Where Nas’ Illmatic and Common Sense’s Resurrection succeeded in producing top-notch material but ultimately failed to achieve any sort of crossover success, The Score did both. It’s more like The Fugees did almost everything right here. In comes The Fugees—complete with soulful samples, acoustic guitars, beautiful singing voices, solid rapping, thumping beats, and positive, conscious subject matter—and, certified diamond status later, it’s fair to say The Fugees did something right here.
#FUGEES THE SCORE SONG LIST FULL#
The Native Tongues of the late 80s and early 90s were fading from prominence for various reasons, and rap thug caricatures were out in full effect. The well-documented “breath of fresh air in an era (mid 90s) utterly dominated by mindless gangsta clones” rhetoric is tired, but no less true. It did at the time of its release, and it still does today. Add to this the fact that two of the more popular tracks from this LP are straight covers (Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly,” and Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry”) and one might assume a recipe for mediocrity or slightly-better-than-average, at best.īut ask nearly anyone—the most dedicated hip hop heads or even casual, song-of-the-minute music fans—and they will probably tell you this album bangs. The liner notes won’t reveal any guest bangers from DJ Premier, Pete Rock or any other dominant producer.
Neither Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and most definitely not Pras will rank in anyone’s list of top 20 MCs. From a distance, The Score should not have necessarily been as successful as it was. Generally speaking, it’s so easy to under or overestimate the importance, impact and overall quality of any given album when considering the context in which it was released.
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