tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907788645425948477.post4208229804178439244..comments2019-11-14T09:38:03.291-05:00Comments on Broken Silence: Happy Birthday L BoogieNdygo Sunshynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08821060076647560046noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907788645425948477.post-39347655268629857232010-05-25T21:46:55.870-04:002010-05-25T21:46:55.870-04:00To all of you I say: YES!!To all of you I say: YES!!Ndygo Sunshynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08821060076647560046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907788645425948477.post-38073444631275055852010-05-25T20:53:39.381-04:002010-05-25T20:53:39.381-04:00I first noticed Lauryn on an episode of "Show...I first noticed Lauryn on an episode of "Showtime at the Apollo". I was struck by this girl who rapped as hard as the dudes but seemed to still maintain a certain, intriguing level of femininity. I too was a devotee of MC Lyte, but could never reconcile her masculine posturing with my own very dainty real self. So Lauryn knocked me over with a feather. And then her verse on "Ready or Not" when she said, "I be Nina Simone, defecating on your microphone." I loved how she used a multi-syllabic word instead of a profanity and got her point across. I was teased by her appearances on soundtracks until "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". She was me and the girls I knew. We weren't gold-digging, Gucci wearing sexpots. We were complex and multi-faceted, just that musical masterpiece of hers. I love her and pray for her like she was my family. I miss her music, but I'll live with her one opus if that means her life.DMLhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/?ref=homenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907788645425948477.post-34189819364994121122010-05-25T19:54:24.523-04:002010-05-25T19:54:24.523-04:00We really miss seeing her but I'm sure she is ...We really miss seeing her but I'm sure she is shining for her five beautiful children!Lotus of Wadi Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445033665576338187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907788645425948477.post-87700757878259864642010-05-25T19:09:02.247-04:002010-05-25T19:09:02.247-04:00I came late to the hip hop game and, in many ways,...I came late to the hip hop game and, in many ways, am still woefully undereducated. Trina and Lil Kim didn't really show me anything other than their asses and a basic ability to speak rhyming words in rhythm. No disrespect intended; considering that a lot of people <b>still</b> think female M.C. is an oxymoron, I respected that they were doing what they had to do to get heard.<br /><br />Lauryn Hill forged an entirely new path, though. A path so new and so intimidating that no one really seems to have the (metaphorical) balls to follow it. She was a renaissance artist. She was old school, and neo-soul, and hip-hop, and rap, and all at the same time. She did things that I didn't think ANY artist could do, let alone a female.<br /><br />I used to think that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the butterfly to the chrysalis that we saw in The Score. But then I watched <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyOhUXsGqak" rel="nofollow">Peace of Mind</a> and started wondering what the Miseducation represented to <b>her</b>, as opposed to how much it meant to all of <b>us</b>. I wonder how much of it was what she wanted to give us, and how much of it was what she was told to give us.<br /><br />In short, I wonder if she would still be doing music if we let her be a little bit more Peace of Mind, and a little bit less <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6Qcc6VDo8" rel="nofollow">Doo-Wop (That Thing)</a>. Oh well.<br /><br />I got the Miseducation and Aquemini on the same day. That was an amazing musical day for me. Still holding out hope that L. Boogie comes back for another round, though. The music game needs her badly.Orgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212604700913262568noreply@blogger.com