won in the R&B Album of the Year category, while 'Doo Wop' won Best R&B/Urban New Artist Clip, and at the 1999, Hill won the award for Best New Soul/R&B artist. She also won a award and received a nomination for Best International Female Solo Artist at the. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has since appeared on a number of lists ranking the greatest albums ever; according to, it is the 154th most ranked record on critics' all-time lists.