Lauryn Hill - O aniversário da Diva

No site de uma amiga jornalista: www.soulculture.co.uk (grande site passem lá) gerou-se no ANIVERSÁRIO DA LAURYN HILL, um debate interessante sobre, porque é que ainda não houve nenhuma artista feminina na musica negra a ter o impacto que ela teve?

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Porque é que o Miseducation of Lauryn Hill é um dos melhores albums de sempre?
Como fã, cheguei a esta conclusão -
(desculpem estar em inglês)


Lauryn hill´s miseducation is a classic:

1. It´s the first female Singer/rapper album to see the light of day in a major label/mainstream scene

2. Classic production - eclectic as a rainbow but still homogenous, in a sense that no matter what pop, reggae, soul, doo wop feel the track had it always had irrefutable hiphop flavour, whether the appeal came from boom bap beats or beat boxing or groove. One of the best albums ever produced in the genre, arguably only "back to black" can match it and took how many years? moving on

3. Lauryn Hill is a genius. Why? There are many reasons. the first is consensual, she has one of the most amazing natural voices ever. It´s effortless, like nina simone you can see or i mean, feel it´s not forced, it´s visceral, pure, it´s something only a few are born with, and can´t be taught, it´s not falsetto or whatever techincalities are used. I love Maxwell and D´Angelo these men are geniuses, but they´re professional singers who have learned to instrumentalize and adapt their voices through technique. Lauryn is a different case. I can parallel it to Amy Winehouse, it´s theirs, one in a million, but to compare Lauryn to Amy no matter how much talent the crackhead musters, is blasphemy.

4. Lauryn is still the Best there ever was out of the soul/hiphop/r&b genre, will probably continue to be for many years and has already secured legendary status. and I´m a fan, a stan and cult follower because Lauryn, transcends race and sex she is androgynous and one of the most complete artists do ever do music:
Her voice is robust, masculin, powerful and yet, frail, pure, and profound which are female traits. This duality is felt, not only in her vocal chords, but in her delivery, melody and thoughts. She was a better rapper than wyclef and Pras, lol, it´s not everyday that we see a female become hegemonic in the male and often mysoginistic world of rap, matter of fact it was unprecedented, and still is.

5. Lyricism - The Evaluation between Lyrics of singer/songwriters can´t be the same as the analysis of Rap lyricists it´s a different world. The impact and relevance words play in rap are much more than in the "conventional music" realm. Thing with Lauryn, is that she was phenomenal at both (singer/songwriting - rap). There has never until now, male or female, a more competent singer/rhyme slinger. Damn I don´t even know if in the "singer" category if there has been a better female singer, no disrespect to India Arie, Jill Scott, Mary and Badu. I don´t think so. And in the rap department as I said the rules are different and the females spitting are rare, unfortunately, due to male set rules and clichés that are fascists in the game. For a female rapper to get a major label deal has to be a sex symbol or advocate for dance music. But that´s no excuse, no matter the lower competition in number, the cadences, profound themes(political, espiritual/holistic, love even philosophical subject matter on the unplugged) plus the stylistic prowess of Miss Hill is unmatched. The only female MC to have dropped albums that is a better MC than Hill, and I´m talking about MCing not ability to make better records or singer, is Jean Grae.

6. The Image/Style - What Hill represented to the black community. She was the only black female sex symbol/intellectual. Up until today she´s still the most iconic and for the larger audiences the only one there ever was. I´m not talking about the mulato, mixed and light skinned black women - Badu, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Mariah etc...These women are black, yes, but not like Hill. There are millions of black kids like Hill that want and prey for representation in the world of hollywood, flash&camera and the music industry, but unfortunately in fascist media, white,light skinned women are the standard...But our Rasta was so incredibly beautiful and unique that even in this department she broke the barriers.

7. It was a conceptual album, an eclectic universal sound but with the typical hiphop song index. That is the interludes and organization of songs typical in hiphop. Never before had anyone tampered with that idea.

That´s what makes "the miseducation of lauryn Hill" a classic and Lauryn Hill a legend.


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