Fugees Album: “Score [Clean]”

The Fugees (Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Pras) sophomore album "The Score" (1996) is a first class album and deserves all the recognition it has recieved. Musically and lyrically the Fugees dropped a gem with this release, delivering an album to remember. What I appreciate most about this album is the variety of musical influences the Fugees use in there music whether it be Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, Gospel or Blues. The Fugees do justice to the originals on there covers for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (Roberta Flack) and "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley), both of these songs are off the hook. I wont front either, I had never heard the original versions back in 96, but have since listened to and enjoyed them and become a Bob Marley fan, thanks to this album. Love the instrumentals, Fugees rhyming and Lauryn Hill's outstanding vocals on "Ready or Not" and "Fu-Gee-La". The Fugees rip "Zealots" warning other MCs not to mess around, and talk about police discrimination on "The Beast". The darkly deep "Family Business" with Omega and Forte is another sick track. Both the "Fu-Gee-La" mixes are good, I especially like the "Refugee Camp Remix". Individually and collectively the Fugees shine on the "The Score" an album for every Hip Hop collection.

God alone knows what the hell, 50 cent, g-unit, nelly(who by the way has absolutely no skills on the mic), lil' jon etc are doing.

Well for me this is the best Hip Hop album of all time. the year is 2006 (10 yr after its release)and i quite often am bumping fu-gee-la, ready or not and killing me softly, just to break away from the crap that dominates mainstream hip hop radio.

Sorry to be a young black male and say, 95% of the Hip Hip/rap music and even now R&B music these days are pure crap.

this album is one of music's gems.

Aight, I just bought this album a couple of days ago. I was sitting in my room listening to the radio, and I hated some of the mainstream hiphop that they were playing. I needed a old school hiphop group that i could listen to. So i went out and bought the Fugees cd cuz i heard their stuff from the past, and thought they were fresh, so i bought it. I dont know what the hell took me so long to go buy this record. This is possibly one of my top 10 albums of all time. I think that the old school beats, the lyrics, the flow of the group is crazy fly. I think that all hip hop fans should go cop this album right now, if you dont already have it. This is no doubt a classic album, one of the best of all time. If you want a old school real hiphop album, this is one that you should go buy.

I just started listening to this album recently after it had been gathering dust for years in my CD collection. STILL such a great album..."Ready or Not" (my favorite track) still sounds just as fresh and enjoyable as it did when I first heard it. And of course Killing Me Softly is a great R&B/hip-hop fused remake. At their prime, the Fugees were the biggest thing in hip-hop, and I think that if they were around today they still would be.

this album not only touched on hip hop, reggae and soul but also elements of world music and acoustic music and it gets very political at times while romantic at others. This was the best hip hop record to come out in the 90's along with lauryn hill's miseducation. I can't wait for the fugees to get back together so wannabes like black eyed peas are forgotten.