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One of my favorite albums because Lauryn preaches self-love, confidence and respect for women! Many massages to share with my girls @NazPrep 2 be comfortable in their own skin. #HipHopEd
Unknowingly, I fell in love with L-Boogie through Sister Act II. My third grade teacher, Ms. Ford (a Black woman), would sing every morning before class, "If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention." #HipHopEd
What's up #HipHopEd familia, I am SOOOOO geeked about this convo and the opportunity to celebrate and honor @MsLaurynHill and the 20th Anni of 'MisEducation of Lauryn Hill'
Thanks for making that connection...seeing L Boog in Sister Act connected us to her in a way the Score didn't! Media/Visibility/Social Capital is critical in empowering voices #HipHopEd
Unknowingly, I fell in love with L-Boogie through Sister Act II. My third grade teacher, Ms. Ford (a Black woman), would sing every morning before class, "If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention." #HipHopEd
MisEducation released the summer as I was going into my sophomore year of high school. As a young women it's impact was critical to my development #HipHopEd
I remember being in my mom's '92 sonata and hearing it on repeat. I didn't understand it at the time, but my mom was coping with loving and raising a Black son in America (on her own). #HipHopEd
Unknowingly, I fell in love with L-Boogie through Sister Act II. My third grade teacher, Ms. Ford (a Black woman), would sing every morning before class, "If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention." #HipHopEd
The Miseducation made me realize that #BlackGirlMagic is real. I'm who I am because of my mother, my third grade teacher investing in me and hearing the wisdom of L-Boogie. #HipHopEd
Should we have learned to spot the signs of abusive relationships or to normalize them and expect them in love? What was the lesson? #LostOnes#hiphoped
One of the things that's exciting about an album like this is when I play a track from it in class, it's an opportunity to educate young people about hip hop history--what preceded the music and culture they currently know. #hiphoped
Let's start with LOVE. How doap is it that the album is laced with a male educator discussing love with his youth?! How many of you all have had convos about love as educators? #HipHopEd
“How you gon win when you ain’t right within?” — hoping we all are finishing up summers of deep personal reflection and healing, and feel ready to dive headfirst into another academic year #hiphoped
I was driving to Florida from Georgia for my honeymoon 3 days into forever and my wife and I found a record shop and brought The MisEducation of Lauryn Hill CD #hiphoped 8/25/98
Such an amazing track list. I remember Final Hour sticking with me the most. I listened to that it on constant loop, deciphering and memorizing #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd I was about to throw one of my illusive house jams at 17 years old, and because of that album I knew I had to CD-spin a perfect mix that went Doo-Wop, Lost Ones, and L-Boogie's line from Guantanamera (from 'Clefs Carinval album).
Not 2 long ago, I recorded a conversation with my mother in which we listened to the album from front to back. Stopping between tracks and discussing what each one meant (both at the time and now). I learned stories that my mother kept hidden from me just to protect me #HipHopEd
Love is so multi-dimensional and implicit to youth personal develooment. Love of self, love of family, DIVINE love. Lauryn gifts us with lessons on all #HipHopEd
This is actually one of our deep dive albums in our "Mysogyny in Hip Hop" unit this upcoming year. - excited for the Ss who have yet to experience her deep talents #hiphoped
"Every man wanna act like he's exempt / Him need to get down on his knees and repent" - When men act like they are allies in our struggles, but still hate us or use us or demand emotional labor from us... #HipHopEd#LostOnes
Lauryn Hill said “Come on baby light my fire/Everything you drop is so tired/Music is supposed to inspire/So how come we ain’t gettin no higher? #HipHopEd
I remember using The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill along with What's Going On to have students analyze the lyrics to both and write poems with the song titles #hiphoped
I gained perspective on the shit my mom endured to provide a better life for me and how she wanted me to educate myself to be a better man and student. This was only sparked through L-Boogie's Miseducation album. #HipHopEd
On the "INTRO": Lauren didn't show up to class. Begs several questions: where she at? Why she missing class? What lesson she gonna miss? The entire album resolves that central problem #HIpHopEd
I was using "Doo Wop (That Thing)" as #hiphoped in DC as a tool 4 engaging youth in discussions about the caveats when it comes to engagement in sexual relationships. #hiphopdev
I remember there was a rumor circulating that she didn’t want white people to buy the album. It was totally false, but I can point to it as the first time I felt #whitefragility. 🤷♀️ #HipHopEd
Going from Lost Ones to Ex-Factor felt like @MsLaurynHill was telling us that we couldn't find ourselves until we went through some things... #HipHopEd
#LostOnes I always think of the way we get schooled to act "Hypocrites always wanna act Innocent...take it to the full out extent...never wanna face punishment" #LostAndFound thx LBoog #HipHopEd
So as I work tirelessly to finish my dissertation and (dissertation album), I'm reminded that my work is grounded in liberation and freedom of Black students. This song provides me a sense of understanding what freedom could be https://t.co/kNRyKdJTfg#HipHopEd
Now I be breaking bread sipping
Manichevitz wine / Pay no mind party like it's 1999 / But when it comes down to ground beef like Palestine / Say your rhymes, let's see if that get you out your bind 🔥🔥🔥 #HipHopEd
#HipHopEd Miseducation = 1 of my favorite all time albums. Lauryn’s ability to express the inherent spirituality of HH culture so brilliantly makes this album so timely and timeless. Referencing the church of lalibela blends Christianity, Afrocentricity, and theology perfectly
I also love the dedication @HERMusicx did to Lauryn on the new EP 'I used to know her' ... 'Lost Souls' is a doap reflection of Lauryn's 'Lost Ones' #HipHopEdhttps://t.co/W8RzrRE1Jd
As a result, however, I pulled back from the “ownership” I felt over hip-hop and Motown. I learned that I could appreciate the music, but it didn’t belong to me in the same way. #HipHopEd
As a DJ/producer, I sampled not only this song, but a part of my self, as well as my mother, in hopes of providing a better future for the people I'm connected to. Thanks for showing me that L-Boogie #HipHopEd
Sample - https://t.co/kNRyKdJTfg
Flip - https://t.co/KjScLsUqCg
It’s something that I talk about with my kid who likes hip-hop. It’s important to recognize the right way to appreciate w/o coopting what doesn’t belong to us. #HipHopEd
LBoog synchronized Islam, Ras, 5%, Christianity, Hebrew + plain ol wisdom so seemlessly #HipHopEd MUST have #Spirituality in order to be fully #Activated
Now the joy of my world is in Zion. How important is it for a child to have safe-secure attachment to their mama during their formative development? #HipHopEd
Lauryn Hill said “Come on baby light my fire/Everything you drop is so tired/Music is supposed to inspire/So how come we ain’t gettin no higher? #HipHopEd
The Miseducation of Lauren Hill is a timeless album that we should introduce to our youth as we sample what current songs they’re listening to #HipHopEd
Couldn't help but think about the Carter G. Woodson 1933 "Miseducation of the Negro" - #stillrelevant - & its relationship to @laurynhill's Miseducation's best selling album. #hiphoped#hiphopdev
Does Lauryn's treatment of other musicians (not crediting them, treating them poorly when they work with her) change the way we listen to her music? Change how we remember in hip hop history? #HipHopEd
Love this idea. Maybe guide conversations like what we hear at the end of "That Thing", asking students how they think/feel about life, love, and human experiences. So often folks assume they can't understand heavy concepts. It ain't true. #HipHopEd
In the height of the "Ride or Die" era to drop Ex-Factor where the real question is whether you would live for me as opposed to kill for me is a critical question that is still relevant today #HipHopEd
Really? I understand the desire to get to the music, but when taken as a whole, the interludes continue to make her points, arguments, and add layers to an already classic track list... give the interludes a chance...like footnotes that shepherd us through her ideas #HipHopEd
Faith is pervasive throughout the album. And I wonder how many of us are teaching faith to our youth? And how in a culture of pluralism? Lauryn hints at an answer #HipHopEd
LBoog synchronized Islam, Ras, 5%, Christianity, Hebrew + plain ol wisdom so seemlessly #HipHopEd MUST have #Spirituality in order to be fully #Activated
Does Lauryn's treatment of other musicians (not crediting them, treating them poorly when they work with her) change the way we listen to her music? Change how we remember in hip hop history? #HipHopEd
I'm not talking shoving the Quran-, Bible, Torah, Gitas, Sutras etc down our youths throats? But how to we teach them to seek truth? To inquire into their inner world's as much as their external? #HipHopEd
And when I try to walk away
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy, this is crazy
Have students deconstruct Ex-Factor to talk about healthy relationships. What are the red flags? What are the power dynamics? Is there love or control?
#hiphoped
How many times is it women who are not credited for our work and expected to help men for free? The case against Lauryn is only a thing because those collaborators were men. #HipHopEd
Don’t allow the age of an album to force you to put it to the back. We don’t do this with great literature so why do it with great music #HipHopEd#TheMiseducationofLaurynHill
That outro skit on Lost Ones demonstrates the beauty in the classroom when students are happy, comfortable and have positive a relationship w/ the educator. #Hiphoped
Yes! #HipHopEd teaches #Unity of wisdom the #Cypher connects/uplifts/empowers all who enter! We must be spiritual Polyglots! The Hood gave us the Siratul Mustaqueem! The Straight Path We Must have the Balance!
Faith is pervasive throughout the album. And I wonder how many of us are teaching faith to our youth? And how in a culture of pluralism? Lauryn hints at an answer #HipHopEd
LBoog synchronized Islam, Ras, 5%, Christianity, Hebrew + plain ol wisdom so seemlessly #HipHopEd MUST have #Spirituality in order to be fully #Activated
Before YouTube tutorials, there was L-Boogie with her natural hair, beautiful brown skin and all around dopeness; Emboldened with confidence and radiating sensuality. #rarefind#HipHopEd
#miseducation is certainly a treatise on love and all that it entails. The student perspectives during the skits lend themselves to the premise of being miseducated about love. The songs give the game to the listeners #HipHopEd
Intro track is powerful....why?.....because L Boogie was #Absent from class....more things change more they stay the same....Do we empathetically consider why Students/Artists fall back? #HipHopEd
Edu communities gotta watch out for Grand Narratives in Hip Hop history in the same way we stay critical of those in history classes.
https://t.co/8vTQv8TBtN#hiphoped
But yo... when Ex-factor drops!?! Begins the entire up and down/push pull of the album, each track speeding up and then the next slowing down, a profound example of form mirroring content, each track an aching heart sped up and slowed down "How can I explain myself?" #HipHopEd
When listening to Lost Ones today, "You might win some, but you really lost one," I wondered how many educators view the loss of one as acceptable or inevitable? #HipHopEd
For me, they detracted from the vibe, not added to it. But i wonder if i'd feel differently about it as an adult. Its been a while since i sat thru the whole album. #HipHopEd
That is true too. The correct thing to do is to credit other's contributions properly. And that requires a healthy community with good examples and practices. #HipHopEd
It's disappointing and it takes some of the shine off of the person but I hold on to the art primarily for what it does for me and what I believe it can do for others #HipHopEd
Yes the soul in Lauryn’s voice grips me every time. The choir reminds us we are not alone. I listen to it for an instant reminder to be thankful for the kids & youth I’m privileged to have in my life #hiphoped
"I USED TO LOVE HIM" - a direct nod to Common's "I Used to Love Her," perhaps her retort and reworking of Common's arguments from 1994, at the same time a classic love song of mourning and loss... this record is 100% classic... my goodness #HIpHopEd
been seeing this interview with Robert Glasper circulating recently https://t.co/v360VozqbU
sad to see + opens important conversation about art + ownership + relationships...
#HipHopEd
It's disappointing and it takes some of the shine off of the person but I hold on to the art primarily for what it does for me and what I believe it can do for others #HipHopEd
I philosophy
Possibly speak tongues
Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist
Rap this in fine linen, from the beginning
My practice extending across the atlas
#HipHopEd#globalgriot#bargoddess#Laurynhill
Keep Your Eye on The Final Hour #HipHopEd ................................................................................................................⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛⌛
#THEPedagogy
“Every ghetto every city and suburban place I’ve been... make me recall my days in the new Jerusalem.” Never forget where you come from. That heart remains. Always analyzing our new experiences through the lenses of where we started #HipHopEd
You can't match this rapper/actress
More powerful than two Cleopatras
Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti
MCs ain't ready to take it to the Serengeti
My rhymes is heavy like the mind of sister Betty (Betty Shabazz)
#HipHopEd#Africanqueens#kemet#Islam#streetart
Don’t allow the age of an album to force you to put it to the back. We don’t do this with great literature so why do it with great music #HipHopEd#TheMiseducationofLaurynHill
The brilliance of it is that the more aware you are of the spiritual/biblical references you realize they are life principles presented in a form to be consumed by the masses the way the gospel was intended #HipHopEd
Yes the soul in Lauryn’s voice grips me every time. The choir reminds us we are not alone. I listen to it for an instant reminder to be thankful for the kids & youth I’m privileged to have in my life #hiphoped
the idea of a "him," a male figure/man/intimacy/love/closeness that she's longing for throughout the record, a pining that haunts her to the very end. A metaphor for so many things personal and societal.. #HIpHopEd
Does Lauryn's treatment of other musicians (not crediting them, treating them poorly when they work with her) change the way we listen to her music? Change how we remember in hip hop history? #HipHopEd
No disrespect but I also always wonder if this commentary or the revealing of these behind the scene stories would happen to a legendary male artist #HipHopEd#justathought
We talk about artists having a responsibility to their communities, and we often criticize those who are complicit in the status quo. I can't help but see Lauryn's (mis)actions as equally political but without the accountability. #HipHopEd
as an east coast 80s/90s head, i love good skits/interludes. and i thought these were classics that let the songs breathe…
matterfact, was just listening to Pusha T’s Daytona + thinking it could have used some good skits!
#HipHopEd
Never thought about this. I never associated the album with religion despite the clear references. Maybe cause I just expect a certain amount of religion even in secular Black spaces. #HipHopEd
“Don’t be a hard rock when you really a gem” — our work is in helping young people be themselves unapologetically, and countering false notions of how they must be perceived in the world in order to be respected. #HipHopEd
Yo! #HipHopEd how old was LBook when she recorded the #Miseducation ??? The wisdom we can obtain from our informal cyphers far surpasses an IVY League Degree!
There was always a coolness in the way Lauryn Hill spit her lyrics. Her music always spoke hard core facts but in a way that made me feel spiritual authenticity in #hiphoped unequivocally always wins.
cassette tapes were the best format for this—and that was how i listened to the Miseducation for years—you could really hide tracks on those! #HipHopEd
I think people love to spill the tea when they've been treated poorly. That said, i also think that how people interpret behavior is biased. A man can treat his band one way and people will be like "yup, he's in control" and a woman can do the same and she's "bitchy". #HipHopEd
yep... and the CLASSIC records we grew up on are anchored in skits -- the opening skits to Illmatic, Ready to Die, etc. and now in Kendrick's records... heads are telling stories, and the craft of sampling and remix is not just drums and piano... this ish is so rich... #HipHopEd
Since the revelations have come out and life has taken its turns has Lauryn been musically relevant post The MisEducation? I believe karma is in tact and that's why I pray for her #HipHopEd
Speaking of mirrors. What are we reflecting to our youth? The best we can do is reflect the truth of ourselves to our youth. Where are we at with self-love, with faith? What are we reflecting? #HipHopEd
Today was my second day as a student teacher several students and I came up with some awesome handshakes, as this is first week of school I am trying to build a relationship with all of my students. A positive relationship is key for student success #HipHopEd
That outro skit on Lost Ones demonstrates the beauty in the classroom when students are happy, comfortable and have positive a relationship w/ the educator. #Hiphoped
Loving all the knowledge dropped about the album and the collaborator controversy... I didn't know any of that. That's why I hang with y'all. Knowledge inside of critique inside of knowledge. Ha! #HipHopEd
Biblical stories are simply part of the passed-down knowledge of a community, regardless of religions. And story-telling is important in hip hop. #HipHopEd
Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it cause I'm truly genuine
Like she's your homegirl giving you some hard-to-hear truths. #hiphoped
#HipHopEd Miseducation = 1 of my favorite all time albums. Lauryn’s ability to express the inherent spirituality of HH culture so brilliantly makes this album so timely and timeless. Referencing the church of lalibela blends Christianity, Afrocentricity, and theology perfectly
"What about others" isn't absolution tho, right? There's certainly sexism & misogyny in the industry. If she was wack with people, that's a legit critique. #hiphoped
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@hiphopsaveslves, @husslington, @norarahimian
i know we’re focused on the masterpiece of The Miseducation, but i also wanna shout out Lauryn Hill's rap skills—particularly on The Score + The Carnival #timelessflow#HipHopEd
#HipHopED ...would love to revisit & explore the production on this record Incredible #MiseducationOf The making of...
@MsLaurynHill merged it all as an #eMCee singer musician Would be a dope story to dig into...especially the visuals & the cover!
The Miseducation, the title track has always sonically touched me in an emotional place that very few songs could. But in the past couple of years, lyrically it has come to mean even more to me. #HipHopEd
Hip-Hop as a culture and a community needed The MisEducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. We had just lost Tupac and BIG in 1996 and 1997 respectively #HipHopEd
Well... she begins the record with missing school, and missing fundamental lessons on love, community, relationships, etc. -- and the record is her way of coming to terms with learning these things later in life or the hard way, and she's seeking a godly forgiveness #HipHopEd
That opening intro roll call skit offers a powerful subversive jump point on failure of spaces (e.g. institutions, schools, relationships). Lost ones—where are they? Lauryn Hill? Lauryn Hill? Win some but lost one. We gotta be about exploring that (??) space #HipHopEd
Forgive them Father: a blueprint for watching out for those who don't mean you well, those who underestimate you, and those who seek to destroy rather than build #hiphoped
Unpacking this classic work should also heighten educators' (our) awareness for developing methods for #selfcare. Attention to #selfcare had huge implications for #LBoogie and could potentially the powerful work of educators. #hiphoped
"Now I may have faith to make mountains fall/But if I lack love, then I am nothin' at all." Learning to step back and invest time and love in the people are me. Love is everything. We can’t do this work without it #HipHopEd
Perhaps the most vulnerable we've ever heard an emcee, all the while 100% tight track by track, verse by verse, skit by skit -- this record is an EMPIRE of LOVE and a testament to hip-hop's power #hiphoped
That's an interesting argument, to excuse an artist's politics as an act of self-care. I couldn't rock with it because then i'm being complicit in their politics. I'd rather find other ways to self-care or other artists to listen to. #hiphopedhttps://t.co/xXcPk2eilo
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Looking back
Looking back, looking back, looking back
You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got
Looking back
Looking back, looking back, looking back #HipHopEd#Sankofa#LaurynHill
Not trying to absolve. Just expressing truth. Lauryn is a product of our beautiful culture that is sexist and deems women emcees and a legend to second class status. Being “wack” with people is one thing but some of the critiques are attempts to take away some credit #HipHopEd
Does anyone remember after Miseducation of LH, she came out with a Bob Marley remake of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" , and you just thought to yourself everything she does and makes is FIRE #hiphoped Loving you is a song I replay every 3 minutes, and 30 seconds of everyday <3
We must be aware that there is a price to pay when you bring revelation and revolution to your people in word and song. Spiritual warfare is real! #HipHopEd
"To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition/Even when they comin, gunnin I stand position." — onward we march #StayLowAndKeepFiring expect and prepare for the haters and pushback #HipHopEd
and... yo... even after all her logic and her theory...she smuggles in battle raps throughout the record "...while my team win the pennant..." #hiphoped
We can't let perfect be the enemy of good or important. But can (should) we separate art and artist? Does the messenger matter when it comes to issues of truth, wisdom, & knowledge? #HipHopEd
i know we’re focused on the masterpiece of The Miseducation, but i also wanna shout out Lauryn Hill's rap skills—particularly on The Score + The Carnival #timelessflow#HipHopEd
Hip-Hop as a culture and a community needed The MisEducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. We had just lost Tupac and BIG in 1996 and 1997 respectively #HipHopEd
Everything we've been taught about love, socially & culturally, has been wrong. And so she's unlearning and relearning and figuring it out for us. #hiphopedhttps://t.co/hXzCzu4Rr9
and thus her key point: we're all miseducated, and all we can do is work hard to unlearn that which gets in our way, that which obscures love for self and for deserving others... so deep... my goodness #HipHopEd
@Ianplevy I’ve always loved that line and “how you gonna win when you ain’t right within?” Gandhi once said “I will not let anyone walk thru my mind with their dirty feet” - add teaching self-love and self-respect so young ones value themselves & their identity 100. #HipHopEd
I always feel like certain artists are able to achieve a level of swag/zone/confidence/bullet proofness, to channel something special. Which often results in a classic. #bookofryan#miseducation#hiphoped
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@chrisemdin, @oJaison, @hiphopalumni, @husslington, @norarahimian, @Royceda59
I think about the before & after of @MsLaurynHill's #MiseducationOf & how she was feeling about #HipHop & the music biz...I think about that recording that's out there of her & @Jeruthedamaja#HipHopED any footage where Lauryn's speaking her piece during the last decade of 20thC
For sure. Had this album on repeat for years. Powerful text to explore w/ students- themes of community, education, personal growth, relationships, betrayal, love, black history and more #BlackGirlMagic#HipHopEd
"MisEducation" is raw, melodic, heartfelt ART. From cover to cover the LESSONS and SOUL in her music can make your eyes sweat. A singular great historic tribute to the CULTURE. #HipHopEd
And, this is the way many artists felt it their responsibility to communicate. This can align withthe African tradition.... bringing revelation and revolution via drum calls. #culture#hiphoped#hiphopdev
We must be aware that there is a price to pay when you bring revelation and revolution to your people in word and song. Spiritual warfare is real! #HipHopEd
The @official_neelam is another example "they say don't chase the woman chase the money/ they sound like dummies/ my man know I'm a company so he loves my company" #HipHopEdhttps://t.co/y0J1BkhHyz
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@TheRealHipHopEd, @rapsody, @official_neelam
Yes!!! And to teach it, we need to be it. Ghandi also said 'we must be the change we wish to see in the world' If we're gonna teach self love, self care, living heart centered, we gotta be doing the work ourselves. Critical! #HipHopEd
"Music is supposed to inspire...now tell me your philosophy / on exactly what an artist should be / should they be someone with prosperity / and no concept of reality? / Now who you know without any flow?..." WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? she just bananas on "SUPERSTAR" #HIpHopEd
