It's really really good.

CynicKill said:

She remembered this:

Gotta give it to her.

CynicKill said:

She remembered this:

Love this!

http://www.complex.com/mu...r-tax-debt

CynicKill said:

http://www.complex.com/mu...r-tax-debt

Something tells me this was deliberate...

yanowha said:

http://www.rap-up.com/201...lsory-mix/

Silver Lining? Look how pretty Fantasia is with that radiant smile.

Gunsnhalen said:

The lyrics of the song are good but the beat omg!

Some of the lyrics are sick. Speaking some truths that I totally agree with. And I don't think it's that the beat is bad so much as the mix is attrociously, ridiculously, LAUGHABLY bad. EVERYTHING is in the wrong place. Vocals WAY too far forward, no bass, tinny cymbals, no weight to the drum tracks, melodies pushed back underneath...blech! "Compulsory Mix"? Yeah, I guess.

I'm really starting to believe that those uncredited producers on 'Miseducation' (who later sued Lauryn) are the main reason for her incredible music back then.On her own,she can't seem to deliver the goods.This song is atrocious compared to her earlier material that they played a huge role in.

SoulAlive said:

I'm really starting to believe that those uncredited producers on 'Miseducation' (who later sued Lauryn) are the main reason for her incredible music back then.On her own,she can't seem to deliver the goods.This song is atrocious compared to her earlier material that they played a huge role in.

That sounds plausible, actually. I remember either Pras or Wyclef saying that she's useless in the studio. Something about her having a shitload of scraps of ideas but no knowledge when it comes to actually putting a track together. I think this was post the Fugees reunion single. You would think after 20 years in the game she would take a few classes or something.

No one believes she's a producer in the technical sense.

But for Miseducation she knew what she wanted, knew how she wanted it to sound, and hired people who could give it to her.

Without her, there'd be no Miseducation.

CynicKill said:

No one believes she's a producer in the technical sense.

But for Miseducation she knew what she wanted, knew how she wanted it to sound, and hired people who could give it to her.

Without her, there'd be no Miseducation.

Exactly right. "Her hands never touched the MPC" one of the Fugee dudes said.

Lauryn Hill Might Go to Jail

By Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire – 1 hr 14 mins ago

Reclusive singer Lauryn Hill will receive her sentence today for the tax evasion charges she pleaded guilty to last year. She is facing potentially three years in prison, after failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in income, even though her lawyers say she's now all paid up. Hill released a song on iTunes over the weekend in the hopes of raising some funds to pay the taxes, but she's still potentially facing the clink. Which would be pretty crazy, if Lauryn Hill after all this time was sent to jail for tax evasion. I mean, she hasn't made an album in about 15 years, so she's not exactly a big-time celebrity anymore, but she's still Lauryn freaking Hill. From Sister Act 2, for heaven's sake. Where are Wyclef and Pras in her time of need, huh? Fugees! Activate! Lauryn needs you! To, uh, water her plants if she goes to jail or something. I don't know. What can the Fugees really do at this point? The Score was a long, long time ago.

I'm not liking the new single. She's rapping way too fast. Can barely catch what she's saying and the music is terrible. It sounds as though she's doing it because she has to and doesn't give a shit at all.

It's very sad because like I've said before, her Miseducation......is pure genius. My husband and I listen to it regularly.

SoulAlive said:

Lauryn Hill Might Go to Jail

By Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire – 1 hr 14 mins ago

Reclusive singer Lauryn Hill will receive her sentence today for the tax evasion charges she pleaded guilty to last year. She is facing potentially three years in prison, after failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in income, even though her lawyers say she's now all paid up. Hill released a song on iTunes over the weekend in the hopes of raising some funds to pay the taxes, but she's still potentially facing the clink. Which would be pretty crazy, if Lauryn Hill after all this time was sent to jail for tax evasion. I mean, she hasn't made an album in about 15 years, so she's not exactly a big-time celebrity anymore, but she's still Lauryn freaking Hill. From Sister Act 2, for heaven's sake. Where are Wyclef and Pras in her time of need, huh? Fugees! Activate! Lauryn needs you! To, uh, water her plants if she goes to jail or something. I don't know. What can the Fugees really do at this point? The Score was a long, long time ago.

She's not going to jail. Made a last minute payment.

SoulAlive said:

Lauryn Hill Might Go to Jail

By Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire – 1 hr 14 mins ago

Reclusive singer Lauryn Hill will receive her sentence today for the tax evasion charges she pleaded guilty to last year. She is facing potentially three years in prison, after failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in income, even though her lawyers say she's now all paid up. Hill released a song on iTunes over the weekend in the hopes of raising some funds to pay the taxes, but she's still potentially facing the clink. Which would be pretty crazy, if Lauryn Hill after all this time was sent to jail for tax evasion. I mean, she hasn't made an album in about 15 years, so she's not exactly a big-time celebrity anymore, but she's still Lauryn freaking Hill. From Sister Act 2, for heaven's sake. Where are Wyclef and Pras in her time of need, huh? Fugees! Activate! Lauryn needs you! To, uh, water her plants if she goes to jail or something. I don't know. What can the Fugees really do at this point? The Score was a long, long time ago.

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This article is horribly written. Mr. Lawson should have passed this onto someone who know what they're talking about.

^^ This is one of the reasons I continue saying journalism is dead. And since she already paid it, people are slow to catch up.

BBC just reported old girl got 3 months in the pen.

BBC just reported old girl got 3 months in the pen. As did The New York Times.

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings.

She was also sentenced Monday in Newark to three additional months of home confinement.

During a forceful statement to the judge, Hill explained she had always meant to eventually pay the taxes but was unable to during a period of time when she dropped out of the music business.

Before the sentencing, her attorney had said Hill had paid more than $970,000 to satisfy the state and federal tax liabilities.

Hill had faced a maximum sentence of one year each on three counts. Her attorney had sought probation.

It's not clear when or where she'd report to prison.

[Edited 5/6/13 14:43pm]

lazycrockett said:

BBC just reported old girl got 3 months in the pen.

God will help her out.

Uncle Sam does not play games!

Timmy84 said:

^^ This is one of the reasons I continue saying journalism is dead. And since she already paid it, people are slow to catch up.

Journalism is dead because of the internet, now everyone thinks they can write, just like everyone thinks they can make a film and act and sing, etc.... Blogs are the death of real writers and people that know what research is and not acting on what you hear but what is FACT.

I heard 2 weeks ago on Real Time With Bill Maher about how the "Boston Bombing" was the first realy american terrorist attack that was being followed LIVE via social networking and guess what 99.9 % of what people were saying were all lies, rumours and false info including fake instagram pictures. Call it being cynical i believe NOTHING on the internet, they can tell me a Prince cd is coming out tomorrow but until im on line at the store with it in my hand, its a lie. So congrats TWITTER FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM you got nothing right about a terrorist attack.

I cannot support the music of a criminal.

Hmm I spoke too soon. She's gonna serve six months lol

lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:

^^ This is one of the reasons I continue saying journalism is dead. And since she already paid it, people are slow to catch up.

Journalism is dead because of the internet, now everyone thinks they can write, just like everyone thinks they can make a film and act and sing, etc.... Blogs are the death of real writers and people that know what research is and not acting on what you hear but what is FACT.

I heard 2 weeks ago on Real Time With Bill Maher about how the "Boston Bombing" was the first realy american terrorist attack that was being followed LIVE via social networking and guess what 99.9 % of what people were saying were all lies, rumours and false info including fake instagram pictures. Call it being cynical i believe NOTHING on the internet, they can tell me a Prince cd is coming out tomorrow but until im on line at the store with it in my hand, its a lie. So congrats TWITTER FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM you got nothing right about a terrorist attack.

They're not 100% to blame for it. I'm sure before the Internet dominated everything, journalism was already on its way down a long time ago when Murdoch just about bought everything.

She definitely mailed it in with this track Hypocritcal Lauryn is really annoying as hell since she wasted her potential. She's a fool for not taking care of her tax situation and I feel badly for her kids that she has been sentenced to jail. They are big the losers in all of this yet they're innocent.

^This will teach her children a valuable lesson in life. Dont fuck with the Taxman.

maybe this will be the wake-up call that Lauryn so desperately needs She's gotta stop this nonsense and get her life together.Not paying taxes is a serious crime.

Death and taxes.....

no way around it

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