It not only catapulted the Fugees into stardom, but also launched the productive solo careers of Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill, the latter of whom already ranks as one of the top female MCs of all time based on her work here. The Score's eclecticism, social consciousness, and pop smarts drew millions of latent hip-hop listeners back into the fold, showing just how much the music had grown up. Its left-field, multi-platinum success proved there was a substantial untapped audience with an appreciation for rap music but little interest in thug life.
"Family Business" references Nostradamus, "Iron, Lion Zion" and "Who The Cap Fit?" by Bob Marley, Jezebel, Alex Haley, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor, judge Lance Ito and "Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus and Pliers.A breath of fresh air in the gangsta-dominated mid-'90s, the Fugees' breakthrough album, The Score, marked the beginning of a resurgence in alternative hip-hop.Whipple who got mad when people squeezed it), Chicken George, dead pigeons (a reference to maffia murders, where they leave corpses of these dead birds on the scene), Blacula, Stevie Wonder, Armageddon, Babylon, Mount Zion, Gucci, Lucci, Mitsubishi, "Say Say Say" by Paul Mccartney, Cooley High, Superfly, "Champion" by Buju Banton, Louis Farrakhan and What's Going On. "Fu-Gee-La" references Charmin' (a product endorsed by advertising character Mr.The restaurant owner in the skit before "Fu-Gee-La" starts is humming "You're Not Alone" by Michael Jackson.Five Afro-American men were convicted, but later turned out to be innocent), ghetto Gotham, Bill Clinton, "Fire Water Burn" by The Bloodhound Gang, journalist Connie Chung, Satan, Jah, Mother Mary, Rodney King, Fort Alcatraz, al Hajj Malik Shabazz, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, The Star Spangled Banner, "Concrete Jungle" by Bob Marley, basketball player Mutumbo, Hannibal, Dr. "The Beast" references Newt Gingrich, the Star Wars defense system, Chewbacca, Trisha Meili (in the line "Yesterday In The Central Park they got the jogger", about a woman who was assaulted and raped in Central Park.Kennedy, "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell, "Sweet Dreams" by The Eurythmics, "Black Magic Woman" from Abraxas by Carlos Santana, Last Tango in Paris, Menudo, "Word Up" by Cameo, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, rap DBX, Ampex 456, Little Shop of Horrors, The Phantom of the Opera, Benito Mussolini. "Zealots" references Willie Williams' "Armageddon Time", Jesus Christ, Mephistopheles, the sword of Damocles, John F."Ready Or Not" references the hide-and-seek game, Sleepwalkers (in which the Enya song sampled in this Fugees song was used earlier), "If I Could Rule The World" (a song by Nas and Lauryn Hill), Goretex, the Manifest Destiny, "She's Homeless" by Crystal Waters, Porgy and Bess, Elliot Ness, Al Capone, Nina Simone (who also recorded a cover of "I Loves You Porgy" from Porgy and Bess ), Bob Marley's "Buffalo Soldier", Superfly, True Lies, Guantanamo Bay and Cassius Clay.Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: The fight in the skit before "Fu-Gee-La" has rather unconvincing first fights, clearly just vocally imitated by the Chinese restaurant owner.ĭrivin' in my fast car playin' Tracy Chapman."Manifest" samples "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane and "Rock Dis Funky Joint" by Poor Righteous Teachers."Cowboys" samples "Something 'bout Love" by The Main Ingredient and "Cowboys To Girls" by The Intruders."The Mask" samples "Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues."Fu-Gee-La" samples "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie and "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" by Ramsey Lewis.
Since she didn't give them permission she was planning to sue them, but dropped the lawsuit after being reassured that they weren't a Gangsta Rap group.
"Ready Or Not" contains a sample from "Boadicea" by Enya."Zealots" samples "I Only Have Eyes For You" by the doowop group The Flamingos."How Many Mics" samples "Twilight Time" by The Moody Blues and "Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart.Sampling: A lot of the tracks have samples in them.It's a set up by the fed's they're scoping us with their Infra-reds.
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