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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Studio album by Lauryn Hill
Released	August 25, 1998
Genre	Hip hop, R&B, Rap, Neo soul
Length	77:39
Label	Ruffhouse, Columbia
Producer	Lauryn Hill, Vada Nobles
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The A.V. Club (favorable) link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone link XXL Magazine XXL link
Lauryn Hill chronology
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002)

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Background

The title references Carter G. Woodson's book, The Mis-Education of the Negro, and the album's cover art pays homage to The Wailers album Burnin'. The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson. ... Burnin is a roots reggae album by The Wailers, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ...

The landmark concept album set new records for black women, female hip-hop artists, and women in general.^{[neutrality disputed]} The album includes collaborations with soul singer D'Angelo on "Nothing Even Matters", guitarist Carlos Santana on "To Zion", singer Mary J. Blige on "I Used to Love Him"; as well as then little-known John Legend playing the piano on "Everything is Everything". In popular music, a concept album is an album which is unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical (Shuker 2002, p. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see DAngelo (disambiguation). ... For the Costa Rican soccer player, see Carlos Santana (footballer); for the Mexican academic, see Carlos Santana Morales. ... Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American R&B, soul, and hip hop soul singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, record producer, actress, and hip hop icon who has sold more than 40 million records and over 10 million singles worldwide. ... John Legend (born John Stephens on 28 December 1978) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill earned five Grammy Awards. She won Best New Artist, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album,and Album of the Year. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1960. ... The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriters Award) has been awarded since 1969. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album has been awarded since 1995. ... The Grammy Award for Album of the Year has been awarded since 1959. ...

In 2003, VH1 named it the 37th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 312 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Chris Rock ranked it 23rd in his 2005 list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time^[1]. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently... This article is about the magazine. ... Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Magazine Cover, November 2003. ... Christopher Julius Rock III[5] (born February 7, 1965)[6][7] is an Emmy Award winning American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Track listing

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Personnel

• Earl Robinson – background vocals
• Shelly Thunder
• Sabrina Johnston – background vocals
• Lori Holland – organ, clarinet, Hammond organ, electric piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
• Angelic Voices of Faith – photography
• Tom Barney – bass
• Bud Beadle – flute, alto sax, tenor sax
• Mary J. Blige – guest vocals
• Kenny O. Bobien – background vocals
• Errol Brown – assistant engineer
• Rudy Byrd – percussion
• D'Angelo – guest vocals, Fender Rhodes
• Francis Dunnery – guitar
• Don E. – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
• Paul Fakhourie – bass
• Dean Fraser – tenor sax
• Christopher Meredith – bass
• Herb Powers – mastering
• James Poyser – organ, Celeste, harpsichord, electric piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer bass, Wurlitzer, Moog bass
• Tony Prendatt – engineer
• Warren Riker – engineer, mixing
• Kevin Robinson – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Nambo Robinson – trombone
• Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar, background vocals
• Andrew Smith – guitar
• Eddie Stockley – background vocals
• Brian Vibberts – assistant engineer
• Fayyaz Virji – trombone
• Robert Williams – assistant engineer
• Matt Howe – engineer
• Elisabeth Valletti – harp
• John Wydrycs – engineer
• Ramon Rivera
• Julian Marley – guitar
• Carlos Santana – guest guitar
• Erwin Gorostiza – art direction
• Commissioner Gordon – engineer, mixing
• Lauryn Hill – guitar, arranger, vocals, background vocals, producer, executive producer, art direction
• Chris Theis – engineer
• Chuck Young – background vocals
• Robert Browne – guitar
• Greg Thompson – assistant engineer
• Grace Paradise – harp
• DJ Supreme – DJ
• Al Anderson – guitar
• Marc Baptiste – photography
• Ken Johnston – engineer
• Johari Newton – guitar
• Tejumold Newton – piano
• Vada Nobles – producer, drum programming
• Tara Wilkons – background vocals
• Racheal Wilson – background vocals
• Jennifer McNeil – background vocals
• Stuart Zender – bass
• Lenesha Randolph – background vocals
• Rasheem "Kio" Pugh – background vocals
• Fundisha Johnson – background vocals
• Indigo Quartet – strings
• Squiddly Ranks – drums
• Che Pope – programming
• Everol Ray – trumpet
• Derek Khan – stylist
• Storm Jefferson – engineer, assistant engineer
• Devon Kirkpatrick – digital editing, assistant engineer
• Andrea Simmons – background vocals
• Jamie Seigal – assistant engineer
• Matt Rubano – bass
• Che Guevara – producer, drum programming
• Chip Verspyck – assistant engineer
• Jared "Chocolate" Crawford – drums
• Neil Tucker – assistant engineer
• Ahmed Wallace – background vocals
• Debra Ginyard – stylist
• Veronica Fletcher – hair stylist
• Anita Gibson – make-up
• Tameka Foster – stylist
• Johnny Wyndrx – engineer
• John Legend – piano
• Earle Brown – assistant engineer

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Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

External links

• "Doo Wop (That Thing)" music video with lyrics
• "Ex-Factor" music video with lyrics