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Today's Artist translated a seamless blend of jazz-rap, R&B, and reggae into huge success during the mid-'90s, when the New Jersey-area trio's seminal sophomore album The Score hit number one on the pop charts and sold over five million copies before winning a pair of Grammy Awards in 1997. Featuring the songs "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not," the effort became a '90s classic, while each member went on to pursue solo careers that extended into the 2000s.N Joy


The trio formed in the late '80s in South Orange, New Jersey, where high school friends Lauryn Hill and Prakazrel Michel ("Pras") began working together. Michel's cousin Wyclef Jean joined the group, dubbed the Tranzlator Crew, and they signed to Ruffhouse/Columbia in 1993. After renaming themselves the Fugees (a term of derision, short for refugees, which was usually used to describe Haitian immigrants), they entered the studio to record their first official full-length, Blunted on Reality. Issued in early 1994, the album showcased a beat-driven, hip-hop crew vibe, with Hill, Jean, and Michel trading verses in a fashion similar to A Tribe Called Quest, Poor Righteous Teachers, and Digable Planets. While an underground favorite, the album didn't make much of a dent on the charts and they veered in a different, but ultimately more successful, direction on their follow-up.

The Score arrived in 1996 and was an instant hit. Retaining some of their earlier jazz-rap spirit, while incorporating traditional R&B that showcased Hill's singing abilities, the album topped charts across the globe and was certified multi-platinum around Europe and in the U.S. Featuring the soulful, chart-topping single "Killing Me Softly" and a top 40 cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry," The Score made significant dents in the commercial mainstream while retaining their existing fan base, becoming one of the surprise hits of 1996. At the 1997 Grammy Awards, the Fugees won Best Rap Album and Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Killing Me Softly."


Following the success of The Score, the Fugees took a break, pursuing solo endeavors that eventually made the hiatus permanent. Jean issued his first solo album, 1997's The Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars, while Michel joined Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard for the hit single "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)." In 1998, Hill released her chart-topping, neo-soul opus The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which went on to outsell The Score and win five Grammy Awards in 1999. While Hill bowed out while on top of her game, Pras continued rapping and also pursued acting and film production. Meanwhile, Jean continued to release solo material -- issuing over a dozen albums -- and produced for artists, working with the likes of Destiny's Child, Santana, Shakira, Young Thug, and many more.

Almost a decade after peaking with The Score, they reconvened in 2005, performing together on a European tour and releasing the single "Take It Easy." However, the reunion was brief, and the trio disbanded once again. While their overall time together was short, The Score endures as one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time and each Fugee remained active -- both musically and politically -- for decades to come. .  ..  N Joy

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The Fugees translated a seamless blend of jazz-rap, R&B, and reggae into huge success during the mid-'90s, when the New Jersey-area trio's seminal sophomore album The Score hit number one on the pop charts and sold over five million copies before winning a pair of Grammy Awards in 1997. Featuring the songs "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not," the effort became a '90s classic, while each member went on to pursue solo careers that extended into the 2000s.

The trio formed in the late '80s in South Orange, New Jersey, where high school friends Lauryn Hill and Prakazrel Michel ("Pras") began working together. Michel's cousin Wyclef Jean joined the group, dubbed the Tranzlator Crew, and they signed to Ruffhouse/Columbia in 1993. After renaming themselves the Fugees (a term of derision, short for refugees, which was usually used to describe Haitian immigrants), they entered the studio to record their first official full-length, Blunted on Reality. Issued in early 1994, the album showcased a beat-driven, hip-hop crew vibe, with Hill, Jean, and Michel trading verses in a fashion similar to A Tribe Called Quest, Poor Righteous Teachers, and Digable Planets. While an underground favorite, the album didn't make much of a dent on the charts and they veered in a different, but ultimately more successful, direction on their follow-up.

The Score arrived in 1996 and was an instant hit. Retaining some of their earlier jazz-rap spirit, while incorporating traditional R&B that showcased Hill's singing abilities, the album topped charts across the globe and was certified multi-platinum around Europe and in the U.S. Featuring the soulful, chart-topping single "Killing Me Softly" and a top 40 cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry," The Score made significant dents in the commercial mainstream while retaining their existing fan base, becoming one of the surprise hits of 1996. At the 1997 Grammy Awards, the Fugees won Best Rap Album and Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Killing Me Softly."

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Following the success of The Score, the Fugees took a break, pursuing solo endeavors that eventually made the hiatus permanent. Jean issued his first solo album, 1997's The Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars, while Michel joined Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard for the hit single "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)." In 1998, Hill released her chart-topping, neo-soul opus The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which went on to outsell The Score and win five Grammy Awards in 1999. While Hill bowed out while on top of her game, Pras continued rapping and also pursued acting and film production. Meanwhile, Jean continued to release solo material -- issuing over a dozen albums -- and produced for artists, working with the likes of Destiny's Child, Santana, Shakira, Young Thug, and many more.

Almost a decade after peaking with The Score, they reconvened in 2005, performing together on a European tour and releasing the single "Take It Easy." However, the reunion was brief, and the trio disbanded once again. While their overall time together was short, The Score endures as one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time and each Fugee remained active -- both musically and politically -- for decades to come.


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Debut album by Fugees, hip-hop group from East Orange, New Jersey, formed by Samuel "Pras" Michel of New York, Wyclef Jean of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, but raised between East Orange and Newark, and Lauryn Hill of South Orange, New Jersey. Pras and Hill meet at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, and are later joined by Jean, shortly before Marcy Harriell left them. The group changed its name several times, when it reached an agreement with Ruffhouse Records, a label distributed by Columbia, it changed definitively from Tranzlator Crew (kept on the cover) to The Fugees, short for "refugees" and a derogatory term addressed to Haitian immigrants. The record has features typical of the '92 hip-hop season, having been recorded around that time, however, it wasn't officially released until early 1994 due to issues with the label. Rapping is provided by all three performers, while production is mainly done by Pras and Wyclef Jean, together with Khalis Bayyan, already known for his work with Kool & the Gang, Rashad Muhammad, Brand X, Stephen Walker, Jerry Duplessis and Salaam Remi. The rhythms are combined with live instrumentation performed mainly by Wyclef Jean on guitar and bass, and by Khalis Bayyan on sax and keyboards.

After the intro, Wyclef Jean quickly makes it clear that he'll be going hardcore on this record, delivering on a cheerful boom bap with decent jazzy samples and regular drum pounding. Pras is quite mediocre and meager right from this first track, while Lauryn Hill is easily better than the other two combined, spitting bars with a tight, flowing, flawless, dope flow. Track number three's actually a double track that features an opening short interlude, a one and a half-minute skit, and then a five-minute cut, with a verse each performed by the three MCs. Boom bap with accessible light pounding slow drum and tight horn sample in the background: Wyclef delivers hardcore, smooth, great flow, follows Lauryn Hill killing the song with a smooth, tight, dope style. An extravagant and irregular rapping by Pras closes. Fourth choice is dominated by Jean: jazzy boom bap, dirty and tight heavy thumping skinny drum machine, Lauryn Hill is better than the other two again, with great crisp flowing and quick rapping, Wyclef Jean delivers syncopated and quick. .

The album mirrors the East Coast sound and mixes it with ragga: the producers come up with honest rhythms, at best good, never excellent, composed of a dynamic drum and jazzy, funky, soul and pop samples. Thematically, the album varies between politics, racism, violence, life in the ghetto, braggadocio, crime, violence and represent, without a precise direction and with several socio-conscious extracts. At rapping, Lauryn Hill stands out above all and obscures the other performers in every track, boasting a dope flow


                                            
<a href="https://mir.cr/XQKIK6EY"> Fugees - Blunted on Reality </a> (flac  431b)

01 Introduction 1:1
02 Nappy Heads 4:29
03 Blunted Interlude 6:49
04 Recharge 5:10
05 Freestyle Interlude 1:08
06 Vocab 5:02
07 Special News Bulletin Interlude 0:20
08 Boof Baf 5:09
09 Temple 4:03
10 How Hard Is It? 3:52
11 Harlem Chit Chat Interlude 0:49
12 Some Seek Stardom 3:42
13 Giggles 4:21
14 Da Kid From Haiti Interlude 0:59
15 Refugees on the Mic 4:57
16 Living Like There Ain't No Tomorrow 4:00
17 Shout Outs From the Block 9:17
18 Nappy Heads (Remix) 5:22

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A breath of fresh air in the gangsta-dominated mid-'90s, the Fugees' breakthrough album, The Score, marked the beginning of a resurgence in alternative hip-hop. Its left-field, multi-platinum success proved there was a substantial untapped audience with an appreciation for rap music but little interest in thug life. The Score's eclecticism, social consciousness, and pop smarts drew millions of latent hip-hop listeners back into the fold, showing just how much the music had grown up. It not only catapulted the Fugees into stardom, but also launched the productive solo careers of Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill, the latter of whom already ranks as one of the top female MCs of all time based on her work here. Not just a collection of individual talents, the Fugees' three MCs all share a crackling chemistry and a wide-ranging taste in music. Their strong fondness for smooth soul and reggae is underscored by the two hit covers given slight hip-hop makeovers (Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"). Even when they're not relying on easily recognizable tunes, their original material is powered by a raft of indelible hooks, especially the great "Fu-Gee-La"; there are also touches of blues and gospel, and the recognizable samples range from doo wop to Enya. Their protest tracks are often biting, yet tempered with pathos and humanity, whether they're attacking racial profiling among police ("The Beast"), the insecurity behind violent posturing ("Cowboys"), or the inability of many black people in the Western Hemisphere to trace their familial roots ("Family Business"). Yeah, the Chinese restaurant skit is a little dicey, but on the whole, The Score balances intelligence and accessibility with an easy assurance, and ranks as one of the most distinctive hip-hop albums of its era.



<a href="https://multiup.org/1ac480d12aa227a2ca77854c83075f00"> Fugees - The Score </a> (flac  426mb)

01 Red Intro 1:51
02 How Many Mics 4:28
03 Ready or Not 3:47
04 Zealots 4:20
05 The Beast 5:37
06 Fu-Gee-La 4:20
07 Family Business 5:43
08 Killing Me Softly 4:58
09 The Score 5:02
10 The Mask 4:50
11 Cowboys 5:23
12 No Woman, No Cry 4:33
13 Manifest / Outro 5:59
14 Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix) 4:23
15 Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix) 5:27
16 Mista Mista 2:42

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Bootleg Versions is the remix album released by R&B and reggae fusion group The Fugees. The album was released on November 26, 1996. The album features only eight tracks, including seven remixes, and one new recording. The Fugees was an American hip hop group who rose to fame in the early-1990s. Their repertoire included elements of hip hop, soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group were rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer/producer Lauryn Hill, and rapper/producer Pras Michel. Deriving their name from the term refugee, Jean and Michel are Haitian, while Hill is American. In 2007, MTV ranked them the ninth greatest hip hop group of all time. It's fun and it's funky... especially the vocally agressive "Vocab" remixes.



<a href="http://depositfiles.com/files/d1pndc0yt"> Fugees - Bootleg Versions</a> (flac  223mb)

01 Ready or Not (Clark Kent / Django Remix) 5:17
02 Nappy Heads (Mad Spider Mix) 4:27
03 Don't Cry Dry Your Eyes 4:14
04 Vocab (Salaam's Remix) 7:00
05 Ready or Not (Salaam's Ready for the Show Remix) 4:41
06 Killing Me Softly With His Song (Live at the Brixton Academy) 2:41
07 No Woman, No Cry (Remix With Steve Marley) 5:27
08 Vocab (Refugees Hip Hop Remix) 4:37



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Wyclef crafted an eclectic album here, and the other Fugees members make appearances as well. The production is rather unique, as Wyclef experiments with a wide variety of styles, both old and modern. There's even rapping and singing in Creole. I could've done without all the pointless interludes, which added nothing to the proceedings, but they're a small blemish on an otherwise solid effort. This is a pretty overlooked album, so be sure to check it out if you haven't already.



<a href="https://www.imagenetz.de/APj4J"> Wyclef Jean - The Carnival featuring Refugee Allstars </a> (flac 422mb)

1 Intro / Court / Clef / Intro (Skit / Interlude) 3:15
2 Apocalypse 3:49
3 Guantanamera 4:31
4 Pablo Diablo (Interlude) 0:40
5 Bubblegoose 3:49
6 Prelude to "To All the Girls" (Interlude) 0:31
7 To All the Girls 4:17
8 Down Lo Ho (Interlude) 1:13
9 Anything Can Happen 4:37
10 Gone Till November 3:27
11 Words of Wisdom (Interlude) 0:46
12 Year of the Dragon 4:07
13 Sang Fézi 4:02
14 Fresh Interlude 1:46
15 Mona Lisa 4:30
16 Street Jeopardy 3:57
17 Killer M.C. (Interlude) 0:33
18 We Trying to Stay Alive 3:12
19 Gunpowder 4:24
20 Closing Argument (Interlude / Skit) 1:36
21 Enter the Carnival (Interlude) 0:24
22 Jaspora 4:03
23 Yelé 5:24
24 Carnival 5:06

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