There will never be a better version of Lauryn Hill... When she sings then starts spitting that shit. It literally moves me and I never listen just once. No matter the time, place or space I'm in.
My first CDs, I bought this and Tha Doggfather on the same day 30 years ago. I remember going to the store to get the CDs on special, and coming out with the bag, both CDs wrapped in plastic. Came home, put this one on first and sat there for an hour, totally rapt. Your first album changes your brain forever, and this was it. I was never the same.
I knew Lauryn could sang but I never knew she could spit like this omg how i literally came to listen to killing me softly and discovered a whole album how did i not lnow about this🔥🔥😫
@@eringibson91 Keep listening/streaming so this masterpiece goes Diamond as well. L Boogie _will_ have two masterpieces under her belt that equally sold 50 million worldwide.
"Yeah, Yeah behold, as my odes, manifold on your rhymes. Two MCs can't occupy the same space at the same time. It's against the laws of physics"....I mean Lauryn whole verse. 🔥🔥
Eu era jovem nessa época, sem emprego, guardei uma grana pra comprar o CD deles, nem sei quantas vezes já ouvi todas as músicas, aquele tempo era foda, bom demais, já hoje ....
my dad was so proud of me when he was listening to i only have eyes for you by the flamingos, and i said this song sampled it; he hasnt heard this song in about 20 years his smile was out of this world 😭
Ayo, it goes without saying that Lauryn blacked out on this verse but lowkey, Wyclef went off, too. This whole track still goes as hard as it did when this album dropped. They buried Jeru the damaja with this one.
O tempo passa. Porra Irmão já estou com 40. Parece que ontem ei tinha 12 quando fugees iniciou a caminhada. Paz,justiça,liberdade, humildade para todos os guerreiros👊🤜🤛✊✊
@@Intherealmofhungryghosts Lauren Hill is highly racist and rather candid about it. Not sure about the others but a lot of their music is protest to racism tho. It was a long time ago and now were ironically all slaves to the government's groove. Maybe if we all would have worked together things would be different.
One of my favourite songs ever. And the sample of the Flamingos ‘I only have eyes for you’ is perfect. Also one of my favourite songs ever. Damn Lauryn kills this. Gives me chills. Her singing is stunning as always and truly one of the greatest emcees ever.
Oddly enough, this is nostalgic for me...at least second hand nostalgia.. Id hang out with my mom while she was putting clothes away..cleaning or prepping dinner, music was always on. Sometimes MTV but always Vh1 😊...humming and faintly singing along, remembering her time as a teen in the 80's❤❤❤❤❤❤
I no EVERYWORD THIS WAT A LEGAND, remember take notes before I sow my rap oats before you bitten zealots heras a quote, come on wat a savage loved them growing up my fav an wu tang rap groups ❤🇮🇪
Zealots Lyrics [Intro: Wyclef Jean] One, two, I'm bout to set this off! Like this, hip-hoppers, check it [Chorus: Wyclef Jean] Another MC lose his life tonight, Lord I beg that you pray to Jesus Christ, why Oh Lord, father don't let him bury me, woah [Verse 1: Wyclef Jean] I haunt MCs like Mephistopheles, bringing swords of Damocles Secret service keep a close watch as if my name was Kennedy Abstract raps simple with a street format Gaze into the sky and measure planets by parallax Check out the retrograde motion, kill the notion Of biting and recycling and calling it your own creation I feel like Rockwell, somebody's watching me I got no privacy whether on land or at sea And for you biting zealots, your raps are cacophonic Hypocrite, critic, but deep inside you wish you had the pop hit It hurts, don't it? A refugee come to your turf, and take over the earth
[Interlude: Lauryn Hill] See, my rhymes are the type of fly rhymes That can only get down with my crew And if you try, to take lines or bite rhymes We'll show you how The Refugees do [Verse 2: Lauryn Hill] Yeah, yeah behold, as my odes, manifold on your rhymes Two MCs can't occupy the same space at the same time It's against the laws of physics So weep as your sweet dreams break up like Eurythmics Rap rejects, my tape deck, ejects projectile Whether Jew or Gentile, I rank top percentile Many styles, more powerful than gamma rays My grammar pays like Carlos Santana plays "Black Magic Woman" So while you fuming, I'm consuming mango juice under Polaris You just embarrassed 'cause it's your last tango in Paris And even after all my logic and my theory I add a "motherfucker" so you ignant niggas hear me Crew remember take notes, as I sow my rap oats And for you biting zealots, here's a quote [Chorus: Wyclef Jean] Another MC lose his life tonight, Oh I beg that you pray to Jesus Christ, why Oh Lord, father don't let him bury we, I [Verse 3: Wyclef Jean] You can try but you can't divide the tribe These cats can't rap, Mr. Author, I feel no vibe The magazine says the girl should have went solo The guys should stop rapping, vanish like Menudo Took it to the heart, but every actor plays his part As long as someone was listening, I knew it was a start For me to get my chance, grab my pen and revamp Do a cameo while everybody do the dance Quick now, 'cause you running out of luck-a Playing Mr. Big, I'm gonna get you sucka While you munching at your luncheon I'll be planning your assassination, then hit you like the Dutchman [Verse 4: Pras] I compress sound sets with my rap DBX Then drop vocals on my 456 Ampex Bring terror to the shop of horror As she cry, "mi amor," the phantom dies in the opera And to the youngins who carry gadgets And kill six days a week, then rest on the Sabbath (Hold up, hold up) Violence ain't necessary, unless you provoke me Then get buried like the great Mussolini And for you biting zealots, your rap styles are relics No matter who you damage, you're still a false prophet [Chorus: Wyclef Jean] Ayy, another MC lose his life tonight, Lord I beg that you pray to Jesus Christ, why Oh Lord, father don't let him bury me, yeah [Outro] Yo what the fuck going on man? Yo kid, we can't let these cops come around here 5-O come here and just do whatever want, rob, joke, or steal from people, shoot us down We gotta do something about this man I was with Floyd the other day You know Floyd the cop, he just get a hard on from just shooting niggas You might also like How Many Mics Fugees Killing Me Softly With His Song Fugees The Beast Fugees 5 Embed About Genius Annotation2 contributors In this classic single off of the Fugees' The Score, Wyclef, Lauryn, and Pras make a bunch of nerdy references and metaphors to show that they know a lot of random stuff. While some would say they try too hard, the song just sounds so cool and has a lot of sentimental value The song samples The Flamingos' “I Only Have Eyes For You.” Expand +31 Share Ask us a question about this song Ask a question * The Score (1996) Fugees 1. Red Intro 2. How Many Mics 3. Ready or Not 4. Zealots 5. The Beast 6. Fu-Gee-La 7. Family Business 8. Killing Me Softly With His Song 9. The Score 10. The Mask 11. Cowboys 12. No Woman, No Cry 13. Manifest/Outro 14. Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix) 15. Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix) 16. Mista Mista 17. Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Global Mix) Credits Produced By Pras, Jerry Duplessis, Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean Written By Lauryn Hill, Pras & Wyclef Jean Mixed At Booga Basement Studio, NJ Engineer Warren Riker Recorded At Booga Basement Studio, NJ Recorded By Wyclef Jean & Warren Riker Mixed By Wyclef Jean & Warren Riker Label Ruffhouse Records & Columbia Records Release Date February 13, 1996 Zealots Samples Armagideon Time by Willie Williams & I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingos Songs That Sample Zealots Walking Through by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists & The Score by Fugees (Ft. Diamond D) Zealots Interpolations Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell (Ft. Jermaine Jackson & Michael Jackson) View Zealots samples Tags RapReggaeConscious Hip-HopBoom BapHip-HopEast Coast Expand
my favorite part of this song is when lauryn does her interlude after wyclefs verse it's literally so good also did u guys know that she borrowed that same melody from the song they sampled??? that's so cool amazing sampling by refugee camp🫶🏽
Lauryns voice is everything.
PRAS and WYCLEF ! 💖🔊💚
You know that fam, I melt every time.. see my rhymes
There will never be a better version of Lauryn Hill... When she sings then starts spitting that shit. It literally moves me and I never listen just once. No matter the time, place or space I'm in.
Everything is eveything :)
“More powerful than gamma rays” lol
Negro them is str8 bars
Just another day to chill and simply listen to history
@@donbrvdl?i
😅
I’m.
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I’m ol9”
Ok,
Lauryn kills on this track
she can sound beautiful as deadly on rhyming!
She and Lyte were the best female lyricists.
Two mc's can not occupy the same space at the same time. It's against the laws of physics! Wow so true!
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i was listening to this track when the news announced that Tupac's fam pulled the plug....😢
@@robbynwilliams3712dang😢
My first CDs, I bought this and Tha Doggfather on the same day 30 years ago. I remember going to the store to get the CDs on special, and coming out with the bag, both CDs wrapped in plastic.
Came home, put this one on first and sat there for an hour, totally rapt. Your first album changes your brain forever, and this was it. I was never the same.
That’s absolutely beautiful
I love this whole album, it really stood the test of time.
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One of my all time favourite albums
One of the best albums ever to have a smoke too
Yeah, nice bit of skag
i took an edible listening to it. whole album was on repeat
Gyeaaaahhh!
I just lit one up and this was the first thing that came to mind
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The entire album should have a music video every song 🔥🔥🔥
I like this album better with no video. Just eyes closed, bopping to the beat and reflecting on the deep (lyrics)
Especially Family Business
L Boogie went crazy on her verse!!!! 🔥
I knew Lauryn could sang but I never knew she could spit like this omg how i literally came to listen to killing me softly and discovered a whole album how did i not lnow about this🔥🔥😫
She is the best rapper to ever live
Best female rapper of all time
Big facts that verse a top tier
You should hear her freestyle.
You gotta dive deeper into the catalog if you haven't already. She's one of the coldest emcees ever.
27 years later and it _still_ sounds like it could've been released yesterday.
What, this sounds unmistakably 90's imo.
This song and ready or not we're the best on the CD
Yesssss 😂😂😂
I listen to it so often.
@@eringibson91 Keep listening/streaming so this masterpiece goes Diamond as well. L Boogie _will_ have two masterpieces under her belt that equally sold 50 million worldwide.
There will Never be another like this. I remember when this dropped...... Nothing close ever since. Amazing album.
This 'The Flamingos' beat is STILL killing it in 2021. They flamed this. 👏🏾👍🏾💪🏾
Whoever those cats are got the beat from these cats.
@@artizanj U right about that 😂
Hell yeah all the beats on this album are fire
@@stev6963 👍🏾
N 👁️ only have 👀 4 u….
Great moments...
Do you listen this album in 2021?
💝
Claro. La bomba eso, puro pepino, 90s en puro estado. Lauryn es pura fiah. Top qualite here. B. Boy foreva
Yes, Sir😁
🤯❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🔥
My top 5 favorite album of all time
"Yeah, Yeah behold, as my odes, manifold on your rhymes. Two MCs can't occupy the same space at the same time. It's against the laws of physics"....I mean Lauryn whole verse. 🔥🔥
I will literally never get tired of this song. A classic in an album filled with classics.
Oh looord thank u for the fugees. This album is time less
These people were brilliant poets!!!! This is a masterpiece!!!!
Eu era jovem nessa época, sem emprego, guardei uma grana pra comprar o CD deles, nem sei quantas vezes já ouvi todas as músicas, aquele tempo era foda, bom demais, já hoje ....
my dad was so proud of me when he was listening to i only have eyes for you by the flamingos, and i said this song sampled it; he hasnt heard this song in about 20 years his smile was out of this world 😭
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I like the darker feel that this album gives off every now and then. One of the best sounding albums I’ve heard. Ever.
Yap
check out bus driver, temporary forever
She is the best to ever do it!!!🔥🔥🔥
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Ayo, it goes without saying that Lauryn blacked out on this verse but lowkey, Wyclef went off, too. This whole track still goes as hard as it did when this album dropped. They buried Jeru the damaja with this one.
What about Pras? He gets no love? His rhyme verse was fire 🔥 as well.
Jeru still tight tho
@marcustrice3246 pras gets outshined on this record, but he wasn't bad, you know?
I love the intro and the track of the flamingos, I only have eyes on you, loving forever this mix on this song. Fugees the best
One of the most underrated Hip Hop songs man.
"The Flamingos" beat they killed this!
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I think they eased up, beat needed to be harder.
O tempo passa. Porra Irmão já estou com 40. Parece que ontem ei tinha 12 quando fugees iniciou a caminhada. Paz,justiça,liberdade, humildade para todos os guerreiros👊🤜🤛✊✊
The Score, the best hip hop álbum of history
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Ain't it💯
It's between this, Check Your Head, and Enter the Wu Tang for me... Fugees was something special back in the nineties when man like me was young!
"Black magic....woman" 🔥🔥
Lauryn Hill always bodied her verses
Straight and confident flow, speaking words of wisdom
Most of it came from the bible
This is what I consider sheer Poetry on motion is about. You feel it from head to toe love it.
I love the fugees and people stop listening to them because of their color and what they talk about but this is making them grow stronger
When the fuck did colour come into it? Kids nowadays just listen to different music. Albeit shitty music, gotta respect the good old shit though.
@@Intherealmofhungryghosts please
@@Intherealmofhungryghosts Lauren Hill is highly racist and rather candid about it. Not sure about the others but a lot of their music is protest to racism tho. It was a long time ago and now were ironically all slaves to the government's groove. Maybe if we all would have worked together things would be different.
fool.
@@kennykyle3538 You're saying that Lauryn Hill is "highly" racist like it's a known fact. As far as I know there is nothing true to that statement.
2022 and it's still a BOP 😚🤌🏾🔥
Wow, this brings back a lot memories... Good ones! Some things just STAY GREAT!!!
Lyrically tight on the Mic 🎤
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One of my favourite songs ever. And the sample of the Flamingos ‘I only have eyes for you’ is perfect. Also one of my favourite songs ever. Damn Lauryn kills this. Gives me chills. Her singing is stunning as always and truly one of the greatest emcees ever.
2022 flow this shit better then the drill movement no nap.
Of course it is
That sample of the Flamingos still hitting the same in 2022
Two Emcees can't occupy the same space at the same time. Pauli's Exclusion Principle. Masterful.
Best tune on the album. Another MC, another MC ready to rock the mic better keep your ears ready.
Female rappers like lauryn are gems 💖😕 not that today’s aren’t good ..but most all sound the same it’s always about sex
"Weep as your sweet dreams break up like Eurythmics" 🔥😩
Her whole verse is sick👌🏽
This Album stood the test of time ✨
Oddly enough, this is nostalgic for me...at least second hand nostalgia.. Id hang out with my mom while she was putting clothes away..cleaning or prepping dinner, music was always on. Sometimes MTV but always Vh1 😊...humming and faintly singing along, remembering her time as a teen in the 80's❤❤❤❤❤❤
Shivers me spine first time hearers sooo lucky mine twas tingling way back..bless the Fugees🙏
Goats
One of my favorites tracks from them. Had this album.🖤🖤🖤❤❤❤
Wyclef is truly low key brilliant with his ...L.Boogie the dopest..Praz the lucky member sandwiched btw 2 dope partners
This is legendary! The past is always the best time of our lives 💪 🍻 🎊 🇷🇴
Esto es maravilla real Puro Rap de verdad
I love how people can come together to create a masterpiece because this album was ART
I just found the sample. Its I Only Got Eyes for You by The Flamingos. Took me a good minute to figure out why it sounded so familiar
A Bronx tale
Um dos melhores de todos os tempos
The fugges
Brasil 🇧🇷❤
One of the best albums of the 90’s
TREMENDAAA
Classic album.
Wyclef Jean is very underrated as a rapper. 🔥
Anyone bumpin in 2024 ?
Her voice & rap skills can kill and destroy Nicki maniaj & taylor swift, & Beyonce at the same time
Man thae flamingos flip will forever be slick.🦩🦩🦩
Esto es un temazo de verdad vale.!🇻🇪🤜🤛
Flow bom demais
2024 and still....❤
I LOVE this song.
One of my favourite albums
I no EVERYWORD THIS WAT A LEGAND, remember take notes before I sow my rap oats before you bitten zealots heras a quote, come on wat a savage loved them growing up my fav an wu tang rap groups ❤🇮🇪
2024 and still one of the best albums ever made.... ❤
"Ready or Not" .. Always! I played this whole album too many times n never plays out. Two many MCs not enough mics
True Hip Hop For Life Man.
The entire cd is prophecy
FACTS and keep digging...
"And even after all my logic and my theory I add a mutha Fu©ka so you ignant Ninjas hear me"
"I only have eyes for you" dope
Esse cd é maravilhoso d bom da pra deixar tocando inteiro
Had this stuck in my head ALL DAY. Finally gettin my fix 😊
True Legends!!!
Lauryn youre one the greatest ❤
L-Boogie should be in prison for murdering this track. The Fugees were so versatile.
Timeless song❤
Life album.. Fugees for life.
Killed it.. what makes this a classic.
Soooo talented all around.
Lauryn is phenomenal
And even after all her logic and theory....😅😅😅😅 Woooooo Mrs. Hill.....
Just too f****** good. I was 12 when i got this album. Still one of the best albums ever, regardless of genre
how is this not the best song convince me
Classic 🔥🔥🔥
Zealots Lyrics
[Intro: Wyclef Jean]
One, two, I'm bout to set this off!
Like this, hip-hoppers, check it
[Chorus: Wyclef Jean]
Another MC lose his life tonight, Lord
I beg that you pray to Jesus Christ, why
Oh Lord, father don't let him bury me, woah
[Verse 1: Wyclef Jean]
I haunt MCs like Mephistopheles, bringing swords of Damocles
Secret service keep a close watch as if my name was Kennedy
Abstract raps simple with a street format
Gaze into the sky and measure planets by parallax
Check out the retrograde motion, kill the notion
Of biting and recycling and calling it your own creation
I feel like Rockwell, somebody's watching me
I got no privacy whether on land or at sea
And for you biting zealots, your raps are cacophonic
Hypocrite, critic, but deep inside you wish you had the pop hit
It hurts, don't it?
A refugee come to your turf, and take over the earth
[Interlude: Lauryn Hill]
See, my rhymes are the type of fly rhymes
That can only get down with my crew
And if you try, to take lines or bite rhymes
We'll show you how The Refugees do
[Verse 2: Lauryn Hill]
Yeah, yeah behold, as my odes, manifold on your rhymes
Two MCs can't occupy the same space at the same time
It's against the laws of physics
So weep as your sweet dreams break up like Eurythmics
Rap rejects, my tape deck, ejects projectile
Whether Jew or Gentile, I rank top percentile
Many styles, more powerful than gamma rays
My grammar pays like Carlos Santana plays "Black Magic Woman"
So while you fuming, I'm consuming mango juice under Polaris
You just embarrassed 'cause it's your last tango in Paris
And even after all my logic and my theory
I add a "motherfucker" so you ignant niggas hear me
Crew remember take notes, as I sow my rap oats
And for you biting zealots, here's a quote
[Chorus: Wyclef Jean]
Another MC lose his life tonight, Oh
I beg that you pray to Jesus Christ, why
Oh Lord, father don't let him bury we, I
[Verse 3: Wyclef Jean]
You can try but you can't divide the tribe
These cats can't rap, Mr. Author, I feel no vibe
The magazine says the girl should have went solo
The guys should stop rapping, vanish like Menudo
Took it to the heart, but every actor plays his part
As long as someone was listening, I knew it was a start
For me to get my chance, grab my pen and revamp
Do a cameo while everybody do the dance
Quick now, 'cause you running out of luck-a
Playing Mr. Big, I'm gonna get you sucka
While you munching at your luncheon
I'll be planning your assassination, then hit you like the Dutchman
[Verse 4: Pras]
I compress sound sets with my rap DBX
Then drop vocals on my 456 Ampex
Bring terror to the shop of horror
As she cry, "mi amor," the phantom dies in the opera
And to the youngins who carry gadgets
And kill six days a week, then rest on the Sabbath (Hold up, hold up)
Violence ain't necessary, unless you provoke me
Then get buried like the great Mussolini
And for you biting zealots, your rap styles are relics
No matter who you damage, you're still a false prophet
[Chorus: Wyclef Jean]
Ayy, another MC lose his life tonight, Lord
I beg that you pray to Jesus Christ, why
Oh Lord, father don't let him bury me, yeah
[Outro]
Yo what the fuck going on man?
Yo kid, we can't let these cops come around here
5-O come here and just do whatever want, rob, joke, or steal from people, shoot us down
We gotta do something about this man
I was with Floyd the other day
You know Floyd the cop, he just get a hard on from just shooting niggas
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In this classic single off of the Fugees' The Score, Wyclef, Lauryn, and Pras make a bunch of nerdy references and metaphors to show that they know a lot of random stuff. While some would say they try too hard, the song just sounds so cool and has a lot of sentimental value
The song samples The Flamingos' “I Only Have Eyes For You.”
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The Score (1996)
Fugees
1.
Red Intro
2.
How Many Mics
3.
Ready or Not
4.
Zealots
5.
The Beast
6.
Fu-Gee-La
7.
Family Business
8.
Killing Me Softly With His Song
9.
The Score
10.
The Mask
11.
Cowboys
12.
No Woman, No Cry
13.
Manifest/Outro
14.
Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix)
15.
Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix)
16.
Mista Mista
17.
Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Global Mix)
Credits
Produced By
Pras, Jerry Duplessis, Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean
Written By
Lauryn Hill, Pras & Wyclef Jean
Mixed At
Booga Basement Studio, NJ
Engineer
Warren Riker
Recorded At
Booga Basement Studio, NJ
Recorded By
Wyclef Jean & Warren Riker
Mixed By
Wyclef Jean & Warren Riker
Label
Ruffhouse Records & Columbia Records
Release Date
February 13, 1996
Zealots Samples
Armagideon Time by Willie Williams & I Only Have Eyes for You by The Flamingos
Songs That Sample Zealots
Walking Through by Ted Leo and The Pharmacists & The Score by Fugees (Ft. Diamond D)
Zealots Interpolations
Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell (Ft. Jermaine Jackson & Michael Jackson)
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RapReggaeConscious Hip-HopBoom BapHip-HopEast Coast
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my favorite part of this song is when lauryn does her interlude after wyclefs verse it's literally so good also did u guys know that she borrowed that same melody from the song they sampled??? that's so cool amazing sampling by refugee camp🫶🏽
Curti muito esse música
intro reminds me of A Bronx Tale
Fiesta veraniega de kase o 🤟🔥
J adore le passage où il dit no oignon in my white rice
Cultural Masterpiece🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the best tunes ever made😊
Seen it live in berlin, thanx for that outstanding Performance ❤
Best Rap Performance Ever....Lauryn Hill and PrasWell for their Score, Zealots!!!
One of the best albums ever made.
This is soooo underrated. Everything comes together nicely. Funny even then they recognize some would only pay attention if profanity is used.
Wyclefs verse is fire ♥️
This was the best album to jam to when your mom takes you to your speech therapy
One of the best hip hop albums of all time? 🤔