Lauryn Hill

Tell me who I have to be to gain some reciprocity

Ms. Lauryn Hill. "Ex-Factor." The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Ruffhouse Records LP, 1998.

Can't think of many things better than driving around town with my sister, blasting L Boogie out the stereo, and singing at the top of our lungs.

Every time I listen to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with someone, I say the same thing, "I think she made a perfect album." This song is one of its finest.

Lauryn Hill's official music video for 'Ex-Factor'. Click to listen to Lauryn Hill on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/LaurynHSpotify?IQid=LaurynHEF As featured on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

What good is a bed when there’s a hooptie instead

Ari Lennox. "Backseat (Feat. Cozz)." PHO, Dreamville/Interscope, 2016.

Thanks to my homegirl Marika for scooping this lil' ditty at SXSW. Ari Lennox has got some serious soul.

Ari Lennox "PHO" EP available now iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PHOAriLennox Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/PHO.ap Google Play: http://smarturl.it/PHO.gp Amazon: http://smarturl.it/PHO.amz *SHELL Spotify: http://smarturl.it/PHO.sp http://dreamville.lnk.to/backseat http://twitter.com/arilennox http://facebook.com/arilennox http://instagram.com/arilennox Music video by Ari Lennox performing Backseat. (C) 2016 Dreamville/Interscope http://vevo.ly/FOl4Oz

Read up on how Lennox found herself working on J.Cole's Dreamville imprint after throwing up some covers online, including this dreamy flip of Beyoncé's "Drunk In Love," in this interview with The FADER.

www.soundcloud.com/arilennox

She slays it on this Otis Redding track, one of my all-time favourites...

Thailand stand up! Vocals- Ari Lennox Guitarist- Jared ( musicthursdays@gmail.com) Filmed by: Emmanuel Fadojutimi

...and just one more of her take on the legendary Lauryn Hill's classic "X Factor," background noise and all.

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Black diamonds and pearls

Nas, Ms. Lauryn Hill. "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)." It Was Written, Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, 1996.

On Thursday evening, a friend came through with a last-minute surprise: tickets to catch Nas and Lauryn Hill perform at SF's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. I've caught each of them perform many times over the years, and more recently have been to their double-bill shows at Oakland's Fox Theater, one of my favourite venues in the Bay Area.

These two have still got it, no doubt, and the messages in their lyrics resonate two decades after this track first dropped. Imagine that.


The Water

Lauryn Hill. "Just Like The Water." MTV Unplugged No. 2.0, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., 2002.

Water is a powerful force, sometimes devastatingly so.

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Men anpil chay pa lou.
Lauryn Hill began her 9-show "Small Axe" acoustic tour at Rough Trade NYC in Brooklyn, NY. Here she does a rendition of her song "Just Like Water" from her 2002 live album "MTV Unplugged 2.0"

I want to give you some good, good lovin'

Bob Marley & The Wailers. "Turn Your Lights Down Low (feat. Lauryn Hill)." Chant Down Babylon, The Island Def Jam Music Group A Universal Company, 1999.

Remember when I said there ain't nothing like Bob in the morning?

Well, add Lauryn to the mix and then you've got some real magic.

I love that the below video, the top-viewed result when searching on YouTube, is ripped from Much More Music. My fellow Canadians (who remember music videos and music TV channels that actually played them) will know what I'm talking about.

I love that this is ripped from Much More Music. My fellow Canadians (who remember music videos and music TV channels that actually played them) will know what I'm talking about.