Timeless: The Making of Fugees 'The Score'

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
  • As we say goodbye to 2016 we take a look at how a classic album was made in 1996. No, it was not made in a glamorous studio, but rather in a basement. A group of musicians and producers crammed into a small room and poured their souls into this album. "It was and remains, a great blessing."
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 160

  • @violetmartinez9642
    @violetmartinez9642 7 років тому +157

    Man The Score is still one of the best albums ever made. It had lyrics, chemistry, and beats.

    • @Huumf
      @Huumf 7 років тому

      Violet Martinez and flava

    • @Huumf
      @Huumf 7 років тому +2

      Violet Martinez and flava

    • @pablofreigeist
      @pablofreigeist 4 роки тому +1

      and soul.

    • @scholageemusic9373
      @scholageemusic9373 2 роки тому

      I don't know about the "Best" but I respect your opinion

  • @staj
    @staj 2 роки тому +10

    Enough cannot be said about this Phenomenal Album... Lord. Huge shoutout to everyone involved, you made History. LEGACY INTACT!

  • @TheDavid111089
    @TheDavid111089 4 роки тому +6

    That basement should be a historic landmark.

  • @nightwing1823
    @nightwing1823 5 років тому +17

    There's not enough content on youtube and just talk in general about this album. One of my favorites!! Fucking ever!! My parents played this around me all the time as a little kid front to back in the car and at home. Early 2000's, some of my best memories of music include this album. One of my biggest inspirations today as a musician

  • @Okieant
    @Okieant 7 років тому +30

    I was in 8th grade when this came out and I used to steal my Dad's CD player just to listen to this on repeat. I knew that whole skit with Talent in the Chinese restaurant by heart. Lauryn was just a monster in this album. Her verses on Ready or Not and How Many Mics are ridiculous.

  • @ndujamz
    @ndujamz 5 років тому +10

    Family Business is one of my favourite track of all times.

  • @KlasicRock
    @KlasicRock 7 років тому +111

    Had no idea Akon had anything to do with the Fugees

    • @avianjackson17
      @avianjackson17 7 років тому +3

      Klasic Rock same.

    • @dramahawkpromotions9621
      @dramahawkpromotions9621 7 років тому +4

      yup he sure was

    • @ReckyD
      @ReckyD 7 років тому +20

      He sang that line on Fugeela... Call Mr. Martin, Tell Him to build the coffin... Crazy guy back then... This is nice to see

    • @avianjackson17
      @avianjackson17 7 років тому +1

      Recky D oh shiiiiit. Right

    • @Nitelifebuzz
      @Nitelifebuzz 7 років тому +6

      "Call Mr Madden." Its a popular coroner/funeral home in Kingston, Jamaica. That phrase was very common in Jamaican sound clash culture & partially represents the dancehall influence on this album.

  • @PatrickObiang
    @PatrickObiang 9 місяців тому +1

    "THE SCORE" IS TIMELESS! BRAVO!

  • @ThePhilomathe
    @ThePhilomathe 3 роки тому +3

    It's 2021 and this is still the only album I can listen to from skit 1 to Mister Mister. One of the greatest albums ever.

  • @MONET8iAM
    @MONET8iAM 7 років тому +14

    Today's artists will barely be able to have stories like this because many are always sending over verses and beats as opposed to getting together to vibe out and create. I agree that this should be a regular segment or at least one a month.

  • @fantasma.b
    @fantasma.b 7 років тому +12

    Classic. Still can go against any body of work up to today.

    • @hoc1992
      @hoc1992 6 років тому

      Carlito Brigante yep

  • @Ayplus
    @Ayplus 7 років тому +12

    Wow. Now I still have hope in Hot 97

  • @melanoidwarrior2906
    @melanoidwarrior2906 7 років тому +10

    classic album and pivotal in my life

  • @nia_space
    @nia_space 3 роки тому +2

    One of the best album in the whole music industry.. thank you guys ❤️

  • @MsRaquelD
    @MsRaquelD 5 років тому +3

    I was 16 when it came out!! Still listening :) #jerseygirl !!

  • @feralLove
    @feralLove 4 роки тому +2

    Dang, John Forte and Saleem do not look a day over mid
    20's, at most, in this documentary!! I remember my one daughter was 15 at the time this classic album came out when she brought a CD home and we were both big fans
    Immediately!! The Score still stands the test of time!!

  • @Classikh
    @Classikh 7 років тому +4

    Listened to this for the first time this year. 🔥🔥

  • @JCruz83
    @JCruz83 7 років тому +9

    THIS WAS SO EDUCATIONAL & DOPE! ONE OF MY FAV ALBUMS EVER

  • @fernandog.1575
    @fernandog.1575 6 років тому +4

    that's crazy I cannot believe music was recorded like that in that small place

  • @dominikbnine6912
    @dominikbnine6912 7 років тому +5

    One of the best!!! Classic.

  • @because_the_internet
    @because_the_internet 5 років тому +3

    You think I open a restaurant in the middle of the hood and don't know what's going on? I fucking represent!

  • @victoriaappiagei1482
    @victoriaappiagei1482 5 років тому +2

    the fugees the score awesome dope classic album favorite song

  • @williammarquez2552
    @williammarquez2552 3 роки тому +5

    Imma keep it real Imma Say what nobody got the balls to say. Lauryn Hill should have been on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine as the most beautiful African-American woman in the world.

  • @michaelwalker7271
    @michaelwalker7271 7 років тому +4

    Nice work hot 97! This is definitely in your wheelhouse. You need to do more of these. It's like 30 for 30 for hip-hop.

  • @illlmatic4life981
    @illlmatic4life981 7 років тому +51

    Great work Hot97, are you intending to do this for other 90's classics?

    • @Guapiitooo
      @Guapiitooo 7 років тому +7

      they need to do one for Camp Lo "Uptown Saturday Night."

    • @jarrelely1126
      @jarrelely1126 3 роки тому

      @@Guapiitooo camp lo sound similar to the clipse

  • @ketienne1021
    @ketienne1021 7 років тому +26

    Akon got locked up and missed out on the fugees. In the end it turned out good.

    • @keithgiles3334
      @keithgiles3334 7 років тому +2

      He made so much Bank off of signing Lady Gaga. Akon stays paid still!

    • @SoulOfTheSouth
      @SoulOfTheSouth 7 років тому +3

      K Etienne Akon is on the album. He had a video back in 96 but the single was a failure. He got locked up in 98.

  • @garnetbey7400
    @garnetbey7400 7 років тому +2

    this 1 touch my heart deeply thanks Hot 97

  • @iqfromthe2152
    @iqfromthe2152 4 роки тому +2

    Hip Hop still has not matched the Score. This was hip hop’s “Thriller”. The Carnival, and The Miseducation make them the best ever! Nothing beats Afro-Caribbean flavor.

  • @ayotadhiambo
    @ayotadhiambo 3 роки тому +2

    I really like what Wyclef injected in the fugees musically, you could perform Hip Hop songs live!Not using playbacks from a DJ at a turntable.The concept of half live music has never been so clear more than now!Lauryn was the flower that made Fugees beautiful!
    Pras was the businessman.
    When the roles are clear for each group member, the whole group flourishes and they produce amazing work!
    Salaam Remi produced FuGee-La and did the Nappy Heads Remix!How old was he then?
    The Fugees are synonymous with the word energy!
    When they poured their souls into 'The Score' it was worth it!

  • @gmidd3902
    @gmidd3902 7 років тому

    One of the most played tapes I bumped in my ride back then.OneLove!

  • @danielrobinson7569
    @danielrobinson7569 Рік тому

    My all time favorite album. Never watched this before, thanks hot97!

  • @1LORENZOUTUBE
    @1LORENZOUTUBE 3 роки тому +1

    I remember hearing the tune at the end credits of Stephen Kings 1992, Sleep Walkers (Boadicea) before the fugees. I ALWAYS said if somebody uses it in a song it’s gonna be fire.
    Years later, fugees use it in a song! 🤯

  • @altdelet3778
    @altdelet3778 6 років тому +1

    Thats crazy I love those verses on Cowboys and Family Business! Glad to see the face to the voice.

    • @premoview4957
      @premoview4957 6 років тому +1

      Do a google search for the rapper Omega. he was real "Booga Basement"...."E.O."...."Illtown"...."Dirty Jersey"...."90's underground" contributor to those times. He has dozens of songs but "the industry" also was a force that either he or they could not handle

  • @wameezy
    @wameezy 3 роки тому +2

    People need to understand the reason the Fugees and Lauryn hill will never make another album. The energy of music and life during this time was just different!!! And u can see the passion and hard work that went into creating that Score album!!! They did it with a lot less money than most artists spend now to record a million dollar plus album plus they were all hungry and it was the love of the music vs chasing the money. That album has them paid for life and transcended what it needed to the masses. why try and recreate something better when that album is the pinnacle I honestly don’t think they would be able to outdo that score album. But why need to.

  • @amontri3246
    @amontri3246 7 років тому +8

    i remember being young hearing this album for the first time I knew instantly this was going to be dope not because I was into music but something special about an energy that you could not deny like wu tang album 36 chambers same thing music is different now you don't get that feeling anymore

  • @beatsbykana
    @beatsbykana 4 роки тому

    when I first heard ready or not I remember being stunned by the flip, and the vibe and the bars. definitely dope still

  • @lordg3803
    @lordg3803 7 років тому

    Thanks for this. Brings back too much memories. Damn.

  • @KlasicRock
    @KlasicRock 7 років тому +10

    The one person who disliked the video is the one who lauryn took the "oh la la la" verse off their record! #hater

  • @toddferguson7626
    @toddferguson7626 7 років тому +8

    i haven't watched the whole video yet (I love the Fugees!) but I have a request of Hot 97. Whom ever does the editing of Hot 97's videos: could you choose a better consistent metering method for the volume on your uploads for a calibrated mastered playback range? It's not every video, but a lot of them tend to be annoyingly quiet (on every device at max vol.). It's a finicky request as they are just UA-cam videos but it seemed like something a radio station filled with people who take sound very seriously would like to hear feedback on.

  • @Vuer89
    @Vuer89 7 років тому +1

    This is dope! More of these please.

  • @inspectah2342
    @inspectah2342 2 роки тому

    I remember when the score came out. I was 13 front and center at the record store the day it dropped. It was like thriller in terms of the effect it had at the time

  • @DJacksonII
    @DJacksonII 4 роки тому

    HOT 97 got a winner with this series

  • @ESPmattESP
    @ESPmattESP 5 років тому

    17:52 he’s talking about sampling “fool yourself” by little feat to use for killing me softly. That was awesome I’m glad I watched this video.

  •  Рік тому +2

    MC John forte and Lauryn Hill are the MVPs of this masterpiece far as lyricism and MCing

  • @BOSFreddy
    @BOSFreddy 7 років тому

    Dope!!! Definitely one of my favorite albums

  • @GrotesqueHyydra
    @GrotesqueHyydra 7 років тому

    Favorite album ever

  • @joetwinz
    @joetwinz 7 років тому +1

    Great video Hot97

  • @PatTurner
    @PatTurner 7 років тому

    Great album powerful trio

  • @bobbydigital8243
    @bobbydigital8243 5 років тому +8

    But who's idea was "ONE TIME!"?

  • @bennyfoxmore9506
    @bennyfoxmore9506 7 років тому

    wow, I used to run with these guys. what a time.

  • @heirbornelite
    @heirbornelite 7 років тому +3

    Please do more of these Hot 97

  • @Thefreequincy
    @Thefreequincy 7 років тому

    Loved it! So inspiring 👨🏽‍🎨🙏🏾 Thank you Hot 97 ✌🏾❤️

  • @theurbanemporium204
    @theurbanemporium204 6 років тому +2

    Summer of 96’ high school graduation

    • @theurbanemporium204
      @theurbanemporium204 6 років тому

      We banged the album all summer. Just to clarify. 🙏🏻✌️

  • @kevinyeohck
    @kevinyeohck 7 років тому

    ICONIC.

  • @djwreck1200
    @djwreck1200 7 років тому

    AMAZING piece right here! not sure if it was on purpose or not but the group wasnt in this vid but hearing from the producers themselves to me at least is just as great! hot 97 hope you make this a regular segment.

  • @akitoptop1517
    @akitoptop1517 7 років тому

    i was going to give hot97 a L for 2016 they gain a W last minute.well done guys

  • @premoview4957
    @premoview4957 6 років тому +4

    So. Clinton Ave. East Orange New Jersey USA.
    The "Booga Basement" something I witnessed and experienced that was purely b'cuz of God and man.
    Something now years later, looking back I can see was magical.
    This documentary is missing a very important factor, and that is the artist Omega on the song Family Business

    • @OtakuKing28
      @OtakuKing28 5 років тому +1

      PremoView My grandma lived in that area actually I grew up there too

    • @jarrelely1126
      @jarrelely1126 3 роки тому

      @@OtakuKing28 what's the difference between new York and new jersey?

  • @langmoran3633
    @langmoran3633 7 років тому

    That was really good! It was like a learning session for me. It almost makes me want to do researcher on the real founders of Hip Hop to get a better understanding of how everyone links and the hours and years they put in at there craft to make them who they are now! I believe Hip Hop changed America and also a community that didn't have much to call their own until Hip Hop. I feel as if it's a culture, a culture that stepped up and got a voice in the world. Thanks for sharing

  • @lauraonecceli3529
    @lauraonecceli3529 5 років тому +2

    É um álbum precursor

  • @xoxan3035
    @xoxan3035 6 років тому +7

    John Forte real legend, Cowboys verse?? Glad he got out of prison

  • @SugarDaddyScottie
    @SugarDaddyScottie 7 років тому

    Those were the Days !

  • @tymjones9969
    @tymjones9969 7 років тому +2

    @8:29 Wise words i now live by...

  • @Mike2Regal
    @Mike2Regal 7 років тому +2

    ok imma be real i never peeped this album but i gotta listen now, Akon been around i see

  • @OrionSound
    @OrionSound 7 років тому +1

    Sa se bon bagay net

  • @filmerdennis
    @filmerdennis 7 років тому

    Damn been wanting this vinyl for so long I'm Guna go by it now haha

  •  Рік тому

    Cowboys is my favorite fugees track of all time

  • @Metamophisis
    @Metamophisis 7 років тому

    🙋This story is so inspiring. I bought the tape 💵📼and cd💽. 🎧🎵🎶💉🎤.

  • @bleunt
    @bleunt 5 років тому +2

    Wow, I've been into The Fugees since 1996 and that is NOT how I've imagined the Booga Basement for 23 years. I thought it was located somewhere around Flatbush or something.

  • @cyrilmuhammad2134
    @cyrilmuhammad2134 4 роки тому

    Yesterday sustains the originations of hopes and revelated consciousness while preserving the exonerating essence that provides an opportunance for every other individual priveation meditated on the possibilities admitting strivance into an more elevated belief of imaged purpose.

  • @sammythegreat879
    @sammythegreat879 7 років тому +1

    classic

  • @STARSFashionArtLove
    @STARSFashionArtLove 7 років тому

    Vibes 💖

  • @TelepathWon
    @TelepathWon 7 років тому +19

    I'm on "Cowboys". #Salute facebook.com/pacewon

  • @lvmtwins8418
    @lvmtwins8418 7 років тому

    Classic

  • @PabloPazosGutierrez
    @PabloPazosGutierrez 2 роки тому

    Sad there are three big elephants in the room, not in this video...

  • @leaksnippetz180
    @leaksnippetz180 5 років тому

    19:14 - he used the drums from James Brown - Funky President (with mono)

  • @samirazakaria5559
    @samirazakaria5559 7 років тому

    Happy new year

  • @dawpawnshop
    @dawpawnshop 7 років тому

    OOOOHHHHHHH, NOW I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @StNixdaIV
    @StNixdaIV 7 років тому

    HOT content concept DOPE art work

  • @varneyjohnson
    @varneyjohnson 7 років тому

    nice job on this bro

  • @razrsliq7623
    @razrsliq7623 2 роки тому

    Jon Forte... Drop the mic and sway this waaay!!! 🔥🔥

  • @usmcchrisg
    @usmcchrisg Рік тому

    ❤️✅

  • @sambanelly4219
    @sambanelly4219 4 роки тому +1

    I wish The Fugees would re-unite.

  • @pastense
    @pastense 4 роки тому

    What’s with the random body shots whenever John Forté is on? lol

  • @MarlonD805
    @MarlonD805 Рік тому

    I had the score on tape

  • @Mich-xl6fj
    @Mich-xl6fj 7 років тому +2

    Where's lauryn hill at?

  • @PAHZAZZ
    @PAHZAZZ 7 років тому

    I LIKE THIS... THIS WHAT WE NEED IN HIP HOP....
    *PAHZAZZ RADIO IS NOW HERE ON UA-cam HIT THAT CHANNEL AND ENJOY SOME AMAZING HIP HOP CONTENT!!!!!

  • @jordanhunt4788
    @jordanhunt4788 6 років тому

    John Forté is just the coolest.

  • @Loud0glbc
    @Loud0glbc Рік тому +1

    Well there’s the booga basement … the basements

  • @Jballn
    @Jballn 4 роки тому +1

    10:30 why is there a jail cell wtf .... very scary

  • @candlelight1.277
    @candlelight1.277 10 місяців тому

    MC John Forte 🔥

  • @phillipdixon5304
    @phillipdixon5304 3 роки тому

    We're was levi bru

  • @VeegovonDOOM
    @VeegovonDOOM 7 років тому +2

    Akon was there?!!!

  • @jacjun0592
    @jacjun0592 7 років тому +2

    When was Akon in the Fugees?

    • @tallymann3084
      @tallymann3084 7 років тому

      jacjun0592 never,they don't know what they talking bout 😭😭

    • @SoulOfTheSouth
      @SoulOfTheSouth 7 років тому +3

      jacjun0592 He did background vocals on The Score. Him and his family was living in the same neighborhood in Orange, NJ. He's a member of the Refugee Camp.

    • @tallymann3084
      @tallymann3084 7 років тому

      Oooohhhhhh.😶😶😶

    • @livingabstraction2206
      @livingabstraction2206 6 років тому

      jacjun0592 He's on the Fugeela remix

  • @leemiller2243
    @leemiller2243 7 років тому +1

    they couldn't get none of the fugees in it like not even praz jeeze

  • @Jaspice
    @Jaspice 7 років тому

    it happen after i entered the basement

  • @salilcherian3825
    @salilcherian3825 6 років тому

    :')

  • @The35za
    @The35za 7 років тому

    ayibobo

  • @scholageemusic9373
    @scholageemusic9373 7 років тому +4

    The Score was a cool album but not the best. The Fugees is a little overrated. They had classics but no one plays them as much as Pac, Biggie and others and no im not a young kid who was born in the 90s. i was born in 88

    • @scholageemusic9373
      @scholageemusic9373 7 років тому +1

      there songs woke up more people than fugees. I actually like underground but fugees just wasnt all that entirely

    • @djangelortiz
      @djangelortiz 7 років тому +13

      Bruh you were 8 when this album came out. Your opinion on this album is irrelevant. The impact this album had at that specific moment in hip hop was incredible and unlike any other sound at that time.

    • @scholageemusic9373
      @scholageemusic9373 7 років тому +1

      DJ Angel Ortiz ok? i was 8 when pac and biggie was out too lol

    • @BeatBodega
      @BeatBodega 6 років тому +13

      It is non sense to compare biggie and 2pac with fugees of first... they all unique

    • @razrsliq7623
      @razrsliq7623 2 роки тому +2

      Dude you were a baby when it was popping. im from Nigeria and the score was just as massive as pac and big

  • @KoimaLechoN
    @KoimaLechoN 7 років тому

    Best part 22:39