She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Audiobook (Free)

An NPR 2018 Great Read

Enjoy the twentieth wedding anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy.

Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill’s first solo album is certainly often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings in contemporary history. Performers from Beyoncé to Nicki Minaj to Janelle Monáe possess claimed it as an inspiration, and it was recently included in the Country wide Recording Registry with the Library of Congress, aswell as named the second best album by a female ever sold by NPR (directly behind Joni Mitchell’s Blue).

Award-winning feminist writer and journalist Joan Morgan delivers an expansive, in-depth, and heartfelt evaluation of the album and its enduring put in place pop lifestyle. She Begat This is both an indelible portrait of the magical moment whenever a young, fierce, and decided singer-rapper-songwriter made music background and an essential work of scholarship or grant, perfect for longtime hip-hop followers and a fresh generation of followers just finding this album.