The impact it had dwarves the quality of the album. Timing was undoubtedly on The Fugee's side, as you'll realise when you listen to the album. In November of that year, following 2Pac's death and the horrid realisation that this feud had gone WAY too far, The Fugees released No Woman No Cry - a cover of a song by music's second most recognisable symbol of peace, Bob Marley. Killing Me Softly - the album's massive hit - wasn't released until June. However, it took a while to sow it's seeds. The album was first released in February of 1996. Many people - including all those indie kinds brought into hip-hop by De La Soul - thought the genre was degenerating, and might well be in danger of disappearing altogether under the weight of its own ego.
Not to mention, he's not the only person who was welcome of the change. Dre are the only other artists I can think of who have managed this), and he's still embracing this side of the genre on the hit's he still having. You can discard Will Smith's opinion based on your opinions of him, but the fact remains that he's one of only a handful of rap artists to have hit in three consecutive decades, not including remixes (LL Cool J and Dr. In 1996 indeed, ever since TuPac got out of jail and declared war on Biggy albums like De La Soul's 3 Feet High & Rising and Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory seemed light years away. Why? Because the scene became too dominated by violence and hatred. There were early hits like 'Parent's Just Don't Understand' and 'Boom, Shake The Room', then he gave up. However, there was a large period of time when Will Smith withdrew himself from the rap industry. Summertime is as good an example as any of this side of hip-hop. As much of a joke as many people see him as, Will Smith was part of hip-hop chill-out-and-party tradition when dueting with DJ Jazzy Jeff under the Fresh Prince alias. Later, NWA, Public Enemy, and Wu-Tang Clan dropped bombs on the scene, and introduced heavier music and heavier themes, and were accused of glorifying violence, but they didn't go around shooting each other (well, rarely, anyway). Grandmaster Flash gave us a social conscience in The Message and White Line (Don't Do It), and that was about as heavy as hip-hop got. Sugarhill Gang gave us Rapper's Delight, the party classic.
Dre, and Warren G, or you liked Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, and Mobb Deep. It filtered down through the other rappers at the time, too. There was no middle ground, and while people might have respected the skills of both coast's most talented and famous rappers, everybody had a favourite. 2Pac and Notorious BIG were engulfed in a massive feud that cast a shadow over the whole genre, and polarized it - suddenly, you were either West, or East.
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Her first public appearance was in support of Global Citizen Live, an event calling on world leaders to defend the planet and fight poverty, which aired on Saturday. The tour ends in Africa, the last shows will take place in Nigeria and Ghana. The remainder of the tour begins November 2nd at the United Center in Chicago with scheduled stops in Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Paris, London, and more. Your 12-city international kicked off with a small pop-up show in New York City on Wednesday. “We would be a voice for the unheard, and in these challenging times I am once again grateful that God has brought us together.” “When I celebrate 25 years with the Fugees, my first memory was that we vowed from the start that we would not just make music, but be a movement,” Jean said in a statement. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel embarked on a world tour in honor of the 25th anniversary of their acclaimed album “The Score”. (CNN) – Ooh la la la, The Fugees are back together.
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