1996, 2006 Some Music Lasts

Thinking back to 1996…
I got this silly forward a few days ago called 10 yrs ago. It came with questions that you have to fill out on yourself before sending it on to your group of friends. In doing this forward I was focused on thinking back to high school. Yuck! One of the questions was ‘what cd was on repeat in your stereo?’ (Because who had a mp3 player in ’96?) This was an easy question for me it was the cd, The Score the sophomore album from The Fugees. The Fugees a trio containing Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michael, had phenomenal success and went on to win two Grammy’s that year. Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song by a duo or group for their remake of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly”. Good times right?
Well ‘Ready or Not’ (to use a title of another one of their hits from The Score) here they come. The Fugees are recording a new album as you read. It is currently an untitled album but thanks to the internet we know that the first song is called “Take It Easy”.
Separately the three stars have done amazingly well. Lauryn set a record as the only female performer to be nominated for 11 Grammys and won a record 5 including Best New Artist and Best Album of the Year for her first solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Wyclef went on to record 5 albums and Pras established an acting career.
Despite all of their individual fame I couldn’t help but wonder when will they get back together and what will the material sound like? As an eager fan I’ll have to wait like the rest to see what they are planning for us in this coming year. Rumor has it that the album should drop before the end of 2006. I’ll ‘take it easy’ til then but I can’t wait to have new material from the trio in my mp3 player.

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